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The ban all but robs the Tokyo Games, which are scheduled to run from July 23 to August 8, of their last hope for pomp and public spectacle.
The experienced goalkeeper talks about the challenges ahead for the hockey team, which has a record eight Olympic gold in its kitty.
The 46-year-old former BCCI president was given charge of Sports along with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after he took oath as a cabinet minister.
USA Track & Field declined to select Richardson to the relay team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo after she accepted a one-month ban for the prohibited substance, which she said she used to cope with the death of her mother.
Since 1980 every Indian Olympic contingent has had at least one Malayalee female athlete, until now.
The joint flagbearer role for teams is a break with tradition after the International Olympic Committee changed the rules to send a message of gender parity.
This is the second consecutive year Prakash, who is set to compete in his second Olympics in Tokyo, has been recommended for the Arjuna.
The 21-year-old from Gujarat is the third Indian swimmer to get a ticket to Japan after Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj.
The positive test came at the US Olympic trials last month where Richardson established herself as a gold medal contender by winning the 100m in 10.86 seconds.
The veteran made the cut with a best effort of 63.70m while winning gold on the final day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championships.
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