Anti-Doping

NEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Monday tweeted that it had started collecting samples of players competing in the Indian Premier League in the UAE, after enlisting personnel from Dubai.

"NADA India had engaged sample collection personnel in Dubai for dope testing of cricketers participating in IPL 2020. We have already commenced dope testing on Indian as well as International cricketers participating in IPL," the tweet reads.

Oct 28, 2017 15:10
MUMBAI: After an Indian cricketer figured among the list of players who tested positive for banned substances in the report for 2016 released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), it emerges that that the world body has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to direct the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow drug-testing of Indian cricketers by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA). 
Oct 27, 2017 14:10
NEW DELHI: One Indian cricketer figures among the list of players who tested positive for banned substances in the report for 2016 released this week by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The identity of the cricketer, one among 153 BCCI accreditated cricketers, has not been revealed yet, says a PTI report.
Oct 26, 2017 16:10
MUMBAI: Former NBA commissioner David Stern has reversed his earlier stance on marijuna, saying it “probably should be removed from the banned substance list. Stern,  who tightened up the league’s policy on marijuana during his tenure from 1984 until 2014, told former NBA star Al Harrington in an interview, that he believed that he made right choice during the decades in which he ran the NBA however.
Oct 02, 2017 19:10
MUMBAI: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2018 list of prohibited substances, with a number of minor changes which includes the dropping of alcohol from the list. The list, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee on 24 September 2017, comes into force on 1 January 2018 and designates what substances and methods are prohibited both in and out-of-competition. 
Oct 02, 2017 19:10
BUCHAREST, Romania: Russia and China are among nine countries that have received one-year bans from all international weightlifting competitions, ruling them out of the upcoming world championships.  The 2017 IWF World Championships will be held between November 28 and December 5 in the city of Anaheim near Los Angeles.
Sep 29, 2017 16:09
MUMBAI: India's rating on compliance with global anti doping regulations has improved to 71 per cent, according to National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) director general Navin Agarwal.
Jun 03, 2017 15:06
IN WHAT has shaped up into the Grand Canyon of falls from grace, the once legendary Lance Armstrong is grasping for a semblance of credibility as his legacy turns to dust around him. On a tell-all with Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong confessed to being a performance-enhancing drugs (“PED”) user during his unprecedented run of seven Tour-de-France victories.