WADA warns Asian Youth Games athletes against doping

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 19:09

The World Anti-Doping Agency is warning all athletes at the Asian Youth Games to `Say No To Doping` in a themed activity that began on Friday, the opening day of competition.

WADA suspends Rio lab

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 15:54

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the Rio de Janeiro laboratory which was expected to analyse urine and blood samples during the 2014 Football World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

IOC nominate Reedie to be head of WADA

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 22:52

Craig Reedie, a driving force behind London`s successful hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games, is all but assured of being the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after being nominated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board on Friday.

IAAF to return to four-year doping bans from 2015

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 19:39

World athletics` governing body, the IAAF, will adhere to a new WADA code and happily revert to four-year bans for drugs offenders from 2015 as part of its "unwavering commitment against doping".

Holy book desecrated in Punjab

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 15:17

Unidentified miscreants tore pages of a holy book in Wada Ghar village in the district, police said on Sunday.

Italian police open investigation for doping against Powell, Simpson, physio

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 10:03

Italian police have opened an investigation for doping against Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday, as the athletes blamed their physiotherapist after they failed drugs tests.

Experts think gene doping not yet in existence

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 20:12

Scientific experts and representatives from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Wednesday met here to review the progress in combatting gene and cell doping.

Murray blasts Fuentes case verdict as `biggest cover-up in sports history`

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 13:56

British tennis star Andy Murray has attacked the verdict of the Spanish doctor doping case as the `biggest cover up in sports history`.

Lance Armstrong withdraws from swimming event

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 11:33

Swimming’s International Federation raised objections to Lance Armstrong’s participation in the Masters South Central Zone Championships forcing him to withdraw from the event.

Vijender Singh has been untraceable: NADA

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 14:04

Boxer Vijender Singh has been untraceable, NADA Director General Mukul Chaterjee said on Tuesday.

Mohali drug haul: NADA refuses to test Vijender Singh for heroin consumption

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 13:42

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has refused to conduct heroin test on boxer Vijender Singh despite the Sports ministry’s request.

WADA gives clean chit to Pistorius over doping allegations

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 13:20

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius had been given a clean chit from doping charges by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), who said that it has already been made aware of the substance found in Pistorius bedroom and that it was not banned.