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Daily Times
July 14, 2021
LAHORE: The 14th edition of the South Asian Games (SAG) will be held in Pakistan’s cities of Lahore, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Islamabad in 2023. The 14th South Asian Games had originally been expected to take place in 2021 but the coronavirus pandemic has delayed those plans. Pakistan has hosted the event twice before in Islamabad in 2004 and 1989. Nepal’s cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara staged the last South Asian Games, 13th edition, in 2019. A virtual meeting of the South Asian Olympic Council (SAOC), regarding the 14th SAG, was held on Tuesday. The meeting was hosted by the National Olympic Committee Pakistan under the Chairmanship of Lt Gen (r) Syed Arif Hasan, who is also President of the SAOC and President of the Pakistan Olympic Association. The meeting was held in a virtual mode due to travel restrictions. The Council’s meeting was attended by the Presidents and Secretaries General of the SAOC countries to discuss various matters
POA sends back 11 medals to Nepal Olympic Committee
Sports
March 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has sent back 11 athletics medals including two gold and nine bronze to the Nepal Olympic Committee through a courier service.
Three Pakistani athletes â Mehboob Ali (400m hurdles), Mohammad Naeem (110m hurdles) and Samiullah (100m sprint), were tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids during the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal in December 2019. The drug was aimed at rapid improvement in the performance.
The National Olympic Committee of Nepal with the consent of World Anti-Doping Authority then imposed a four-year ban on three athletes who were tested positive for the banned drugs besides stripping off the medals.
POA finally returns SAG medals won by doping athletes
Web Desk
Pakistani contingent at the South Asian Games in 2019 was hit by a doping scandal.
The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has couriered back to the Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) the 2019 South Asian Games (SAG) medals won by national athletes who had later tested positive for banned substances,
The News reported on Tuesday.
Three Pakistani athletes Mehboob Ali (400m hurdles), Mohammad Naeem (110m hurdles) and Samiullah (100m sprint), had tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids during the 13th South Asian Games held in Nepal in December 2019.
The drug was supposed to improve the performance of the players rapidly.
Nepal Olympic Committee vaccinates Tokyo 2020-bound athletes and coaches Tuesday, 16 March 2021
The Nepal Olympic Committee has vaccinated athletes and coaches who are set to compete or coach at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics against COVID-19, as well as many still hoping to qualify for the Games.
Athletes and coaches from karate, judo, shooting, athletics and boxing were vaccinated at Patan Hospital in Lalitpur, on the outskirts of the nation s capital Kathmandu.
Archers and weightlifters - as well as their coaches - were also vaccinated in Pokhara.
Nepal s top Swimmers had previously received vaccinations.
Officials and staff of the Nepal Olympic Committee are also among those receiving the vaccine.