Nearly a year after turning professional, seasoned Indian boxer Akhil Kumar will fight his second bout in the circuit when he takes on Tanzanian Sadiki Momba here tomorrow under the aegis of a brand new promoter.

Akhil, a former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist who turned professional with the IOS Boxing Promotions is now contracted with Hope and Glory Boxing.

The fight card at the Talkatora Stadium is being organised in association with World Boxing Council (WBC). Also fighting today would be Akhil&#39;s protege Jitender Kumar, who had turned professional with him last year.

Also on the fight-card are WBC Asian Champion Brijesh Kumar Meena, Maharashtra&#39;s first pro boxer Siddharth Varma along with female boxers Preeti Dahiya, Rupinder Kaur and Rashmi Gorh.

The man Akhil faces tomorrow in a lightweight contest is an experienced one in the circuit, having appeared in 37 fights, winning 25 of them.

&quot;He is an experienced fighter but I am also not short of experience. I am confident of doing well tomorrow,&quot; Akhil said after the weigh-in today.

Akhil had split with IOS following differences over contractual obligations. There will be a total of six bouts -- four male and two female.

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Former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist who turned professional with the IOS Boxing Promotions is now contracted with Hope and Glory Boxing

Nearly a year after turning professional, seasoned Indian boxer Akhil Kumar will fight his second bout in the circuit when he takes on Tanzanian Sadiki Momba here tomorrow under the aegis of a brand new promoter. Akhil, a former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist who turned professional with the IOS Boxing Promotions is now contracted with Hope and Glory Boxing. The fight card at the Talkatora Stadium is being organised in association with World Boxing Council (WBC). Also fighting today would be Akhil's protege Jitender Kumar, who had turned professional with him last year. Also on the fight-card are WBC Asian Champion Brijesh Kumar Meena, Maharashtra's first pro boxer Siddharth Varma along with female boxers Preeti Dahiya, Rupinder Kaur and Rashmi Gorh. The man Akhil faces tomorrow in a lightweight contest is an experienced one in the circuit, having appeared in 37 fights, winning 25 of them. "He is an experienced fighter but I am also not short of experience. I am confident of doing well tomorrow," Akhil said after the weigh-in today. Akhil had split with IOS following differences over contractual obligations. There will be a total of six bouts -- four male and two female.

Akhil Kumar to fight 2nd pro bout today

A Brazilian judge on Wednesday ordered that US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and teammate James Feigen be prevented from leaving the country after doubts emerged over their claim to have been mugged at gunpoint. 
 
Judge Keyla Blank &quot;issued warrants for searches and the seizure of the passports for the US swimmers&quot;, a statement from her office said. &quot;With this, they are banned from leaving the country.&quot; 
 
There were unconfirmed Brazilian media reports that Lochte had already left Brazil. Rio police did not respond immediately to requests for comment.&nbsp;The US Olympic Committee refused to comment on the athletes&#39; whereabouts but confirmed that Brazilian police were looking for the swimmers. 
 
&ldquo;Local police arrived at the Olympic Village this am and asked to meet with Ryan Lochte and James Feigen and collect their passports in order to secure further testimony from the athletes,&quot; spokesman Patrick Sandusky said. 
 
&quot;The swim team moved out of the village after their competition ended, so we were not able to make the athletes available.&nbsp;Additionally, as part of our standard security protocol, we do not make athlete travel plans public and therefore cannot confirm the athletes&#39; current location.&quot; 
 
Sandusky said the US team would &quot;continue to cooperate with Brazilian authorities&rdquo;.&nbsp;Lochte says that he and three teammates were held up by muggers posing as police as they left a party in central Rio. 
 
Lochte said he had a gun put to his forehead in the robbery&nbsp;when the swimmers&#39; taxi was pulled over by criminals who forced them to lie on the ground and stole money and other items. 
 
&quot;The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, &#39;Get down&#39;,&quot; Lochte said afterwards. &quot;He took our money, he took my wallet, he left my cell phone, he left my credentials.&quot; 
 
However, Olympic officials have said police are still looking for key witnesses, including the driver of the cab the swimmers said they had been in.&nbsp;Blank&#39;s office said the judge was probing &quot;possible inconsistencies in the swimmers&#39; stories&quot;.&nbsp;These included different accounts of how many assailants there were. 
 
Another point raising doubts over the swimmers&#39; stories was their behavior, caught on security cameras, as they returned to their hotel after the supposed robbery, the judge said. 
 
&quot;It&#39;s noticeable that the victims arrived back physically and mentally unshaken, even joking with each other,&quot; the judge said. 
 
(AFP)

This prevents the Olympic gold medalist from leaving the country after doubts emerge of claim that he and teammates were robbed at gunpoint

A Brazilian judge on Wednesday ordered that US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and teammate James Feigen be prevented from leaving the country after doubts emerged over their claim to have been mugged at gunpoint. Judge Keyla Blank "issued warrants for searches and the seizure of the passports for the US swimmers", a statement from her office said. "With this, they are banned from leaving the country." There were unconfirmed Brazilian media reports that Lochte had already left Brazil. Rio police did not respond immediately to requests for comment. The US Olympic Committee refused to comment on the athletes' whereabouts but confirmed that Brazilian police were looking for the swimmers. “Local police arrived at the Olympic Village this am and asked to meet with Ryan Lochte and James Feigen and collect their passports in order to secure further testimony from the athletes," spokesman Patrick Sandusky said. "The swim team moved out of the village after their competition ended, so we were not able to make the athletes available. Additionally, as part of our standard security protocol, we do not make athlete travel plans public and therefore cannot confirm the athletes' current location." Sandusky said the US team would "continue to cooperate with Brazilian authorities”. Lochte says that he and three teammates were held up by muggers posing as police as they left a party in central Rio. Lochte said he had a gun put to his forehead in the robbery when the swimmers' taxi was pulled over by criminals who forced them to lie on the ground and stole money and other items. "The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, 'Get down'," Lochte said afterwards. "He took our money, he took my wallet, he left my cell phone, he left my credentials." However, Olympic officials have said police are still looking for key witnesses, including the driver of the cab the swimmers said they had been in. Blank's office said the judge was probing "possible inconsistencies in the swimmers' stories". These included different accounts of how many assailants there were. Another point raising doubts over the swimmers' stories was their behavior, caught on security cameras, as they returned to their hotel after the supposed robbery, the judge said. "It's noticeable that the victims arrived back physically and mentally unshaken, even joking with each other," the judge said. (AFP)

Brazilian judge orders seizure of Ryan Lochte's passport

The &#39;B&#39; samples of two Russian women&#39;s weightlifting medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics have come back positive for steroids, Russian state news agency Tass reported yesterday.
Marina Shainova who won silver in the 58-kilogram class and Nadezhda Evstyukhina, bronze medalist in the 75-kg division, were among 10 Russian medalists from Beijing who reportedly tested positive last month in International Olympic Committee (IOC) reanalysis of their stored samples.

Shainova&#39;s coach, Vladimir Shainov, told Tass that the two lifters have now also tested positive for turinabol in their &quot;B&quot; samples.

&quot;The document about a further decision has not come yet, but now of course, they will take away the medal and disqualify. Evstyukhina is in the same situation,&quot; he said.

Once a &quot;B&quot; sample confirms the original positive finding, the IOC can open a formal doping case. The two could be stripped of their medals. Other Russian medalists from the Beijing Games who were reported to have failed retests last month included bronze medalist Anna Chicherova, who won the high jump gold at the London 2012 Games and Yulia Chermoshanskaya who won gold in the 4x100-meter relay.
The IOC stores Olympic doping samples for 10 years, so that it can reanalyze them when new testing methods become available.

Document about a further decision is yet to come, but medals will be taken away from Marina Shainova and Nadezhda Evstyukhina

The 'B' samples of two Russian women's weightlifting medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics have come back positive for steroids, Russian state news agency Tass reported yesterday. Marina Shainova who won silver in the 58-kilogram class and Nadezhda Evstyukhina, bronze medalist in the 75-kg division, were among 10 Russian medalists from Beijing who reportedly tested positive last month in International Olympic Committee (IOC) reanalysis of their stored samples. Shainova's coach, Vladimir Shainov, told Tass that the two lifters have now also tested positive for turinabol in their "B" samples. "The document about a further decision has not come yet, but now of course, they will take away the medal and disqualify. Evstyukhina is in the same situation," he said. Once a "B" sample confirms the original positive finding, the IOC can open a formal doping case. The two could be stripped of their medals. Other Russian medalists from the Beijing Games who were reported to have failed retests last month included bronze medalist Anna Chicherova, who won the high jump gold at the London 2012 Games and Yulia Chermoshanskaya who won gold in the 4x100-meter relay. The IOC stores Olympic doping samples for 10 years, so that it can reanalyze them when new testing methods become available.

Two Russian Olympic weightlifting medalists fail doping tests

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