RIO OLYMPICS// With less than 10 days to go before the start of the Rio Olympics, two Indian sportsmen have failed dope tests. They are in danger of facing a ban and missing the Olympics altogether.

The first to fail the test was wrestler Narsingh Yadav. Yadav was locked in a bitter fight with another wrestling star Sushil Kumar (who won a silver medal for India at the 2012 London Olympics) for the right to represent India at Rio and Yadav was eventually chosen. Now facing disqualification, Yadav has said that his food was poisoned with the banned drugs. Yadav now has to prove that his food was tampered with, else he will not be allowed to go to Rio.

The second athlete to fail the dope test was shot putter Inderjeet Singh. Singh, who is also the Asian shot put champion and Asian Games silver medalist, was expected to do well for India at Rio. One of his samples has tested positive for drugs and if the second one does too, then he will miss Rio and will also be banned from the sport for four years.