News for 'The World Anti-Doping Agency'

World Athletics to expel Russia's federation if fine unpaid

World Athletics to expel Russia's federation if fine unpaid

Rediff.com30 Jul 2020

The expulsion, which would have to be approved by the World Athletics Congress, would lead to Russian athletes being sidelined from international competitions, including those who had previously been authorised to compete as neutrals.

No dope offender at Champions Trophy

No dope offender at Champions Trophy

Rediff.com14 Nov 2006

All drug tests for prohibited substances during the ICC Champions Trophy produced negative results.

Nigeria's Abugan stripped of two silver medals

Nigeria's Abugan stripped of two silver medals

Rediff.com15 Oct 2010

Nigeria's Folashade Abugan has been stripped of her 400metres silver medal after failing a drug test at the Commonwealth Games.

Dope tests at Champions Trophy

Dope tests at Champions Trophy

Rediff.com29 Sep 2006

WADA to conduct dope tests on Pakistan players

WADA to conduct dope tests on Pakistan players

Rediff.com15 Sep 2010

Four Pakistan cricketers will undergo dope tests before the third one-day international against England on Friday, a Pakistan team official said. Team manager Yawar Saeed confirmed that a team of experts from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) reached London and notified the Pakistan team that random dope tests would be conducted before the match, at The Oval.

FIH names South African Fairweather as CEO

FIH names South African Fairweather as CEO

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

Kelly Fairweather of South Africa has taken over as the CEO of the International Hockey Federation as successor to Christophe Troendle, who is retiring as FIH's Director General at the end of this month.

'Doping cloud still hangs over Armstrong'

'Doping cloud still hangs over Armstrong'

Rediff.com25 Sep 2008

Lance Armstrong's return to competitive cycling will not erase doping allegations that have dogged his career, the former head of WADA, Dick Pound said.

Armstrong cleared of 1999 doping

Armstrong cleared of 1999 doping

Rediff.com31 May 2006

Independent investigators found that the World Anti-Doping Agency behaved in ways "completely inconsistent" with testing rules.

Skiers must have taken drugs: WADA

Skiers must have taken drugs: WADA

Rediff.com16 Feb 2006

Weightlifter Kavita banned for doping

Weightlifter Kavita banned for doping

Rediff.com12 May 2008

Weightlifter Kavita Devi has been banned for two years after failing a drugs test, India's weightlifting chief said on Monday. Kavita, who competes in the women's 75kg, was hauled back from last month's Asian championships in Japan after the Indian weightlifting federation learned she had tested positive for a steroid during a World Anti-Doping Agency test.

Maken hoping for positive response from BCCI regarding bill

Maken hoping for positive response from BCCI regarding bill

Rediff.com16 Oct 2011

Sports Minister Ajay Maken is hoping that the BCCI would have no objection to the new draft of National Sports development Bill, which could not be passed earlier in the Cabinet after some of the ministers objected to it.

Rogge wants gene doping rules

Rogge wants gene doping rules

Rediff.com6 Dec 2005

Kenyan athletes caught doping do it in uncoordinated, unsophisticated way: WADA

Kenyan athletes caught doping do it in uncoordinated, unsophisticated way: WADA

Rediff.com27 Sep 2018

The WADA report also said that between 2004 and Aug. 1, 138 Kenyan athletes had tested positive for prohibited substances, 113 of them during competitions.

PCB conducts dope tests

PCB conducts dope tests

Rediff.com31 Jul 2007

Samples from the probables for the Twenty20 World Cup, including fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, have been taken for testing by WADA laboratory.

Why is WADA 'extremely troubled'? Find out here...

Why is WADA 'extremely troubled'? Find out here...

Rediff.com11 Feb 2016

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Wednesday it was 'extremely troubled' by reports claiming banned Kenyan athletes were asked for money to reduce their doping suspensions.

ICC to continue dope-testing in cricket

ICC to continue dope-testing in cricket

Rediff.com7 Oct 2009

Dope-testing on players will carry on as the International Cricket Council (ICC) continues negotiations with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over the controversial "whereabouts" clause, the ICC said on Wednesday. The ICC implemented the new WADA code on January 1, according to which players are supposed to reveal details of their location for an hour every day for the next three months to an ICC-nominated officer.

WADA to reduce testing next year

WADA to reduce testing next year

Rediff.com22 Nov 2003

Countries warned over dope code

Countries warned over dope code

Rediff.com19 Nov 2003

Lagat wants EPO test scrapped

Lagat wants EPO test scrapped

Rediff.com27 Nov 2003

Test to catch THG cheats out

Test to catch THG cheats out

Rediff.com22 Oct 2003

The method for detecting the new designer steroid is being sent to IOC-accredited laboratories throughout the world.\n\n

Why the delay in Shaw doping probe

Why the delay in Shaw doping probe

Rediff.com8 Aug 2019

There was a gap of more than two months between Prithvi Shaw's sample collection and the final report from National Dope Testing Laboratory.

Landis slams WADA's Pound

Landis slams WADA's Pound

Rediff.com9 Jan 2007

Landis issued a press release calling Pound's comments "defamatory and absurd" and accusing Pound of branding him as guilty.

Issues with WADA resolved: ICC

Issues with WADA resolved: ICC

Rediff.com1 Nov 2006

Leading tennis stars test negative

Leading tennis stars test negative

Rediff.com16 Dec 2003

The stars tested negative after their urine samples were re-tested for the newly-discovered steroid THG.

PCB gags Shoaib and Asif

PCB gags Shoaib and Asif

Rediff.com19 Oct 2006

Both players have been told to stop talking to the media before their appearance next week at a doping tribunal.

We will never find a drug-free sport: WADA

We will never find a drug-free sport: WADA

Rediff.com2 Oct 2010

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) moves fast, but one thing is clear drug cheats and pharma companies helping them break records are definitely faster than WADA.

Akhtar, Asif test positive for drugs

Akhtar, Asif test positive for drugs

Rediff.com16 Oct 2006

It's upto WADA to dope-test Indian cricketers: Rathore

It's upto WADA to dope-test Indian cricketers: Rathore

Rediff.com19 Nov 2017

Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday said the Board of Control for Cricket in India could have ensured dope testing of the Indian cricketers by NADA but put the onus on WADA to make the Indian Board compliant of its Code.

BCCI is very much WADA-compliant, but... : Lorgat

BCCI is very much WADA-compliant, but... : Lorgat

Rediff.com1 Jun 2010

The ICC CEO brushed aside concerns over a potential clash with WADA on the whereabouts clause, saying it is not an issue any more.

IPL organisers breach rule by identifying player

IPL organisers breach rule by identifying player

Rediff.com14 Jul 2008

The representative of the World Anti-Doping Agency in Pakistan on Monday slammed the Indian Premier League organisers for prematurely identifying the player who failed a dope test during the tournament.

Modi confirms positive test in IPL

Modi confirms positive test in IPL

Rediff.com14 Jul 2008

Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi has confirmed that a player tested positive in the World Anti-Doping Agency 's random dope test, conducted during the inaugural Twenty20 tournament in India.

Sumariwalla to take up athletes' case

Sumariwalla to take up athletes' case

Rediff.com16 Feb 2006

11-time Indian 100m champion Adille Sumariwalla says it was wrong to suspend athletes who went missing when WADA officials came calling.

IPL players to undergo dope tests

IPL players to undergo dope tests

Rediff.com17 May 2008

The World Anti-Doping Agency will conduct dope tests on players participating in the Indian Premier League.

'58 Indian weightlifters caught for doping last year'

'58 Indian weightlifters caught for doping last year'

Rediff.com3 May 2016

Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's revelations came just a few days after India has been placed at the third spot in worldwide dope violation in 2014 in a report published by World Anti-Doping Agency.

Only a miracle would reopen Armstrong case, says Fahey

Only a "miracle" would reopen Armstrong case, says Fahey

Rediff.com12 Nov 2013

Disgraced Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong would need "something close to a miracle" to get his lifetime ban from cycling re-examined, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey said on Tuesday.

Shamed Greek sprinters tested by WADA

Shamed Greek sprinters tested by WADA

Rediff.com7 Dec 2004

Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were among a group of Greek athletes to be tested by doctors from WADA.

Ruling on Young soon

Ruling on Young soon

Rediff.com19 Sep 2003

WADA retrieves 2,262 samples from tainted Moscow lab

WADA retrieves 2,262 samples from tainted Moscow lab

Rediff.com1 May 2019

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday it had retrieved more than 2,000 samples from a tainted Moscow laboratory that will be used to strengthen cases against athletes who may have cheated.

ATP should apologise to Rusedski: Agassi

ATP should apologise to Rusedski: Agassi

Rediff.com12 Mar 2004

"The thought of somebody's livelihood, career or legacy to be ripped to shreds for an accident is a terrible thought," said the American.