Page 3 - Doping

3810 anti-doping tests conducted in athletics in first six months of 2021

The Covid-19 restrictions may have been a big hurdle but it did not hamper the anti-doping efforts in athletics, which has seen 3,810 samples being collected in the first six months of the year

Olympics: 5,000 anti-doping tests to be conducted during Tokyo Games

The International Testing Agency (ITA) plans to conduct approximately 5,000 on-site tests as part of its anti-doping efforts during the Tokyo Olympic Games, starting July 23.

Olympic-bound wrestler Sumit Malik fails dope test, provisionally suspended

Sumit Malik has been provisionally suspended after failing a dope test during the recent Qualifiers in Bulgaria, a major embarrassment for the country with just weeks left for the Games in Tokyo

Budget 2021: Govt enhances anti-doping 'contribution to WADA by Rs 50 lakh

To support World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) mission for clean sports, the government has marginally increased its annual contribution from Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore in the Union budget for 2021-22

China amends criminal law to formally criminalise doping in sports

China has formally criminalised doping in sports as its top legislature voted to adopt Amendment XI to its criminal law

Basketball trailblazer Bhamara handed two-year doping ban by NADA

Satnam Singh Bhamara, the first Indian player to be drafted into an NBA team in 2015, has been handed a two-year ban by the NADA disciplinary panel for failing a dope test last year

Two players from Austria's Salzburg fail doping tests after Mali game

Two players from Austrian champion Salzburg have failed doping tests after returning from international duty with Mali last month

India contributes $1 million to WADA to support anti-doping research

India has pledged a sum of $1 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

Two Romanian weightlifters lose London Olympics medals for doping

Two Romanian weightlifters were stripped of their 2012 London Olympics medals on Wed after positive tests for steroids, bringing its record total of doping cases at any Summer or Winter Games to 77

Australia could lose swimming medal from 2012 Olympic in doping case

Rickard, a three-time Olympic medalist, swam in the heats for Australia. The United States won gold with a team that included Michael Phelps

US may face potential sanctions from WADA over funding withdrawal

The United States could face sanctions if they cut off funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Anti-Doping measures at IPL: NADA might outsource sample collection

In charge of dope control at the IPL for the very first time, NADA might have to outsource the task of sample collection given the high cost of handling the exercise when the event is held in the UAE.

Bangladesh's Kazi Islam handed 2-year-suspension for doping violation

Kazi Anik Islam, Bangladesh's first-class cricketer who featured in 2018 U-19 World Cup, has been handed a two-year-suspension for failing a dope test during National Cricket League in November 2018

WADA extends suspension of India's dope testing laboratory for 6 months

The suspension prohibits the NDTL from carrying out any anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples

World Athletics freezes Russian track federation over unpaid fine

The Russian track federation, known as RusAF, owes a $5 million fine and another $1.31 million in costs for various doping-related work and legal wrangles

Nada advices athletes to submit their whereabouts every 3 months in advance

Nada has also issued notices to athletes who failed to provide their whereabouts, adding that if an athlete fails three such notices, he/she can be suspended for a period of up to four years

Doping charges: Nada bans basketball player Amritpal, boxer Neeraj Phogat

Nada has yet to officially announce its decision, but Amritpal Singh is learnt to have accepted a provisional suspension effective from May 19

Year in Review: Mankading to WC final, top 5 cricket controversies of 2019

Business Standard lists the five controversies in world cricket that drew a lot of attention during 2019

Prithvi Shaw back in Mumbai squad, can play from Nov 17 after ban ends

Shaw was banned from all forms of cricket by the BCCI for a (retrospective) period of eight months in July after failing a dope test. His ban ends on Friday

Months ahead of Tokyo Olympics, WADA suspends India's dope testing lab

The NDTL has been instructed to stop all testing procedures with immediate effect and all the samples need to be safely moved to an accredited lab