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Bhubaneswar: Odia weightlifter Ghasiram Khara has failed the dope test conducted by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) a few days after he won three silver medals at the Sub Junior Weightlifting Championship. The Indian Weightlifting federation has temporarily suspended Khara after his urine tested positive for dope. “The weightlifter has been asked to undergo […]

New Delhi: A top Indian athlete has been handed a provisional suspension by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for banned performance enhancing substance meldonium. Talking to a news channel, NADA Director General Naveen Agarwal said that the athlete was handed the provisional suspension on Monday but refused to disclose the athlete’s name. […]

New Delhi: Former Indian football skipper Subrata Paul has refused to appear for a confirmatory ‘B sample testing in the stipulated time frame and has sought more time to prepare his defence before the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). Paul, who had flunked an out-of-competition dope test on March 18 in Mumbai, was set a deadline […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met ICC chairman Shashank Manohar in Mumbai on Monday and decided that the Indian board will work with the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for the next six months on a trial basis. Speaking to IANS, sources in […]

New Delhi: Sports Secretary Radheshyam Jhulaniya on Friday said that the Indian cricket board has agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), ending years of defiance. Jhulaniya, who met BCCI CEO Rahul Johri here on Friday, said the Board has given in writing that it would adhere to the anti-doping […]

New Delhi: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will start testing the players registered under Indian cricket board during the next Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru, having agreed to BCCI’s demands for qualified medical practitioners as Lead Dope Control Officers (LDCO). Recently, BCCI’s GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim and head of anti-doping unit Dr Abhijit Salvi […]

New Delhi: Former Asian silver medallist boxer Sumit Sangwan was on Thursday banned for one year by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing a dope test. Sangwan, who competed in the 2012 London Olympics and formerly a 91-kg category boxer, was set to appear for the Olympic qualifier trials. But that will not be […]

New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Championship silver medallist weightlifter Seema has been slapped with a four-year suspension for a doping violation. In a statement, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said Seema’s dope sample was collected this year during the 34th Women National Weightlifting Championship in Vishakhapatnam. “Presence of prohibited substances were found in her system during […]