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National Anti-Doping Act set to be amended, Ministry proposes five-year jail for suppliersIndia is set to amend its National Anti Doping Act. The proposed changes will criminalize the supply of banned substances to athletes. Supp...
No relief from HC for wrestler Vinesh Phogat for participating in May 30 trials for Asia GamesThe Delhi High Court has denied wrestler Vinesh Phogat immediate permission to compete in Asian Games selection trials. The court asked the...
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...
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...
How 'politics and apathy' derailed war-ravaged Afghanistan's anti-doping effortsAfghanistan's anti-doping efforts have collapsed since the Taliban's return. No tests were conducted for three years. Last year, only four ...
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...
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...
Anti-doping bill introduced in Lok SabhaA bill which seeks to provide statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and the National Dope Testi...
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...
Russia challenges WADA doping banWADA this month banned Russia for four years from major global events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, o...
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.
All Rio-bound sportspersons are dope-free: NADA DG Navin Agarwal"All Rio-bound athletes have been tested. Some of the athletes have been tested at least once, some have been tested twice and some thrice,...
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...
- Sports Ministry to decide on Renjith Maheswary's Arjuna Award issue tomorrow
Jitendra Singh had a meeting with his officials after the AFI submitted a report last night on the controversy surrounding Maheswary's Arju...
- 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...