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Paris Olympics 2024

13 Aug 2024

Vinesh Phogat To Imane Khelif: Top 5 Controversies Of Paris Olympics 2024

The Paris Olympics 2024 was not without its share of controversies. Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification for being overweight cast a shadow over her performance, while Imane Khelif's gender row sparked widespread debate. Other major issues included alleged bias in judging, concerns over athlete safety, and questions about doping regulations. Scroll down to check 5 biggest controversies of Paris Olympics 2024.

13 Sep 2023

Former No. 1 Tennis Player Simona Halep Gets Four-Year Ban In Doping Case

Simona Halep reached No. 1 in the WTA rankings in 2017. She won Wimbledon in 2019, beating 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the final, a year after winning the French Open.

05 Apr 2023

CWG Medal-Winning Lifter Sanjita Chanu Handed 4-Year Ban For Failing Dope Test

Sanjita Chanu had won gold in 48kg ahead of Mirabai Chanu at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. At the 2018 edition in Gold Coast, she was crowned champion in the 53kg category.

18 Jan 2023

Sprinter Dutee Chand tests positive, suspended for using prohibitive substance

Dutee Chand’s ‘A’ sample has tested positive. The next step will likely be an appeal by the sprinter and a test of her ‘B’ sample.

Kamalpreet Kaur

13 Oct 2022

Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur BANNED for three years for doping

Following an interview with the WADA to allow her to explain the positive result, the AIU concluded that Kamalpreet Kaur could not determine how the substance had entered her body, making her eligible for a four-year ban.

30 May 2022

Anju Bobby George makes BIG claim, says athletes bringing back banned drugs

AFI President Adille Sumariwalla, on his part, warned the athletes that they will be put under more intense dope testing than before by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and urged them to stop the business of taking drugs and then claiming innocence later on.

26 Jul 2020

Bangladesh pacer Qazi Onik banned for 2 years for failing dope test

Onik has appeared in just nine matches for the national side in the shortest format of the game and bagged 11 wickets in it.

Gomathi Marimuthu

13 Jun 2020

Asian champion runner Gomathi Marimuthu banned for 4 years for doping

The 31-year-old runner will be banned until May 2023 and disqualified from all races in a two-month period last year, the AIU said.

30 Mar 2020

Canada joins Russia in temporarily halting doping tests amid coronavirus fear

Athletes will continue to be required to file and maintain their whereabouts information and remain subject to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program.

28 Mar 2020

Doping: Russian agency halts testing amid coronavirus outbreak

Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said it was temporarily halting all testing in response to government measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

28 Mar 2020

Asian Games silver medallist Albert Rop banned for doping

Asian Games 5,000m silver medallist Albert Rop, who ditched his Kenyan passport to run for Bahrain, has been banned from competition for two years on doping-related charges.

23 Aug 2019

India's dope testing laboratory suspended by WADA

The NDTL is the only laboratory in the country responsible for human sports dope testing.

11 Mar 2019

IAAF maintains Russia's athletics ban over doping

Russia`s athletics federation (RUSAF) has been suspended since 2015 following a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report that found evidence of widespread doping in the sport.

31 Jan 2019

Sebastian Coe to stand for second term as IAAF chief

The 62-year-old Briton was elected to the position in Beijing in 2015 amidst a storm of doping scandals and has spent much of his term trying to battle the use of banned substances in the sport.

21 Jan 2019

Narsingh moves Delhi HC, seeks speedy completion of probe into doping charges

The Indian wrestler has been facing doping charges after being tested positive for methandienone following two anti-doping tests conducted by the NADA on June 25 and July 5 ahead of the Rio Olympics.

20 Sep 2018

Russia's anti-doping agency to be reinstated, confirms WADA

RUSADA was suspended in 2015 following allegations of widespread state-sponsored doping.

14 Sep 2018

Sanjita Chanu's B sample returns positive, to appear before IWF hearing panel

Fighting a dope taint, weightlifter Sanjita Chanu's troubles mounted Thursday with her 'B' sample also returning positive but the defiant Commonwealth Games gold-medallist will fight her case before the international body's hearing panel.

07 Jun 2018

BCCI suspends Punjab cricketer Abhshek Gupta for doping violation

Punjab wicket-keeper batsman Abhishek Gupta was handed a retrospective eight-month suspension for an "inadvertent" doping violation.

04 May 2018

Athletics Integrity Unit confirm Kiprop positive test, reject allegations

On Thursday, Kiprop went into great detail about the test, carried out in November last year, in a statement that ran to over 1,000 words and made several allegations of impropriety by doping officials.

04 May 2018

Asbel Kiprop says doping officials took money

Although there has still been no official confirmation of his positive test, Kiprop went into great detail about the test, carried out in November last year, in a statement that ran to over 1,000 words.

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