Gov't wants Singh tested for heroin
The Indian sports ministry has asked the national anti-doping body to conduct an out-of-competition test on a boxer after claims from police and local media he uses heroin.
The ministry says the unusual move is necessary because if the claims about Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh are true, it ''may have a debilitating influence'' on other athletes.
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April 01, 2013
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Vijender refuses samples to test for illicit drugs
Indian Olympic boxer Vijender Singh has refused to provide blood and hair samples to establish whether he used illicit drugs linked to a police investigation of more than $25 million in heroin confiscated from an international criminal network.
Senior Punjab Police officer Hardyal Singh Mann said in a statement Monday night that India's bronze-medal winning boxer did not consent...
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March 12, 2013
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Report: Police to question Singh
Police in India's Punjab state reportedly plan to question Olympic boxing bronze medalist Vijender Singh as part of an investigation into a drug haul of more than $25 million from an international network.
Top police official Hardyal Singh Mann was widely quoted in the Indian media on Monday as saying one of two men arrested with 57 pounds of heroin told police that two boxers...
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March 11, 2013
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Police to question Indian boxer Vijender Singh
Police in India's Punjab state reportedly plan to question Olympic boxing bronze medalist Vijender Singh in a case involving a drug haul of more than $25 million from an international network.
Top police official Hardyal Singh Mann was widely quoted in the Indian media on Monday as saying one of two men arrested with 26 kilograms (57 pounds) of heroin told police that two boxers...
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March 11, 2013
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