Topic: Doping
Asian Championship Winner Gomathi Marimuthu stripped off Medal
The Asian Championship Gold medal winner Gomathi Marimuthu has been stripped off the medal and also banned from sport activities for 4 years. The 31-year old athlete had...
WADA suspends accreditation of India’s National Dope Testing Laboratory for 6 months
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended accreditation of National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) for six months. This suspension was imposed due to non-conformities with International Standard for Laboratories (ISL)...
Indian Doping Testing body suspended by WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) has decided to suspend the accreditation granted to the National Dope Testing Laboratory, India. What has happened? The WADA has withdrawn the accreditation granted...Norway hosts 2018 anti-doping sports conference ‘Clean Sport=Fair Outcome
On 25th June 2018, the anti-doping sports conference titled Clean Sport=Fair Outcome?’ was held at Oslo in Norway to address the issue of doping menace. The conference is...
India ranks 3rd in WADA doping charts
India was ranked third for the third year in a row in a doping violation report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 2015. In 2015, 117...
Sochi will not host Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships 2017
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has said that the Russian city of Sochi will not host the 2017 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships as the country has...
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport
Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav was banned from all competitive sporting events for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was...
Rio bound shot putter Inderjeet Singh fails dope test: NADA
India’s Rio Olympics bound shot putter Inderjeet Singh (28) has been tested positive for a banned substance. In the out-of-competition test conducted by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), Inderjeet’s... Wrestler Narsingh Yadav fails Dope Test: NADA
Top Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav failed a dope test after he was tested positive for a banned substance steroid. With this, his participation in 2016 Rio Olympics has...
UN suspends Maria Sharapova as Goodwill Ambassador after doping allegations
The United Nations (UN) has suspended Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova as Goodwill Ambassador of the organisation after she was tested positive on doping allegations. She was suspended... Maria Sharapova provisionally suspended after failing drugs test at Australian Open
Former world number one female tennis player Maria Sharapova (28) from Russia has revealed that she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. Due to this failure...
