Dope Offences

Dipa Karmakar, who returned to action last year after a 21-month suspension for a doping offence, is out of contention for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

The NADA nor the Athletics Federation of India refused to divulge any names of the two athletes, who failed dope tests.

Sun Yang, who was accused of refusing to provide blood and urine samples when drug testers visited his home in China in September 2018, vowed to appeal the ruling.

The Rajasthan athlete now faces the prospect of being banned for a maximum period of four years for a first-time dope offence if his confirmatory 'B' sample test also returns positive.

Usain Bolt's 'triple treble' is under threat as former relay teammate Nesta Carter is face doping probe for an offence during 2008 Beijing Olympics

Andre Russell, who helped West Indies win their second ICC World Twenty20 cricket title in India in April, missed three doping tests within a 12-month period

The letters, some of which were written to top officials of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) in 2010, reveal Gatlin's apparent remorse at bringing the sport into disrepute.

The BCCI has banned Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan for failing a dope test during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League this year.

Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh stated that 279 sportspersons have returned positive for doping offence in the last two years.

Plans were afoot to draft Akkunji, whose two-year ban for a doping offence committed in 2011 ended on Wednesday, into the women's 4x400m relay team to raise hopes of a gold medal in the event.

Last week the WADA and the United States Doping Agency (USADA) -- the organisation whose investigations into Armstrong led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping offences -- were among those who said they were withdrawing from the hearing because of the lack of an amnesty.

Pakistan has been embarrassed internationally by doping offences with frontline paceman Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif failing tests in 2006.

French steeplechase runner Nour-Eddine Gezzar has been handed a 10-year ban for doping offences, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) announced on Tuesday.

Two weightlifters have been kicked out of Turkey's Olympic squad on suspicion of doping offences, the Anatolia news agency reported in Istanbul on Thursday.

Cracking the whip on dope offenders, Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Saturday handed life bans on three lifters, including 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Vicky Bhatta for their second dope offences.

Dipa Karmakar, who returned to action last year after a 21-month suspension for a doping offence, is out of contention for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

The NADA nor the Athletics Federation of India refused to divulge any names of the two athletes, who failed dope tests.

Sun Yang, who was accused of refusing to provide blood and urine samples when drug testers visited his home in China in September 2018, vowed to appeal the ruling.

The Rajasthan athlete now faces the prospect of being banned for a maximum period of four years for a first-time dope offence if his confirmatory 'B' sample test also returns positive.

Usain Bolt's 'triple treble' is under threat as former relay teammate Nesta Carter is face doping probe for an offence during 2008 Beijing Olympics

Andre Russell, who helped West Indies win their second ICC World Twenty20 cricket title in India in April, missed three doping tests within a 12-month period

The letters, some of which were written to top officials of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) in 2010, reveal Gatlin's apparent remorse at bringing the sport into disrepute.

The BCCI has banned Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan for failing a dope test during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League this year.

Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh stated that 279 sportspersons have returned positive for doping offence in the last two years.

Plans were afoot to draft Akkunji, whose two-year ban for a doping offence committed in 2011 ended on Wednesday, into the women's 4x400m relay team to raise hopes of a gold medal in the event.

Last week the WADA and the United States Doping Agency (USADA) -- the organisation whose investigations into Armstrong led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping offences -- were among those who said they were withdrawing from the hearing because of the lack of an amnesty.

Pakistan has been embarrassed internationally by doping offences with frontline paceman Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif failing tests in 2006.

French steeplechase runner Nour-Eddine Gezzar has been handed a 10-year ban for doping offences, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) announced on Tuesday.

Two weightlifters have been kicked out of Turkey's Olympic squad on suspicion of doping offences, the Anatolia news agency reported in Istanbul on Thursday.

Cracking the whip on dope offenders, Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on Saturday handed life bans on three lifters, including 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Vicky Bhatta for their second dope offences.