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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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WADA to probe Russian doping allegations
Other Sports | Dec 11, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTOttawa: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it will fully investigate allegations of doping in Russia. WADA president Craig Reedie said in a statement Wednesday that the allegations in the German TV programme needs further
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WADA likely to appeal over Sun Yang's doping ban
Other Sports | Nov 26, 2014, 02:50 PM ISTBeijing: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) may appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after Chinese swimmer Sun Yang served a three-month doping ban in secret.A WADA spokesman said Wednesday that the agency
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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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Tougher bans for doping cheats approved by WADA
Other Sports | Nov 15, 2013, 05:10 PM ISTJohannesburg: Serious doping cheats will be banned for four years from 2015, ensuring they miss at least one Olympics. The doubling of bans from two years to four was one of the proposals adopted by
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Independent cycling investigation imminent:WADA
Other Sports | Nov 12, 2013, 06:18 PM ISTJohannesburg: WADA President John Fahey says he is confident that cycling's new leadership will set up an independent commission "within weeks" to look at the sport's drug-stained past. Fahey says his World Anti-Doping Agency has
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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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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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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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WADA proposes Olympic ban for doping offenders
Other Sports | Jun 02, 2012, 09:38 PM ISTLondon, June 2: The World Anti-Doping Agency is proposing that athletes found guilty of serious doping offenses could be banned from the next Olympics.A revised draft of the WADA code could see drug cheats suspended
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Weightlifter Chanu Says, She Is Innocent
Other Sports | Sep 09, 2010, 04:31 PM ISTNew Delhi : Facing a life ban after failing a second dope test, weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu on Thursday accused the Indian Weightlifting Federation of keeping her in dark about the banned substance methylhexaneamine, which she
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ICC Suspends WADA's Whereabouts Clause
Cricket | Oct 09, 2009, 08:49 AM ISTThe International Cricket Council has decided to "suspend" the 'Whereabouts Clause' of the World Anti-Doping Agency until the concerns of Indian players' about it are resolved. "We need to find a solution to the practical
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WADA Asks India To Clear Stand On Anti-Doping Clause
Cricket | Sep 19, 2009, 03:50 AM ISTEven as the Indian team left for the Champions Trophy on Friday, the World Anti-Doping Agency has asked the Indian government whether it supports the stand taken by the BCCI on the contentious “whereabouts clause”