India to challenge star weightlifter's doping suspension
India's weightlifting boss vowed Friday to fight a doping suspension for Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Sanjita Chanu, who is facing a four-year ban.
India's weightlifting boss vowed Friday to fight a doping suspension for Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Sanjita Chanu, who is facing a four-year ban.
Transgender athletes face the painful challenge of gaining acceptance and overcoming prejudice as sports federations grapple with the thorny question of how to balance women's rights and fair competition.
Her sinews stretched above the neckline of a long-sleeved training top, 20-year-old Egyptian Sara Samir propels a barbell with more than 90 kilos above her head, before the weights smash back to earth.
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Three Armenian freestyle wrestlers lost their fight to Azerbaijani rivals in the quarter round of the 2018 European Weightlifting Championship in Kaspiysk (Russia).
Armenia will send only two participants to the 2020 Olympic Games set to be held in Tokyo, Japan.
A total of eight athletes from conflict-hit Cameroon are now missing from the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials said Wednesday.
Belfast Telegraph | Eight Cameroon athletes reported missing at Commonwealth Games |
Five athletes from conflict-hit Cameroon have gone missing from the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials said Wednesday.