<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Olympics News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read the latest and breaking news about Olympics tournament. All the latest 2026 Athletics articles on SportsCafe.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in</link><image><url>https://cdn-static.spcafe.in/logo/logo192x192v1.png</url><title>Olympics News</title><link>https://sportscafe.in</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:55:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sportscafe.in/rss/athletics/tournament/olympics" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 13:25:12 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[ All Rights Reserved]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en-in]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[editor@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Editor)]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[admin@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Admin)]]></webMaster><ttl>2</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Paris 2024 comes up with stringent entry standards for track & field competitions, only four Indians on track to make cut]]></title><description><![CDATA[The World Athletics unveiled the revised athletics qualification method for the Paris Olympics, which has caused significant worry among Indian athletes owing to the more stringent requirements. As per those standards, only four Indians would manage to qualify, as per performances till now.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2022/dec/26/paris-2024-comes-up-with-stringent-entry-standards-for-track-field-competitions-only-four-indians-on-track-to-make-cut?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2022/dec/26/paris-2024-comes-up-with-stringent-entry-standards-for-track-field-competitions-only-four-indians-on-track-to-make-cut?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 13:25:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/sreesankar.scorimg.webp" length="0" type="image/scorimg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six foreign coaches added to boost India chances in athletics at Paris 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[The SAI has confirmed the appointment of six additional foreign coaches for India's track and field athletes in a shorter Olympics cycle, boosting the country's preparation for Paris 2024. The move was made to speed up India's growth and improve on its best-ever medal total at the Tokyo Olympics.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2022/jan/07/six-foreign-coaches-added-to-boost-india-chances-in-athletics-at-paris-2024?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2022/jan/07/six-foreign-coaches-added-to-boost-india-chances-in-athletics-at-paris-2024?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:20:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/shaili.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hima Das inducted as Deputy Superintendent of Assam Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian athlete Hima Das has been inducted as Deputy Superintendent of Assam Police, with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also in attendance to grace the occasion. The ‘Dhing Express’ claimed three medals during the 2018 Asian Games, in Jakarta, including two top-podium finishes. ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2021/feb/27/hima-das-inducted-as-deputy-superintendent-of-assam-police?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2021/feb/27/hima-das-inducted-as-deputy-superintendent-of-assam-police?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 10:54:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/Hima_Das_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian sprinter Nirmala Sheoran gets four-year ban for failing dope test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nirmala Sheoran has been stripped of her two Asian Championships gold medals and was banned for four years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) which manages track and field doping cases. She was tested positive for the steroids drostanolone and metenolone at a competition back home in June 2018.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/oct/10/indian-sprinter-nirmala-sheoran-gets-four-year-ban-for-failing-dope-test?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/oct/10/indian-sprinter-nirmala-sheoran-gets-four-year-ban-for-failing-dope-test?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:52:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y-1/articles/Running_image.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shot-putter Inderjeet Singh handed 4-year ban by CAS after WADA challenged NADA Appeal Panel's decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inderjeet Singh was handed a four-year ban by Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday as CAS overturned India’s National Anti-Doping Association (NADA) Appeal Panel’s decision to give a clean chit to the shotputter. Inderjeet’s lawyer failed to prove that his client’s sample was tampered.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/oct/02/shot-putter-inderjeet-singh-handed-4-year-ban-by-cas-after-wada-challenged-nada-appeal-panels-decision?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/oct/02/shot-putter-inderjeet-singh-handed-4-year-ban-by-cas-after-wada-challenged-nada-appeal-panels-decision?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:38:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y1/articles/Other%20sports/inderjeet_singh_shot-put_athletics_india_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reports | Jinson Johnson splits up with coach, likely to move to USA]]></title><description><![CDATA[After splitting with his two-year-old coach Jasvinder Singh Bhatia, star sprinter Jinson Johnson is eyeing to shift to Colorado, USA, to better his chances of qualifying in the Olympics. The speedster set the national record last month in Netherlands by creaking his previous one in CWG Goal Coast.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/jul/24/reports-jinson-johnson-splits-up-with-coach-likely-to-move-to-usa?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/jul/24/reports-jinson-johnson-splits-up-with-coach-likely-to-move-to-usa?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:14:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/jinson_johnson_ind_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IAAF has made qualifications tougher for Olympics, says Jinson Johnson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian runner Jinson Johnson has said that the International Association for Athletics Federations (IAAF) has made the qualifications tougher for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Johnson has also added that he has always done well for India in different international competitions.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/may/08/iaaf-has-made-qualifications-tougher-for-olympics-says-jinson-johnson?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2019/may/08/iaaf-has-made-qualifications-tougher-for-olympics-says-jinson-johnson?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 04:00:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/jinson_johnson_ind_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reanalysis of 2012 Olympics urine samples see five weightlifters getting banned]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many as five weightlifters have been provisionally suspended from practising their trade after a reanalysis of urine samples during the 2012 London Olympics were reconducted. Among the weightlifters in danger of losing medals include Ukrainian Oleksiy Torokhtiy and Azerbaijan’s Valentin Hristov.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/dec/24/reanalysis-of-2012-olympics-urine-samples-see-five-weightlifters-getting-banned?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/dec/24/reanalysis-of-2012-olympics-urine-samples-see-five-weightlifters-getting-banned?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:39:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/doping_getty" length="0" type="image/undefined"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Olympic committee initiates process to disband its gymnastics body]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States Olympics Committee has put the procedures on roll that will ultimately lead to the dissolvement of the United States’ Gymnastics Body. The move comes in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar’s criminal convictions, which was said to be not handled rightly by the body.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/nov/06/us-olympic-committee-initiates-process-to-disband-its-gymnastics-body?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/nov/06/us-olympic-committee-initiates-process-to-disband-its-gymnastics-body?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Rio_Olympics/Olympic_rings_GettyImages.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia non-compliant on WADA’s anti-doping protocols as IOC votes to lift ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[With IOC unanimously voting to lift the ban from Russia caused due to the widespread doping of Russian athletes, the WADA has acknowledged he decision but has also complained about Russia not following guidelines. 168 Russians participated as Olympic Athletes from Russia in the 2018 games.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/feb/26/russia-non-compliant-on-wad-as-anti-doping-protocols-as-ioc-votes-to-lift-ban?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/feb/26/russia-non-compliant-on-wad-as-anti-doping-protocols-as-ioc-votes-to-lift-ban?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:57:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/olympic_flag_twitter.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IOC discussing strategy to battle norovirus outbreak as more cases are reported]]></title><description><![CDATA[Olympic officials are discussing alternatives to combat the spread of the norovirus that causes vomiting and diarrhoea after 42 new cases were confirmed at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. After an initial 32 norovirus cases were reported on Tuesday, the number has reached 128 by Thursday.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/feb/09/ioc-discussing-strategy-to-battle-norovirus-outbreak-as-more-cases-are-reported?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/feb/09/ioc-discussing-strategy-to-battle-norovirus-outbreak-as-more-cases-are-reported?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:07:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/winter_olympics_2018_pyeogchang_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Olympics | 60 Russian athletes appeal to CAS for ban reduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A total of 60 athletes have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a day before the opening ceremony, in a last-ditch effort to make it to the Olympics. Earlier CAS had lifted the ban on 28 Russian stars, paving a way for them to make it to the Games that will be held in Pyeongchang.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/feb/08/winter-olympics-60-russian-athletes-appeal-to-cas-for-ban-reduction?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2018/feb/08/winter-olympics-60-russian-athletes-appeal-to-cas-for-ban-reduction?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 09:21:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/Pyeongchang_Games_logo_GettyImages.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inderjeet Singh requests WADA to provide fair trial on his ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shot putter Inderjeet Singh has requested the World Anti-Doping Agency to give him a fair trial after his proceedings with the National Anti-Doping Agency dragged on for more than a year. Inderjeet was the first Indian Athlete to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics before he was felled by a dope test.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/nov/09/inderjeet-singh-requests-wada-to-provide-fair-trial-on-his-ban?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/nov/09/inderjeet-singh-requests-wada-to-provide-fair-trial-on-his-ban?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:52:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Other_sports/inderjeet_singh_Getty_2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent India's first Olympic medal in danger of being auctioned]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of India's first Olympic medalist in an individual event, KD Jadhav, has threatened to auction the medal he won at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, after a clash with the Maharashtra government. The feud is over the funding of an Academy being established in his honor by the State government.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/jul/26/independent-indias-first-olympic-medal-in-danger-of-being-auctioned?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/jul/26/independent-indias-first-olympic-medal-in-danger-of-being-auctioned?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/wrestling_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Max Bupa National Racewalking Championship preview]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fourth annual racewalking Championship will kick off in New Delhi tomorrow, February 18, and the very best that India have to offer will fight it out to claim bragging rights. For the first time in the tournament's short history, Max Bupa have come forward to support and sponsor the event.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/17/max-bupa-national-racewalking-championship-preview?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/17/max-bupa-national-racewalking-championship-preview?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:32:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/Racewalking_Banner.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have already started preparing for the next two Olympics : Indian Racewalking coach Artsybashev]]></title><description><![CDATA[India's Russian racewalking coach Alexander Artsybashev has said that the Indian contingent is not just preparing for the 2017 World Championships but for the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Los Angeles Olympics. Assistant Coach Ajay Rathi also explained how Indian athletics had come a long way since 2010.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/16/we-have-already-started-preparing-for-the-next-two-olympics-indian-racewalking-coach-artsybashev?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/16/we-have-already-started-preparing-for-the-next-two-olympics-indian-racewalking-coach-artsybashev?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:02:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/AAAR_SportsCafe.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sandeep Kumar : My entire focus is to get a medal for India]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sandeep Kumar may not be one of the most popular names in Indian athletics but there are very few who possess as much desire and motivation to make their country proud as the 30-year-old. He narrowly missed out on a place on the podium in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games coming in 4th in the 50km event.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/16/sandeep-kumar-my-entire-focus-is-to-get-a-medal-for-india?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/16/sandeep-kumar-my-entire-focus-is-to-get-a-medal-for-india?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Faizan Qadiri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:42:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/sandeep_kumar_sc.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irfan KT : I still can’t believe I finished 10th at the Olympics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Irfan Kolothum Thodi is one of the very best that India have offered in the field of Racewalking. The 27-year-old managed to finish 10th at the 2012 London Games, which could have been better had he not received two penalties near the end when he was at the fifth place.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/15/irfan-kt-i-still-cant-believe-i-finished-10-th-at-the-olympics?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/feb/15/irfan-kt-i-still-cant-believe-i-finished-10-th-at-the-olympics?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Faizan Qadiri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:30:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Other_sports/irfan_KT.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usain Bolt : It's rough that I have to give back one of my medals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Usain Bolt said that it is rough for him to return one of his Olympic gold medals after teammate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Games in Beijing. The 30-year-old, however, added that he was not worried about his legacy at losing his triple-triple crown.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/jan/28/usain-bolt-its-rough-that-i-have-to-give-back-one-of-my-medals?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/jan/28/usain-bolt-its-rough-that-i-have-to-give-back-one-of-my-medals?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 02:57:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Rio_Olympics/Usain_bolt_relay_GettyImages.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usain Bolt loses Beijing relay gold after teammate tests positive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Usain Bolt lost one of his Olympic gold medals after the International Olympic Committee stripped Jamaica of their 4x100m relay win at the 2008 Beijing Games. A re-test on teammate Nestor Carter turned out positive for banned substance Methylhexanamine.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/jan/26/usain-bolt-loses-beijing-relay-gold-after-teammate-tests-positive?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2017/jan/26/usain-bolt-loses-beijing-relay-gold-after-teammate-tests-positive?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/Usain_Bolt_flikr.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Sudha Singh, OP Jaisha tests positive for swine flu]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marathon runner OP Jaisha, who returned from Rio last week after participating in the Olympics, has been hospitalised in Bengaluru after testing positive for swine flu. This comes few days after another athlete, Sudha Singh, was hospitalised for the same. ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/26/after-sudha-singh-op-jaisha-tests-positive-for-swine-flu?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/26/after-sudha-singh-op-jaisha-tests-positive-for-swine-flu?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 06:06:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Rio_Olympics/OP_Jaisha_Getty_Marathon.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steeplechase runner Sudha Singh hospitalized for suspected Zika virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian athlete Sudha Singh, who participated in the 3000m steeplechase event at the Rio Olympics, has been admitted to the Fortis Hospital in Bengaluru after being suspected of being infected by the dreaded Zika virus in Brazil. Her blood samples have been sent to the lab for further diagnosis.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/23/steeplechase-runner-sudha-singh-hospitalized-for-suspected-zika-virus?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/23/steeplechase-runner-sudha-singh-hospitalized-for-suspected-zika-virus?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:22:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Rio_Olympics/Sudha_Singh_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athletics Federation hits back at Jaisha for making groundless accusations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marathon runner O P Jaisha had claimed on Monday that the Indian officials failed to provide her with water during the run. However, the Athletics Federation of India has strongly dismissed these allegations claiming that Jaisha and Kavita Raut had earlier declined to use personalized drinks.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/23/athletics-federation-hits-back-at-jaisha-for-making-groundless-accusations?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/23/athletics-federation-hits-back-at-jaisha-for-making-groundless-accusations?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Rio_Olympics/OP_Jaisha.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shot putter Inderjeet Singh fails second dope test; Rio dreams almost over]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s hopes of making it to Rio for the Olympics looks over after he failed a second dope test, according to reports. The 28-year-old athlete had already failed the first dope test conducted by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on June 22, but had claimed innocence. ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/02/shot-putter-inderjeet-singh-fails-second-dope-test-rio-dreams-almost-over?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/aug/02/shot-putter-inderjeet-singh-fails-second-dope-test-rio-dreams-almost-over?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:27:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y1/articles/Other_sports/Inderjeet_Singh_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["From Bhagat Singh to Inderjeet, everybody has to suffer for being outspoken": Inderjeet Singh after failing dope test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian sports has been thrown into a turmoil just days before the Rio Olympics. Inderjeet Singh, the shotput athlete who became the second Indian sportsman, in as many days, to fail a doping test, has alleged a conspiracy to suppress him by people who were afraid of being exposed by him.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/26/from-bhagat-singh-to-inderjeet-everybody-has-to-suffer-for-being-outspoken-inderjeet-singh-after-failing-dope-test?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/26/from-bhagat-singh-to-inderjeet-everybody-has-to-suffer-for-being-outspoken-inderjeet-singh-after-failing-dope-test?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amlan Majumdar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Other_sports/inderjeet_singh_Getty_2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Narsingh, second Indian Olympian fails dope test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Close on the heels of Narsingh Yadav's controversial dope test failing, Olympics-bound shotput athlete Inderjeet Singh has tested positive for a banned substance. The Asian Games Gold medallist, who was the first Indian to qualify for the Olympics, was caught in the test late last week.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/26/after-narsingh-second-indian-olympian-fails-dope-test?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/26/after-narsingh-second-indian-olympian-fails-dope-test?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prabu Thiruppathy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:09:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Other_sports/Inderjeet_Singh_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian 4 x 400m relay squads qualify for Rio Olympics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Indian men’s and women’s 4 x 400m relay teams have qualified for the upcoming Rio Olympics, the IAAF confirmed on their website on Wednesday. The men’s team qualified by coming 15th in the top-16 list of nations to make the cut for Rio, while the women’s team was placed 14th in the list.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/14/indian-4-x-400-m-relay-squads-qualify-for-rio?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/14/indian-4-x-400-m-relay-squads-qualify-for-rio?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arun S Kaimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 06:28:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/india_athlete.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutee Chand : It is not going to be easy in Rio, but I will give my best]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dutee Chand, who became the first Indian female athlete to qualify for the 100m dash in Olympics in the last 36 years, said on Saturday that she will try to give her best in the quadrennial event. The 20-year-old also thanked her coach and well-wishers for supporting her through the hard times.  ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/10/dutee-chand-it-is-not-going-to-be-easy-in-rio-but-i-will-give-my-best?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/10/dutee-chand-it-is-not-going-to-be-easy-in-rio-but-i-will-give-my-best?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arun S Kaimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 11:06:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/Dutee_chand_fb.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nirmala Sheoran qualifies for Olympics in women’s 400m]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nirmala Sheoran from Haryana qualified for the upcoming Rio Olympics on Friday after clocking a timing of 51.48 seconds in women’s 400m at the Senior National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships in Hyderabad. The Olympics qualifying mark for the event was set at 52.20 seconds. ]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/02/nirmala-sheoran-qualifies-for-olympics-in-women-s-400-m?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jul/02/nirmala-sheoran-qualifies-for-olympics-in-women-s-400-m?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arun S Kaimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:33:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y1/articles/Other_sports/Athletics_IndianGP.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mohammad Anas qualifies for Olympics in 400m; India’s contingent crosses 100 for first time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian sprinter Mohammad Anas qualified for the Olympics on Saturday after shattering the national record in the men’s 400m at the Polish Athletics Championship at Bydgoszcz. With Anas’ qualification, the strength of the Indian contingent at an Olympics rose to three digits for the first-time ever.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jun/26/mohammad-anas-qualifies-for-olympics-in-400-m-india-s-contingent-crosses-100-for-first-time?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/athletics/articles/2016/jun/26/mohammad-anas-qualifies-for-olympics-in-400-m-india-s-contingent-crosses-100-for-first-time?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arun S Kaimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2016 06:13:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-y1/articles/Other_sports/Anas.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item></channel></rss>