Caught in the act! 10 cricketers banned for doping

The world has been witness to many sports stars who have been caught and subsquently punished for using drugs. Among them, most recently, is Prithvi Shaw, who has been handed a back-dated......

Nadal fumes over doping rumours post Sharapova controversy

IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters. Spanish tennis maestro Rafael Nadal has defended his training methods and outrightly rejected to have used any banned substance in......

NADA issues list to Olympic bound athletes

The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Tuesday issued a list of dos and don'ts to athletes, who are going to represent India in the upcoming London Olympics, strictly warning them against the......

WADA adds cortisone to monitoring programme

The World Anti-Doping Agency has added out-of-competition use of glucocorticosteroids that include powerful anti-inflammatory medication cortisone, often taken as injection by injured cricketers,......

Rani Yadav fails dope test at CWG

Hosts India were in for a major shock on Wednesday when their athlete Rani Yadav failed a doping test at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Yadav had finished sixth in the 20-km walk with a timing of 1......