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India needs anti-doping reforms if it wants to host 2036 Olympics: ITA head
May 02, 2026 10:08 pm
India is set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad and is also bidding to stage the 2036 Olympic Games in the Gujarat city.
Olympics bid looming, athletics watchdog flags 'extremely high' doping risk in India
April 21, 2026 9:28 am
"This is a good step. There will be more scrutiny. All in all it will clean up the system. In gathering intelligence, out of competition testing, testing at state and district level, more has to be done," World Athletics vice-president and Athletics Federation of India spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla told The Indian Express
Para-Athletics World Championships gold medallist Simran Sharma’s runner guide tests positive for doping
October 11, 2025 10:39 pm
Umar Saifi tests positive for Drostanolone, a performance-enhancing drug, and is provisionally suspended
Indian national found with prohibited substance during doping raid in Kenya
May 07, 2025 11:46 pm
Among the prohibited substances recovered during a raid on May 5 were human growth hormones (HGH), meldonium, mannitol and also intravenous (IV) paraphernalia, including IV bags, syringes, and needles, both used and unused
India's junior athletes will no longer get cash prizes for international medals after government amends policy
February 08, 2025 10:39 am
A Sports Ministry official said one of the key factors behind this decision was to promote junior competitions as developmental events rather than making it all about a podium finish.
Falsely implicated for doping after sample manipulation and driven to depression, athlete Shalu turns to DNA test to prove her innocence
May 17, 2024 9:53 am
Proving her innocence took over a year-and-a-half. The DNA test results which exonerated her were out in February this year. NADA informed her about the failed dope test in August 2022.
100m runner who ran alone in infamous Delhi meet now fails dope test
December 06, 2023 6:31 pm
All other runners in 100m final had fled after seeing NADA officials and now the only one to appear has failed a drug test
Doping is not the seedy underbelly of Indian sport — it's an open secret
September 27, 2023 10:57 pm
Express View: At the core of this corruption is encouragement of coaches and parents for quick-fixes, and the lethargy of India's anti-doping machinery
Kenyan distance runner Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping
May 17, 2023 4:56 pm
Rhonex Kipruto won a bronze medal in the 10,000-meter race at the 2019 world championships
Russian hammer thrower Sergei Litvinov admits to doping in 2012
January 13, 2023 4:44 pm
Litvinov said he handed over the details of his case to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which oversees integrity issues in international athletics, including doping.
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