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"Because Of Covid" Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Unsure Of Competing At Asian games In China

Double Asian Games gold medallist Grandmaster Koneru Humpy is unsure about her participation in the continental event later this year as it is being held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, saying she'll make up her mind closer to the showpiece event. Humpy was a teenager when she won the women's individual and mixed team gold at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Being one of the top India woman chess exponents – the other being D. Harika – Humpy should be the automatic choice to make the India team for the Hangzhou Games scheduled to commence on September 23. But Humpy, told PTI on the sidelines of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, which concluded here on Wednesday, that she was “unhappy" that the Asian Games were happening in China.

Ex-World Champion Amir Khan Handed Two-Year Doping Ban

Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan said he would "never cheat" after being handed a two-year ban from all sport for testing positive for a prohibited substance. UK Anti-Doping said on Tuesday that Khan, 36, returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022. Khan, who announced his retirement in May last year, accepted a violation of anti-doping rules but said he had not intentionally ingested the substance, an argument accepted by an independent panel.