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India’s National Dope Testing Laboratory's Suspension Extended For Another Six Months
22 Jul 2020
The World Anti-Doping Agency has hit the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) with a second six month suspension after finding that the lab had failed to address the non-conformities to…
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Weightlifter Pardeep Singh Found Guilty of Using Human Growth Hormone, Provisionally Banned for Four Years
15 Jul 2020
The Commonwealth Games medalist is the first Indian to have been found guilty of using human Growth Hormone in India. Singh’s positive test had been received in March, but NADA only disclosed the…
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Sanjita Chanu: What Happened With Me Was Wrong, Should Not Happen to Anyone Else
30 Jun 2020
Administrative errors, irregularities in sample numbers and laid back attitude, cost Sanjita Chanu more than 2 years of her weightlifting career. Now, back in the clear, the weightlifter is…
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Dope Wars II: WADA Formally Responds to Report Asking for Reform
27 Jun 2020
WADA President Witold Banka replied to the ONDCP’s allegations in a letter expressing the agency’s disappointment at the lack of consultation in compiling the report and reiterating that the report…
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Dope Wars: US Threatens To Pull WADA Funding As Bickering Over ONDCP Report Escalates
25 Jun 2020
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a report which is highly critical of WADA’s conduct, particularly regarding their handling of an investigation into the Russian…
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Rowing Federation To Investigate And Introspect After 22 Rowers Fail Dope Test
24 Jun 2020
22 rowers, all under eighteen years of age, who had been included in a training camp in Hyderabad after the Khelo India Youth Games last year have tested positive for the banned substance probenecid…
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World 100m Champion Christian Coleman Provisionally Suspended After Missed Drug Test
17 Jun 2020
2019 IAAF World Championships gold medallist Christian Coleman could face a two-year ban after disclosing that he missed a drugs test last December.
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WADA Launches Probe into Corruption, Doping Cover-ups by International Weightlifting Federation
16 Jun 2020
In a report released earlier this month, Richard McLaren and his team found corrupt practices prevalent at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for decades and also discovered that the…
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Coe Suggests Strict Action On Doping In Quarantine, NADA Has Zero Samples In April
25 Apr 2020
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has issued indications of strict action against athletes caught doping during quarantine, but the truth is that most doping agencies are struggling to collect…
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Increased Doping Cases In Olympic Year Raises Concerns for India
21 Mar 2020
Rise in the number of positive dope cases, that too in disciplines where medals are expected, could turn out to be a big setback as well as embarrassment for the Indian contingent if and when the…