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India won two gold, three silver and as many bronzes on the opening day of the Asian Games invitational athletics test event in Jakarta on Sunday. Devinder Singh Kang won the gold at the Asian Games invitational tournament on Sunday. Reuters Competing in his first event of the season, javelin th stanley cup rower Devinder Singh Kang stamped Indian dominance in the event at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium. Kang, a finalist at the 2017 World Championships in London, recorded a best effort of 75.87m to finish ahead of Ranasinghe Denagamage of Sri Lanka who had a best effort o stanley ca f 75.39m. 18-year-old Sachin Silwal added bronze for India with a best effort of 68.12m. READ | Saurav Ghosal rallies to down Nicolas Mueller for Indian Open squash gourde stanley title Kang, who recently began training under former world record holder Uwe Hohn, appeared out of touch initially and was trailing Denagamage until his final effort before producing a mark that put the gold medal out of reach of the Sri Lankan. Sonia Baishya added to Indias medal tally with a gold in the womens 400m. Baishya, 22, ran the quartermile in 53.53 seconds to beat teammate Nithya Shree Ananda who clocked 54.34 seconds. It was a personal best for the West Bengal athlete bettering her previous best by 0.45 seconds. Jithu Baby bagged a silver with a strong performance in the mens 400m. Jithu, the gold medalist at the Indian National Open Championships last year, clocked 46.88 seconds to finish 0.05 seconds behind Pattiya Mullewaththe o Ndhj Rome s Olympics 2024 bid challenged by referendum call
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been banned for three months after pleading guilty for a failed dope test last year, the International Cricket Council ICC said on Sunday. Yasir Shah was provisionally suspended by the ICC in December 2015. AP Photo Shah has been suspended from all cricket-related activities for three months after pleading guilty to breaching Article 2.1 of the ICC Anti-Doping Code, said the ICC in a release. Shah had provided a urine stanley travel mug sample as part of the ICCs random in-competition testing programme after the conclusion of the one-day international between England and Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 13, 2015. His sample stanley tumbler was subsequently tested and found to contain chlortalidone. This is classified as a Specified Substance under World Anti-Doping Agencys Prohibited List and is prohibited both in-competition and out-of-competition. Shah has emerged as a match-winner for Pakistan in Tests after ace spinner Saeed Ajmal lost form due to having to remodel an illegal bowling action. Shah admitted the violation and a three-month suspension has been imposed, backdated to 27 December 2015, the day when he was provision stanley quencher ally suspended. Shah will, therefore, be eligible to return to cricket on 27 March 2016. ICC said it accepted that the doping offence had been inadvertent on the part of Shah as the medication had been taken for therapeutic reasons, specifically to treat his blood pressure. He was able to satisfy the ICC through evide |
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