India have sacked national weightlifting coach Pal Singh Sandhu and Belarussian Leonid Taranenko after two Indian lifters were caught for doping and expelled from the Athens Olympics. Pratima Kumari ...

New Delhi: Sending out a strong message to dope offenders, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday imposed life bans on three top weightlifters ? Pratima Kumari, Sanamacha Chanu and S.

NEW DELHI, Aug 24: India have sacked national weightlifting coach Pal Singh Sandhu and Belarussian Leonid Taranenko after two Indian lifters were caught for doping and expelled from the Athens ...

Indian officials in Athens for the Olympic Games are not aware of the sacking of weightlifting coaches Pal Singh Sandhu and Leonid Taranenko. Indian officials in Athens for the Olympic Games are not ...

Athens/New Delhi, Aug. 24: The government has sacked national weightlifting coaches Leonid Taranenko and Pal Singh Sandhu in a rapid response to the doping scandal at the Athens Olympics. The heads ...

NEW DELHI, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Two coaches of the Indian Olympic weightlifting team were sacked Tuesday for allegedly doping a weightlifter, who was disqualified from competition in Athens. Lifter ...