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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…

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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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In a first, NADA charges minor athlete with tampering doping control process

Is India plumbing the depths of the doping nightmare? Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya’s revelation in Parliament that 260 Indian athletes have tested positive in 2024 should…

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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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Poovamma’s early return to competition from ban raises eyebrows but ‘NADA cleared her’

MR Poovamma’ s return to Athletics competition was marked by a lackluster time of 55.84 seconds in the first heat of the women’s 400m in the Sri Lankan National Athletics…

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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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Athletes turn to quacks and add to challenges in India’s war against doping

It is more than merely interesting to read the recent National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel’s order sanctioning 20-year-old middle- and long-distance runner Pallavi Chandrakant Jagdale a four-year ineligibility period after her…

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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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NADA adds new dimension in battle against doping with historic action against errant coach

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has finally shown that it will look beyond athletes in its battle against the doping menace. NADA brought a coach to book for the first time,…

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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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