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Govt ends cash awards for junior athletes to curb doping, age fraud
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Govt ends cash awards for junior athletes to curb doping, age fraud

Junior athletes winning international medals will no longer receive cash awards from the government. This major Sports Ministry policy shift, which came into effect on February 1, is aimed at tackling the twin menace of doping and age fraud as well as “keeping the hunger of youngsters alive”. According to the old system, a gold medal at the Junior World Championship would fetch an athlete approximately Rs 13 lakh while a top of the podium finish at Asian or Commonwealth had a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. A Sports Ministry official said one of the key factors behind this decision was to promote junior competitions as developmental events rather than making it all about a podium finish. Story continues below this ad “We noticed that only India follows a model where junior champi...
Bumrah likely to miss Champions Trophy group stage matches
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Bumrah likely to miss Champions Trophy group stage matches

IN A setback for India, strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the group stage of next month’s Champions Trophy due to health reasons. The Indian Express has learnt that Bumrah, who has swelling on his back, has been asked to report to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru where his recovery will be monitored. The Champions Trophy, which will have the world’s top eight ODI teams, begins on February 19, with the matches scheduled at Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Dubai for India’s games. The national selectors, who met in Mumbai on Saturday to pick the team for the T20 series at home against England later this month, are learnt to have been updated about Bumrah’s fitness status. Though the deadline for announcing squads for the Champions Trophy is Sunday, the BCCI has so...