KABADDI : The Australian national team was on Sunday thrown out the kabaddi “World Cup” in India after failing multiple drugs tests as the tournament struggles to overcome a series of doping scandals. The event, being held in the northern state of Punjab, has brought 14 teams together from across the world to play the popular and highly physical South Asian game, which mixes tag with wrestling. The “World Cup” — which is not officially recognised as there is no international governing body for the sport — has so far seen 29 players test positive for banned substances since it began on November 1. Five Australians failed dope tests and two others refused to give urine samples, leaving the country unable to field a team for their match against Afghanistan on Saturday.
Student gets a close-up look at D.C.
Renton High senior Manpreet Kaur recently returned from a week in Washington, D.C., where she joined 428 students from 31 countries and 31 states for The Honeywell Scholars @ Presidential Classroom.