Court of Arbitration for Sport suspends wrestler Narsingh Yadav for four years

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 18 August 2016 banned wrestler Narsingh Yadav for four years following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The CAS also ruled to disqualify all the competitive results obtained by Narsingh from 25 June 2016. The CAS panel further stated that there was no evidence to accept his claim that his food/drink was spiked. Yadav, whose suspension begins

China’s Ma Long becomes fifth male Grand Slam winner at Rio Olympics

China’s table tennis champion Ma Long on 11 August 2016 defeated China’s Zhang Jike by 4-0 to grab the gold medal in Table Tennis at Rio Olympics. with the win, Long became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam, and the second male player ever to be the defending champion of all three majors at the same time. Jike was the first player to do so. Jike clinched the silver medal.

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Steps being taken to prevent forex violations, says government

NEW DELHI: Government today said the Reserve Bank has taken various steps, including constitution of a working group to devise import data monitoring and processing system, to prevent instances of foreign exchange violations. Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal today said RBI has informed that recently a case of foreign exchange violation at Bank of Baroda's Ashok Vihar branch in the

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