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'Her focus shifted to politics': WFI President alleges Vinesh Phogat is backed by 'Congress'Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Sanjay Singh on Sunday accused Vinesh Phogat of politicising wrestling and alleged that she i...
Vinesh Phogat indicates she will fight back after WFI issues show cause noticeWrestler Vinesh Phogat will challenge a show-cause notice from the Wrestling Federation of India. The notice cites indiscipline and anti-do...
WFI issues show-cause notice to Vinesh Phogat, declares her ineligible to compete till June 26The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has issued a show-cause notice to Vinesh Phogat over alleged indiscipline and anti-doping rule viol...
Indian cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shafali Verma get NADA notices for missed dope testsIndian cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shafali Verma have received notices from the National Anti-Doping Agency. This follows their failure...
India 'extremely high' doping risk: Athletics Integrity UnitIndia has been elevated to a list of nations including Russia where there is an "extremely high" risk of doping, the Athletics Integrity Un...
India surpasses Kenya in AIU's list of ineligible athletes due to dopingIndia has emerged at the forefront of the Athletics Integrity Unit's banned athletes list, now home to 148 track and field athletes suspend...
Over 1k athletes dropped from Khelo India for below-par performance and doping: Mansukh MandaviyaSports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya revealed 1342 athletes exited the Khelo India programme in three years. Reasons included poor performance...
Indian hammer thrower Rachna Kumari banned for 12 years for doping"The AIU has banned Kumari (K.M.) Rachna (India) for 12 years from 24 November, 2023 for the Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Stanoz...
National Anti-Doping Bill gets parliament nodNational Anti-Doping Bill gets passed in the parliament. The bill was passed by a voice vote in Rajya Sabha.
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...
Dope violators eligible for national sports honours if ban period served: Sports ministryIn a circular issued for this year's honours, which are expected to be announced in the next few days, the ministry said that athletes pena...
Akshay Wadkar in for dope-tainted Abhishek Gupta after BCCI faux pasThe selectors had picked Gupta in the Indian Red squad for Duleep Trophy, scheduled to take place from August 17 to September 8.
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...
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.
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.
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...
- Doping shame an upshot of athletes being pressurised by the authorities to gun for glory
In Indian context, the lure of cash awards that are offered to athletes as incentive for winning medals at the international level is stron...