Doping
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News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Aug 01, 2016, 07:36 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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Refused Rs 1 lakh to spike top ranked para-athlete Sunder Gurjar’s drink, claims juice vendor
Other Sports | Aug 01, 2016, 04:00 PM ISTThe issue relates to world’s top ranked para athlete Sunder Gurjar who may have just survived an attempt to cast a doping shadow on his shot at the Olympics into limbo.
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Russia faces Olympic ban after shocking doping report
Other Sports | Nov 10, 2015, 12:11 PM ISTGeneva: Russia's status as a sports superpower and its participation in track and field events at next year's Olympics came under threat Monday after a report accused the Russians of widespread, state-supported doping reminiscent of
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IAAF: 28 athletes with positive tests for doping in 2005, 2007 world meets
Other Sports | Aug 11, 2015, 11:27 PM ISTLondon: Facing a barrage of criticism over its handling of drug-test results, the IAAF announced Tuesday that 28 athletes had been caught in retests of their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships.The
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Arjuna award recipient and 3 other national players charged for doping
Other Sports | Mar 23, 2015, 01:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Yet again a large number of players of National games have been found guilty in dope charges. The shocking part is that most of them are women players.The biggest name among guilty players
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Odesnik banned 15 years for 2nd doping violation
Tennis | Mar 19, 2015, 09:36 AM ISTLondon: American tennis player Wayne Odesnik was banned Wednesday for 15 years after a second doping violation, a sanction that essentially ends his career and was widely applauded by several top players.The International Tennis Federation
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Would cheat again but I am a changed man: Armstrong
Other Sports | Jan 27, 2015, 03:18 PM ISTLondon: Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has said he should be forgiven after suffering a lot of public humiliation for doping and lying, but defended his conduct, insisting he would do it again.Armstrong was stripped of
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WADA raises minimum ban for doping to four years
Other Sports | Jan 01, 2015, 06:31 PM ISTLondon: Athletes convicted of doping will face a minimum four-year ban under new rules which came into effect from January 1.Changes to the World Anti-Doping Code increased the suspension for doping from two years. Other
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WADA takes 3000 samples from Russian athletes
Other Sports | Dec 24, 2014, 06:21 PM ISTLondon: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials investigating rampant doping among Russian athletes have collected around 3,000 samples from the country, according to media reports Wednesday.The allegations of doping among the country's athletes were made in
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Recent doping due to lack of blood-test labs in Kenya: Jos Hermens
Other Sports | Nov 23, 2014, 02:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Absence of blood testing laboratories in Kenya led to several doping violations recently, says former one-hour-run world-record holder athlete Jos Hermens.Recently, two-time Chicago Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo tested positive for doping.Prior to her,
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Doping ban for Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell
Other Sports | Apr 10, 2014, 11:19 PM ISTKINGSTON, Jamaica: A Jamaican disciplinary panel on Thursday banned former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell from athletics for 18 months after the veteran sprinter tested positive for a banned stimulant last June. In the
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Carl Lewis calls for universal push against doping
Other Sports | Feb 28, 2014, 03:54 PM ISTNairobi: Carl Lewis, nine-time Olympic and eight-time World champion, has called for a universal crisis management and testing system to be implemented to rescue athletics from doping. Speaking Thursday during a one-day tour to Kenya
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Asafa Powell to know his doping fate in April
Other Sports | Feb 28, 2014, 11:51 AM ISTKingston (Jamaica): Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell will know his fate in early April when the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel announces its decision on his consuming banned substance.The announcement follows Wednesday's closure of the hearings in
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Sports meets need Jamaican athletes, can't be excluded from Olympics
Other Sports | Oct 23, 2013, 07:42 PM ISTKingston: Caribbean island nation has rejected the possibility of Jamaica being banned from the Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, saying international Contending that international sports meets need the participation of Jamaican athletes,"I
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Jamaica's footballer Hue banned for 9 months on doping charge
Football | Sep 28, 2013, 01:43 PM ISTZurich: FIFA suspended Jamaica player Jermaine Hue for nine months on Thursday after he tested positive for a banned substance at a World Cup qualifying match. Team doctor Carlton Fraser was banned from football for
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WADA threatens to expel Jamaica on doping issue
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2013, 11:21 AM ISTMontreal: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has threatened to expel Jamaica from the next Olympics and other major competitions if it refuses to address shortcomings highlighted by a senior ex-employee.WADA director general David Howman Wednesday
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Eight Chinese athletes test positive ahead of national games
Other Sports | Aug 21, 2013, 03:10 PM ISTBeijing: China's anti-doping authorities Wednesday said eight athletes had tested positive in the second quarter of the year.So far there have been 12 doping cases this year, equal to that of last year, reports Xinhua.China's
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WADA warns Asian Youth Games athletes against doping
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2013, 06:47 PM ISTNanjing:The WADA warns Asian Youth Games athletes against dopingis warning all athletes at the Asian Youth Games to 'Say No To Doping' in a themed activity that began Friday, the opening day of competition.Held at
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NADA refuses to test Vijender
Other Sports | Apr 02, 2013, 07:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 2: The National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) refusal to test boxer Vijender Singh for heroin has left the Sports Ministry flummoxed and it will wait for a written response from NADA before deciding
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Danish cyclist Rasmussen confesses to doping
Other Sports | Feb 01, 2013, 06:02 PM ISTCopenhagen, Feb 1: Denmark's top cyclist Michael Rasmussen has admitted to extensive use of doping for 12 years, dealing a further blow to the sport since Lance Armstrong's confession.Rasmussen said at a press conference Thursday