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.
POA ExCo approves model constitution for provincial bodies, IOA
Sports
March 14, 2021
KARACHI: Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) secretary Khalid Mehmood on Saturday said that every effort would be made to organise the 34th National Games in Balochistan in a time-frame that could benefit the countryâs sports.
âI donât think the Games will be held this year as Covid situation is also not good. And yesterday restrictions were also imposed on sports in Punjab. As we are going to host 14th South Asian Games in 2023 so effort will be made to host the National Games in a more suitable time-frame which could be of immense utility for our sports,â Khalid said.
Four POA officials appointed to 2023 South Asian Games working group Monday, 8 March 2021
Several Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) officials have been appointed to a working group in charge of organising the next South Asian Games.
Punjab is due to host the 14th edition of the Games in 2023 - spearheaded by Lahore - after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gave the event the green light.
POA President Syed Arif Hasan and Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti, Punjab s Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, met to form the working group.
POA secretary general Muhammad Khalid Mahmood, treasurer Muhammad Shafiq, deputy secretary general Muhammad Jahangir and associate secretary general Ahmer Mallick have all been appointed to the nine-person panel.
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