PK Banerjee and several other members of the Olympic squad of 1956, where India finished fourth, and 1960, where they held France to a 1-1 draw, were felicitated at a function in Delhi in 2011.
Hackers have released confidential medical records of top American athletes, alleging they play ‘well, but not fair’ — that is, they misuse an exemption meant for therapeutic use of drugs.
Phil Brooks, better known as CM Punk, walked away from a seven figure (in dollars, mind you) contract with the WWE to pursue what he "wanted to be great at."
Amid reports of Yogeshwar Dutt’s 4-year-old London Olympics bronze being upgraded to silver because the original medallist has failed a dope test, Indian Express explains how and why samples are retested.
“It is a huge honour to have won Khel Ratna, but at the same time I know that if I had won an Olympic medal it would have been an even better feeling,” the shooter said.
Police say Deepak Pahal was part of a 10-member gang that helped Jitender, a gangster, flee while he was being taken on a bus from Rohini jail to a Sonepat court.
Neeraj Chopra's throw of 86.48m had made him the first Indian athlete to win a world title and incidentally also the first to set a world record at any level.