| FIFA bans eight for life over match-fixing
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| FIFA issued eight lifetime bans to current and former players and an agent on Wednesday after they were found guilty of match manipulation. Former Sierra Leone captain Ibrahim Kargbo and ex-Trinidad and Tobago defender Keyeno Thomas were among those suspended from all football-related activities over attempts to rig matches at international level. World football's governing body also banned former players from Benin, Afghanistan and Cuba, as well as Zimbabwean agent Kudzanai Shaba. Kenyan defender George Owino Audi received a 10-year ban and a fine of 15,000 Swiss francs (13,165 euros). FIFA said it opened disciplinary proceedings after a vast investigation into various international matches that Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal, a convicted match-fixer, had attempted to manipulate for betting purposes. "This large-scale investigation was conducted by FIFA over several years through its integrity department and in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and authorities," read a FIFA .
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| Chitra wins gold at Asian Athletics Championships
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| PU Chitra defended her 1500m title to give India its third gold medal while Ajay Kumar Saroj and Dutee Chand won a silver and a bronze in men's 1500m and women's 200m respectively on the fourth and final day of the Asian Athletics Championships.
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| LS polls: Olympians, monks, royals in fray in Rajasthan
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| An interesting mix of candidates, including Olympians, monks, members of erstwhile royal families and sons of former and present chief ministers, is in the fray for the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan, which goes to polls in two phases on April 29 and May 6. Some of them are pitted against each other. Jaipur rural seat will witness a straight contest between former Olympians Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the BJP's sitting MP, and Krishna Poonia of the Congress. Rathore, also the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, won a silver medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics in shooting. Poonia, a discus thrower, has participated thrice in the international sporting event. According to political commentators, caste matrix plays an important role in elections in Rajasthan. Rathore and Poonia hail from Rajput and Jat communities, respectively, both of which have a sizeable population in the constituency. Two monks, Sumedhanand Saraswati and Baba Balaknath, will be trying their luck from Sikar .
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| Indian wrestlers bagged five medals but no gold on 2nd day in Asian C'ships
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| Indian wrestlers reaped a rich-harvest of five medals in men's freestyle events but a gold medal eluded them on the second day of the Asian Championships here on Wednesday. All the five wrestlers who competed on Wednesday won a medal each but none could add a gold on the second day after Bajrang Punia clinched a yellow metal in 65kg men's freestyle on Tuesday. Amit Dhankar and Vicky lost their respective gold medal bouts in the 74kg and 92kg respectively. Rahul Aware (61kg), Deepak Punia (86kg) and Sumit (125kg) swelled the Indian medal tally with a bronze each. With the two silver and three bronze medals on Wednesday, India's medal tally went up to one gold, three silver and four bronze. Bajrang Punia (65kg) had won a gold on Tuesday while Parveen Rana (79kg) and Satywart Kadian (97kg) had clinched a silver and a bronze respectively. Dhankar, who won a gold in 66kg in the 2013 edition, lost to Daniyar Kaisanov of Kazakhstan 0-5 in the final. The 28-year-old Haryana wrestler began ...
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| NBA champion Harrison Barnes to visit India
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| National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Harrison Barnes of Sacramento Kings will visit India to promote basketball growth in the country and the upcoming NBA India Games 2019, the association said on Wednesday.
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