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The Indian Union Sports Ministry has directed the Organising Committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games to provide the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) an interest-free loan to pay off a fine...

After being found guilty of staging a coup to bring down the democratically elected government, Lang Tombong Tamba has been sentenced to death and will be replaced as NOC president.

Tamba, President...

Speculations that politics were the real reason behind an Iranian taekwondo finalist’s withdrawal from a YOG final are now being dismissed by the IOC.

Iranian taekwondo fighter Mohammad Soleimani...

Although acknowledging having provided illegal drugs to eight athletes in his portfolio, former Austrian sports agent Stefan Matschiner denies having done so after August 2008, the time when the...

New video shows how the Mathare Youth Sports Association uses soccer to keep children in Kenya off of the streets.

The Mathare Youth Sports Associatoion (MYSA) is one of the foremost NGOs in the...

Indian weightlifters remain unsure of their participation in this year’s Commonwealth Games, as the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) struggles to cover an unpaid doping fine.

Six Indian...

FIFA president Sepp Blatter confirmed today that FIFA has launched an official inquiry into allegations that North Korea mistreated some of its players and officials following their poor performance...

Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa will step down over the scandal involving illegal betting on professional baseball and sumo's alleged ties with the yakuza, sources said yesterday.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) is now being criticized by former WADA president Dick Pound because of the donations it has received from Lance Armstrong.

“It would be in everyone’s interest...

There is hope yet for Indian middle-distance runner Santhi Soundarajan, who failed a gender test in 2006 and was subsequently stripped of the silver medal she won at the Asian Games in Doha and...

Lawyer Tim Herman has taken issue with the way the U.S. anti-doping agency (USADA) is running its doping investigations against his client, offering deals to cyclists who dish steroid dirt on Lance...

The trouble keeps on brewing for the Organising Committee of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games as it is urged to fire two senior officials amid a developing corruption scandal just two months before...

FIFA lifts threats of sanctions on Iraq’s national team extending the mandate for the country’s football authorities for one year, leaving the team free to compete at the 2011 Asian Cup in...

Trinidad and Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad have won their long battle to receive the multi-million dollar bonuses they claim they are due for playing in the tournament in Germany.

Acting Justice...

Following the federal government’s recent anti-corruption campaigns, the Nigerian National Sports Commission (NSC) has inaugurated a six man anti-corruption unit.

At the inauguration of the unit on...