Dope test of Punjab politicians!

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 23:20

Should politicians be put under the scanner of dope test? The issue has been raised by the former Director General of Prisons, Shashikant.

Renjith Maheswary may get reprieve

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 23:09

Going by circumstantial evidence, triple jumper Renjith Maheshwari, who reportedly failed a dope test in 2008, may get a reprieve paving the way for his getting the Arjuna Award.

Italian police find stash of pills, medicine in Powell’s room

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 14:35

Italian police have said they discovered a stash of unidentified pills and medicines in the hotel room of Asafa Powell, the Jamaican sprinter accused of doping.

Sprint stars Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell fail drug tests

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 08:43

Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, two of the four fastest men in history, sent shockwaves through the blue riband 100m when both men failed drug tests.

Former Barcelona star Deco fails doping test

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 09:21

Former Barcelona and Chelsea star Deco has failed a doping test, it emerged on Tuesday.

Vijender Singh’s drug test negative: Sports Ministry

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 08:28

New Delhi: In a huge sigh of relief for Indian boxer Vijender Singh, National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) announced on Tuesday that the boxer has tested negative in the drug test.

40 Indian athletes in IAAF list of dope offenders

Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2012, 21:15

India has nothing to boast of in terms of achievements at world stage in athletics, but the country has topped in the number offenders caught for doping under IAAF rules.

I have not consumed any prohibited substance: Rehman

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 21:46

Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman, who is facing a two-year ban after testing positive in England, today claimed that he has not consumed any prohibited medicines or substances which could lead to his sanctioning.

Sehwag, Bhajji, Ashwin undergo dope tests

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 10:40

Three Indian cricketers, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin, underwent routine dope test here on Tuesday.

London Olympics: Belarusian Shot Putter stripped of gold medal, dope test positive

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 19:29

Women’s shot put gold medallist at the London Olympics 2012, Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been stripped of her title after being tested positive in a doping test, the IOC announced on Monday.

Indian athletes lose doping case in CAS

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 23:21

The six Indian women athletes, who were caught for steroid doping last year, lost their case in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland as it upheld the IAAF`s appeal to impose two-year ban on them.

Methylhexaneamine doping hearing adjourned for Sept 19

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 17:56

The methylhexaneamine dope scandal that rocked the 2010 Commonwealth Games continues to drag with the hearing into the case adjourned till September 19 after the lawyer representing the 11 implicated athletes sought to point out procedural lapses by the National Dope Testing Laboratory.