Category: Doping
Pooja Atmaram cops three-year ban for evasion, adds to growing list of distance running dopers
Pooja Atmaram, a 29-year-old distance runner, has accepted a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit after evading a test at the end of the IndianOil WNC Navy Half Marathon…
ADAP revokes young Wushu athlete’s provisional suspension
An Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) has ordered the revocation of the provisional suspension imposed by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on 20-year-old Wushu athlete Shiv Pratap Chauhan. The ADAP had…
NADA offers text book case as it leads a drastic reduction in doping cases in 2025
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has revealed that the number of Adverse Analytical Findings or positives for prohibited substances have dropped to 110 so far this year from a whopping…
WADA Testing Figures report confirms Indian sportspersons as top offenders again in 2024
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2024 Testing Figures Report has confirmed the bitter-sweet news placing India on top of the dubious heap with 260 Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) in a total…
Delhi HC directs panel to allow Kiran Baliyan to produce witnesses in anti-doping case
The High Court of Delhi on Tuesday set aside an order of a National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) turning down Shot Putter Kiran Baliyan’s request to produce and examine witnesses….
India’s law enforcement must join battle against doping to avert more shame
As many as 550 Indian athletes are currently ineligible to train and compete in sporting activity. These include 215 banned by National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panels (ADDP), 252 who quickly admitted…
India must not forget teenaged Aman Malik’s imprisonment in Kenya as a bad dream
Jailed teenaged athlete Aman Malik’s story may have disappeared from the sports pages of Indian newspapers but those entrusted with leading the fight against doping must not forget it, thinking…
NADA surprises anti-doping community with its first action against trafficking
Neeraj Antil, a Sonipat-based powerlifter, coach and Haryana State Powerlifting Association official, has claimed the dubious distinction of being the first to be provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency…
Umar Saifi’s provisional suspension jeopardises Simran’s medals
World Para Athletics Championships 2025 double medallist Simran Sharma’s Guide Runner, Umar Saifi, has been placed on provisional suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after he tested positive for…
NADA response to Whereabouts Failures by Parvej Khan comes across as sluggish
A National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) compounded Parvej Khan’s two Anti-Doping Rule Violations and sanctioned him a six-year ineligibility period. The ADDP, chaired by Charu Pragya and including Dr Bikash…
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