Women’s 1500m national record holder KM Deeksha fails dope test
New Delhi, June 2: Women’s 1500m national record holder and National Games silver medallist K M Deeksha has failed a dope test, according to sources. The 27-year-old Deeksha, who has participated in just one competition this year in April, has tested positive for a banned substance. The nature of the substance and further details of her test is not known. Deeksha did not take part in the recent Federation Cup in Ranchi which was mandatory for an athlete to get selected for the 2026 Commonwealth Games (July 23 to August 2) in Glasgow, unless he or she is exempted by the Athletics Federation of India. (PTI)
Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani bow out of British Open squash
Birmingham, June 2: India’s Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani lost to top-10 ranked players in their respective men’s second round games to bow out of the British Open squash here. World No 24 Abhay went down to Egyptian world No 8 Mohamad Zakaria 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 10-12 in a close contest. While world No 40 Chotrani fell to world No 6 Joel Makin, the Welshman winning 12-10, 11-9, 11-3. Anahat Singh and Ramit Tandon had made first round exits last week. (PTI)
Indian rider Kavin Quintal impresses in Spain
Jerez, June 2: Indian motorcycle racer Kavin Quintal made an impressive start to his 2026 Copa de Espana de Velocidad campaign by securing two podium finishes in the opening round here. The Chennai rider who turned 21 last month, competing for BMW easyRace Team, finished second in Race 1, astride a BMW M1000RR on Saturday, in a highly-competitive grid of 33 riders. He followed it up with a third-place finish in Race 2 on Sunday, also in the Superbike 1000cc category. Kavin, who created history in 2024 as the first Indian to compete in the Supersport 300 World championship at the WorldSBK races in Czech Republic, qualified second fastest on the grid, and narrowly missed victory in the opening race. (PTI)
US Yoga team heads to India for first World Yogasana Championship
New York, June 2: A team of Yoga athletes from the United States is heading to India to participate in the maiden World Yogasana Championship to be held in Ahmedabad from June 4 to 8. The United States Yogasana Sports Federation (USYSF), in collaboration with the United States Yoga Association (USYA) and World Yogasana, has announced the official Team USA delegation for the championship, according to a press release issued by Yoga Association USA. Yoga Association USA and USYSF founder and president Balwinder Singh will lead the 11-member US contingent at the event, it said. The team, heading to India, was selected following quarterfinal trials in April. Athletes in the delegation will compete in youth and senior categories, with participants ranging in age from 10 to 55 years. (PTI)
UK Athletics fined USD 471K over ‘avoidable’ death of Paralympian
London, June 2: UK Athletics, the governing body of British track and field, was fined 350,000 pounds (USD 471,000) on Tuesday after pleading guilty to corporate manslaughter in the case of a Paralympian who died when a practice cage fell on him during training. Abdullah Hayayei, 36, was preparing to represent the United Arab Emirates when he was hit on the head by a metal pole during the accident at Newham Leisure Centre in east London on July 11, 2017. Judge Richard Marks said Hayayei’s death was “tragic, untimely and wholly avoidable” as he announced the sentence during a hearing at Central London Criminal Court on Tuesday. Keith Davies, 79, who was head of sport for the 2017 world para athletics championships in London, was ordered to perform 175 hours of unpaid work after he plead guilty to a health and safety charge. Davies, a retired physical education teacher, either knew or should have known about the problems with the equipment because of the previous collapse of an identical cage, Marks said. “This was an accident which sooner or later was waiting to happen,” the judge said. (AP)
