Olympic athletics: Tintu Luka fails to qualify for 800m final
August 10th, 2012 - 2:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Indian runner Tintu Luka failed to qualify for the 800m final after she finished sixth in the second semi-final in the women's event at the 2012 ... Read more...
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Help coming way of Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan
July 25th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 24 (IANS) Winner of 11 international medals for India and around 50 medals for her home state Tamil Nadu, Santhi Soundarajan saw herself pushed down and humiliated, then ... Read more...
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Pinki: I was treated like animal, blackmailed
July 11th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, released from jail Wednesday, alleged that she was treated like an animal during gender tests and blackmailed for money by ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman pens satirical song on Pinki case
July 10th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman has composed a song scathingly critical of the treatment meted out to Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik by ... Read more...
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Pinki’s gender test report reaches hospital
July 9th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The reports of a chromosomal test to determine the gender of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of rape, Monday reached the SSKM Hospital and ... Read more...
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Rights panel moved to help jailed Pinki Pramanik
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Alleging sexual harassment of Asiad gold medalist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", a civil rights group ... Read more...
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MMS showing Pinki undergoing gender test goes viral online
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, an MMS showing ... Read more...
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Athlete Pinki’s blood sample taken for chromosomal test
July 2nd, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Blood samples of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik for a chromosomal test to determine the athlete's gender were Monday collected at the city's SSKM Hospital.The ... Read more...
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Pinki denied bail, remanded to further judicial custody
June 29th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday rejected the bail plea of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male, and sent the athlete to ... Read more...
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Pinki undergoes gender test, medical board seeks more time (Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", Monday underwent gender determining medical tests at the ... Read more...
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Athlete Pinki undergoes gender test again in Kolkata
June 25th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Asiad gold medallist sprinter Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", Monday underwent medical tests for determining gender at ... Read more...
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Pinki to face gender test Monday
June 16th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Asian Games gold medallist athlete Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and held for alleged rape, will Monday undergo gender determination test at a West ... Read more...
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Caster Semenya to take part in Commonwealth Games
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS) Amidst pullout of some high-profile athletes, there was finally some good news for the Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers Monday as South African world champion middle distance runner Caster ... Read more...
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After World Cup, runner Semenya is South Africa’s hope
July 12th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
Pretoria, July 12 (IANS) Now that World Cup football is over, it is champion middle-distance runner Caster Semenya who will be the cynosure of the sports loving South African.Semenya,19, became ... Read more...
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S. African gender row runner Semenya set to race against women
July 6th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jul 6 (ANI): South African star athlete Caster Semenya, who was banned by the IAAF after a gender test showed her to be a hermaphrodite, is set to be cleared to ... Read more...
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‘South African co-operation in Semenya case’
October 4th, 2009 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Copenhagen, Oct 4 (DPA) The ruling athletics body IAAF is still examining the results of Caster Semenya's gender test and has called for cooperation from the 800 metres world champion's home country ... Read more...
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Indian gender challenged athlete Santhi prays Semenya doesn’t get suicidal like her
September 20th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 20 (ANI): Considering her bitter experience after she failed her gender test, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan prays that South Africa's champion runner Caster Semenya doesn't considers suicide.Soundarajan failed a gender ... Read more...
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South African officials withhold findings of Caster Semenya’s gender test
September 19th, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): Even before South African star athlete Caster Semenya's gender was questioned at the World Championships in Berlin, Athletics South Africa (ASA) had found out and withheld the fact ... Read more...
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South Africa Sports Minister warns of World War III over Semanya
September 12th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 12 (ANI): The South African government has threatened a "third world war" if the International Association of Athletics Federation bans champion runner Caster Semenya over a test that shows her ... Read more...
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Athletics South Africa criticises Caster Semenya hermaphrodite report
September 11th, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 11 (ANI): Athletics South Africa (ASA) president Leonard Chuene has criticised Australian media reports alleging that the International Association of Athletics Federations is likely to strip champion runner Caster Semenya ... Read more...
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Controversial athlete Caster Semenya was duped into giving gender test
September 8th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep. 8 (ANI): South African star athlete Caster Semenya, who is in midst of a gender row, was duped into believing she was undergoing a standard doping test, her former coach ... Read more...
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World athletics: Semenya wins 800 metres amid controversy
August 20th, 2009 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 20 (DPA) Caster Semenya of South Africa won the 800 metres world title amid confirmation that a gender test was conducted on her to make sure that she was really ... Read more...
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Youth passes off as girl, spends 13 days in women’s hostel
August 11th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (IANS) A 16-year-old youth passed himself off as a girl and lived almost two weeks in a hostel for destitute women in Orissa's Bolangir district before his actual identity ... Read more...
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