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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) – pursuant to an agreed decision – suspended Bahraini Para athletics athlete Rooba AlOmari for 12 months for committing an anti-doping rule violation. The Rio 2016 Paralympian, who competes in the F55 class, was suspended for a failure to submit to sample collection. AlOmari competed at the 11th Fazza International Athletics Championships in Dubai in ...

The PJJF will be hosting a National Anti-Doping virtual seminar on Sunday at 4pm for all its affiliated bodies, officials and athletes. The webinar is in succession to Anti-Doping webinars being organized by Ju Jitsu Asian Union. The upcoming webinar is being held in local language to assist players, coaches, and allied to explain the doping control process and hazards ...

By Akhtar Ali KhanIslamabad:The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has decided to change the existing sports policy of the country. In the light of the 18th amendment, a committee has been constituted to review the existing sports policy and make recommendations for its change. A spokesperson of Pakistan Sports Board said that the meeting of the Executive Committee of PSB was ...

Lahore:Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq has collected more than Rs 6 million from the auction of goods of various legends. The money will be used to distribute rations to Corona and Lockdown victims. According to Aisam-ul-Haq, tennis star Roger Federer’s shoes were bought by an organization for Rs 3 million, while a Spanish tennis academy bought Rafael Nadal’s jersey for 10,000 euros.

Washington:Kurt Thomas, the first gold medalist for the United States at the World Gymnastics Championships, died of brain hemorrhage. He died last month at the age of 64. After competing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Thomas died. He was the first American gymnast to win a gold medal in the floor x-ray event at the 1978 World Championships in Anas.

Lahore:The Pakistan Hockey Federation changes the decision to fire its employees. According to sources, the PHF has also changed the decision of retrenchment after the lockdown and released the May salary. All the offices of the PHF were opened in the third week of May.

In Brazil, 16 players of Vasco da Gama football have been affected by Corona, after which a series of tests of the team members has started. The club said 250 people were tested and the results came. The good news, however, is that three of them have recovered and others are being quarantined.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has agreed to extend until 1 August 2020 the deadline for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to verify the eligibility of all 4.0 and 4.5 class players set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.In January 2020, the IPC announced that the IWBF was non-compliant with the IPC ...

Andy Murray will play in a tournament organised by brother Jamie that will raise money for NHS Charities Together.‘Schroders Battle of the Brits’ will take place behind closed doors at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton from 23-28 June.The tournament, which will have singles and doubles champions, will feature the likes of Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans and will be ...

Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest paid athletes, overtaking footballer Lionel Messi.Federer, 38, moved up four places after earning £86.2m in the past year – about £81m of it in endorsements.Cristiano Ronaldo (£85m), Messi (£84m) and Neymar (£77.5m) come next, while American basketball player LeBron James (£71.5m) completes the ...