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After getting banned for two years for failing dope test, Basketball Player Satnam Singh joins farmer protests

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

Last month, Singh was given provisional suspension after he failed an out-of-competition test conducted in Bangalore by NADA.

Sports

Novak Djokovic disqualified from US Open 2020 after ‘accidentally’ hitting an official with a ball

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2020

World number one Tennis player Novak Djokovic was disqualified in the US Open fourth round on Sunday after he struck a line judge with a ball in the first set of his match against Pablo Carreno Busta from Spain.

News Reports

UVA Premier League T20 in Sri Lanka turns out to be fake tournament held in a Punjab village suspected to be organised by bookies....

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2020

UVA Premier League T20 in Sri Lanka is a fake tournament promoted by Indian sports websites and Sri Lanka has denied any association with it

Opinions

Sports, shorts and women empowerment: Perception of the RSS from a female sportsperson

Priyanka Deo - 16 March, 2020

An accomplished sportswoman talks about the mainstream perspective of the RSS towards women, especially a sportswoman.

News Reports

Faster than Usain Bolt? Kambala man running with buffalos cover 145 meters in just 13.62 seconds

OpIndia Staff - 15 February, 2020

Jockey Srinivasa Gowda ran 145 meters in 13.62 seconds, so his speed would be 9.55 sec for 100 meters, better than Bolt’s record

News Reports

India Today refers to country’s ace badminton coach Pullela Gopichand as “little known”, social media schools the media group

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2020

India Today trolled on Twitter for saying that badminton coach Pullela Gopichand is little known

Sports

Roger Federer’s triumph against Tennys Sandgren: A life lesson

Sambit Nayak - 29 January, 2020

Federer came out of medical timeout not to win the match but to hang on there and keep doing what he does best. Play Tennis. Losing is perfectly fine. But giving up isn’t an option.

News Reports

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju directs SAI to dispose all pending sexual harassment cases in 4 weeks

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2020

Reacting to the Indian Express Report, SAI has claimed that "substantive deterrents" are already in place and that sexual harassment on campus is not rampant.

News Reports

Don’t know why Prakash Padukone encouraged Saina Nehwal to leave my academy: Pullela Gopichand in new book

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2020

Pullela Gopichand says he had begged Saina Nehwal not leave his academy, but she was influenced by others

News Reports

Hosts caught cheating: China’s orienteering team disqualified from World Military Games after using local help to win

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2019

The Chinese teams had taken the help of local spectators to place small markings and small paths prepared on the terrain that only they were aware of. The Chinese teams were even able to run the course well ahead of time.

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