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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…

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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….

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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…

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Repeat offender gets 10-year ban including two years for using multiple banned substances 

In a landmark order, a National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) has handed down powerlifted Sandeep Kaur a 10-year ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, including eight years for a second…

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WADA Investigators Force India to Bridge Gaps in Anti-Doping Programme

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), made aware of its inadequate whereabouts and testing by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has had to pull up its socks.   Operation Carousel, conducted by WADA’s…

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Will Texas dope doctor Eric Lira’s jail sentence find distant echoes in India?

Texas native Eric Lira will be the first person to be convicted under the United States of America’s revolutionary Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act 2020 after he pleaded guilty before US Magistrate…

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ADAP raises eyebrows by reducing Shivpal Singh’s anti-doping ban by 25 per cent to one year

The National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel’s (ADAP) decision to set aside the order of the Ant-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADAP) and reduce the four-year sanction on Javelin Thrower Shivpal Singh to one…

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Delhi High Court asks NADA to expedite DNA Analysis of samples of rider banned for doping

The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to urgently collect the necessary samples to ensure that Jaipur-based motorcyclist Vijay Singh, 35, can confirm that his…

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WADA’s responses to queries on NADA’s Anti-Doping Rules 2021

Question: Can NADA India test an athlete and if found positive, not report the case to WADA, not proceed with its rules based on WADA Code 2021, apply different sanctions…

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Anti-Doping Appeal Panel reminds ADDPs to be accurate on facts when sitting in judgement

The National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) reminded Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panels (ADDP) to be more accurate on facts when writing orders and cautioned them to make proper findings on facts of…

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