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National Anti-Doping Agency appoints Actor Suniel Shetty as its brand ambassador

December 11, 2019

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), India’s anti-doping body has selected Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty has been selected as its brand ambassador. NADA hopes that his celebrity status would help its efforts to clean up sports in the country from the menace. NADA’s Concern Earlier this year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had suspended NADA. This is ..

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India to participate in 2020 Olympics

October 30, 2019

India is scheduled to participate in Olympics 2020 that is to be conducted in Tokyo between 24 July 2020 and 9 August 2020. Indian athlete made their official debut in 1900 Olympics that was held in Paris. However, they appeared continuously in every edition since 1920. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, shot putter Inderjeet Singh were ..

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Wrestler Narsingh Yadav banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport

August 19, 2016

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 banned by CAS following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as there was no evidence to accept his claim that his food was spiked by banned ..

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Rio bound shot putter Inderjeet Singh fails dope test: NADA

July 26, 2016

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 ‘A’ sample was tested positive for a banned steroid. The NADA has asked Inderjeet Singh if he wants to test his ‘B’ sample and if so, to ..

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Wrestler Narsingh Yadav fails Dope Test: NADA

July 25, 2016

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 been jeopardised and if found guilty by the disciplinary panel, he may face a four-year suspension. The out-of-competition doping test was conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency ..

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