The four-year ban from international sporting events given to Russia has "political considerations", according to President Vladimir Putin

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju said there is a need to promote a culture of clean sports in India, so that the image of the country is not tarnished when athletes are caught for doping abroad

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia from international competitions including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major global sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

On Tuesday, a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) source hinted that the Euro 2020 football tournament may be excluded from the potential doping ban

Citing experiments with testosterone, fat-burning amino acid injections and falsified medical documents, the American anti-doping authority USADA said in its report the highest-profile track and field coach in the world Alberto Salazar had attempted to use prohibited methods on multiple athletes

Yang Fangxu, who tested positive for the prohibited blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO), will not be able to help China's women defend their title at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games next summer and her career is almost certainly over

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given in writing that it would adhere to the anti-doping policy of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), thus becoming a National Sports Federation

While accepting the suspension handed to him by the BCCI, Prithvi Shaw claimed that he had consumed a basic, over-the-counter cough syrup, when he was suffering from a severe cough and cold during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament on February 2019

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) had vehemently opposed to signing up with NADA, claiming that it is an autonomous body, not a National Sports Federation and does not rely on government funding