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We hear Indian athletes running away when there's doping control: International Testing Agency headThe International Testing Agency (ITA) has raised concerns about doping in India. Athletes are reportedly receiving advance notice of tests...02 May, 2026, 03.52 PM IST- Make in India: PT Usha calls on govt. to promote manufacturing of anti-doping kits in IndiaIn a bid to bolster India's sporting integrity, P T Usha, President of the IOA, has advocated for the local production of anti-doping kits....12 Dec, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
- India's doping woes: WADA numbers show India has highest positivity rate among major countriesIndia faces doping concerns as per WADA's 2023 report. The country recorded the highest number of positive tests. The Sports Ministry pledg...20 Jun, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
- India continues to be second in AIU's global list of doping offendersIndia holds the second-highest number of track-and-field athletes ineligible due to doping, with 128 athletes listed by the Athletics Integ...02 Jun, 2025, 05.03 PM IST
- India among world's top 3 dope violators in latest WADA reportAmong Olympics sports worldwide, athletics leads the number of dope offenders with 227 (18 percent), followed by weightlifting with 160. Bo...21 Dec, 2021, 06.19 PM IST
- Suniel Shetty signed as anti-doping brand ambassador; NADA says he has more clout than athletesMore than 150 athletes have failed dope tests this year.10 Dec, 2019, 02.34 PM IST
- I am innocent, will challenge suspension: Sanjita ChanuSanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Fed...01 Jun, 2018, 01.34 PM IST
- CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu fails dope testThe IWF did not give details, such as the dates, of the dope test sample collection, saying "it will not make any further comments on the c...31 May, 2018, 10.46 PM IST
- 379 sportspersons failed dope tests in last 4 years: MinistryIn a written reply, Sports Minister Vijay Goel listed the number of dope offenders in the last four years, according to information receive...22 Nov, 2016, 04.49 PM IST
- Doping disgrace: 687 Indian athletes banned since 2009In 2014, India was third in world's doping offenders' list, behind Russia and Italy, showing how deep the malaise has spread.29 Jul, 2016, 11.11 AM IST
- Doping menace comes back to haunt Indian weightlifting in 2015The two women lifters -- Pramila Krisani and Minati Sethi -- were caught for doping at the Commonwealth Championships in Pune in October an...23 Dec, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
- Geeta Rani's 'B' sample tests positive, faces lengthy banGeeta Rani has already been provisionally suspended after her 'A' sample result and she will now have to face a NADA panel hearing.16 Apr, 2015, 05.29 PM IST
- 2006 CWG gold winner among nine caught for doping at GamesThe National Anti-Doping Agency has increased the ban period of first time dope offenders to maximum of four years from two years, effectiv...24 Mar, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
- Some success, some heartbreak for Indian athletics in 2014The year also saw some respite from the doping menace, which had marred the Indian athletics scene in the last few years.30 Dec, 2014, 01.09 PM IST
- Boxer Manoj Kumar to file case against Sports MinistryAfter his name was not added to this year's list of Arjuna awardees, boxer Manoj Kumar said he would sue the Sports Ministry.20 Aug, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
- 500 Indian athletes fail dope tests in nearly five yearsThese findings were revealed by the NADA in response to an RTI reply. Official figures by the anti-doping agency have come up with some sho...15 Dec, 2013, 04.39 PM IST
- Delhi and Kolkata Knight Rider's seamer Pradeep Sangwan fails IPL's random dope testSangwan is only the second cricketer in the history of IPL after Pakistani speedster Mohammed Asif to have been found guilty of consuming b...18 Jul, 2013, 04.42 PM IST
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