Drugs In Sport

WADA director says lifetime bans not legally enforceable

Sanctions for drug offenders must remain "proportionate" and lifetime Olympic bans do not appear legally enforceable, World Anti-Doping Agency's European director Frederic Donze said.

248 sportspersons caught for doping since 2009: Maken

In a written reply to a question at the Lok Sabha, Maken said that since its inception on January 1, 2009 till June 30 this year, the NADA has collected 6607 samples and 248 had returned positive for banned substances.

Why the sports ministry is getting it wrong, again!

The ministry, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to shut the NIS as a training venue and use it only as a teaching location. But scepticism remains.

Akkunji claims innocence, blames food supplements

Many athletes and weightlifters tell me that "we take it", says Saina

'The Athletics Federation of India is run from a jail'

Lalit Bhanot, in jail for his part in the CWG scam, continues to run the show and if that's the case at the top, can we really expect the sport to find its way out of trouble?

Doping? You must be joking, look at our rankings

The most obvious fact that must be noted is that even with all these “vitamins” being taken, we still rank nowhere in the world. So what is the point?

Stop getting doped, spare us the embarrassment

It takes 0.18 seconds to find the WADA's list of prohibited substances. That’s how easy it is for international athletes, coaches or federations to update their records and put their house in order.