Tuesday, 16 April 2013

India's Singh cleared in drug test (Reuters)

Indian boxer Vijender Singh reacts during an interview at Karnail Singh stadium in New Delhi April 2, 2012. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's boxing pin-up boy Vijender Singh, who had been accused of taking heroin, has been cleared in an out-of-competition drug test, the country's sports ministry said on Tuesday. Singh, who won a middleweight bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was ordered by the ministry to take a test after local police accused him of using heroin on several occasions amid allegations from a fellow boxer. "Vijender Singh...along with four others was subjected to an out-of-competition test for banned substances," the sports ministry said in a statement. "The Ministry... ...




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