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Letter from a thought
Documentaries and stories such as 'Icarus' and 'Ladies First' leave us with significant questions: What is sport in modern times? Does it justify a win-at-all-costs formula?
5 min read13 Mar 2018Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea
Russian athletes can participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, but they won't be representing the country, says International Olympic Committee
3 min read6 Dec 2017Maria Sharapova targets April return after doping ban reduced
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cut Sharapova's ban to 15 months saying she was not an 'intentional doper'
3 min read5 Oct 2016Will seek CBI probe into Narsingh Yadav doping scandal: Akhilesh Yadav
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav says the state government will ask the centre to launch a CBI probe into the doping scandal
1 min read6 Sep 2016Rio Olympics: Doping cases pile up as Games enter final stretch
The IOC had executed the most extensive pre-Games drugs testing plan while also re-testing hundreds of samples from the previous two Olympics
2 min read19 Aug 2016Rio Olympics: Bronze medallist weightlifter Izzat Artykov stripped of medal for doping
Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan was on Thursday stripped of his medal after testing positive for strychnine
1 min read18 Aug 2016Rio Olympics: Silvia Danekova shocked at positive drug test
Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), which increases the number of red blood cells
1 min read12 Aug 2016Rio Olympics: Australia says no apology to China in doping row
The Australian Olympic Committee denied China's demand for an apology and backed Mack Horton who called his rival Sun Yang a 'drug cheat'
2 min read9 Aug 2016Rio Olympics: Doping war of words as Lilly King beats tainted Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova to gold
Lilly King narrowly beat Yulia Efimova at the Rio Olympics then slammed her rival, stoking the controversy over revelations of Russian stated-sponsored doping
3 min read9 Aug 2016Doping scandal: Russia banned from Rio Paralympics
Revelations of widespread cheating in Russian sport ignited a doping scandal that has threatened to split the Olympic movement
3 min read9 Aug 2016Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared