India has suffered a major setback ahead of the Commonwealth Games as judoka Tulika Maan has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) over three whereabouts failures within a rolling 12-month period. The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games silver medalist has been withdrawn from the competition pending an emergency hearing. In this video, we explain what a whereabouts failure is, why elite athletes must regularly update their location for out-of-competition testing, and how three missed filings or missed tests within 12 months can result in suspension under anti-doping rules.

Tulika Maan Suspended From Commonwealth Games | What Is a Whereabouts Failure?

The World Anti-Doping Agency has plunged into crisis after the US government decided to withhold a payment of $3.6 million to the global sports watchdog's annual budget. The funding breakdown comes after a year of sniping between WADA and USADA, the US Anti-Doping Agency. The controversy started when it was revealed last year that WADA cleared 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, even though they had tested positive for the banned drug. Watch in for more details!

USA withholds $3.6 Million in funding from world anti-doping agency

A 2018 World Cup winner with France, Paul Pogba, is banned for four years after failing an anti-doping test for a banned substance called testosterone in August last year, Juventus claimed on Thursday (Feb 29).

French midfielder Paul Pogba banned for four years for failing anti-doping test

Russia's anti-doping agency chief on Monday said that his country has ''no chance'' of winning an appeal against a four-year international sporting ban. "There is no chance of winning this case in court," RUSADA chief Yury Ganus told AFP after the World Anti-Doping Agency imposed the ban that will rule Russia out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

'No chance' of winning WADA ban appeal: Russian anti-doping chief

The World Anti-Doping Agency said North Korea's testing programme has failed to comply with its code, threatening to derail a joint Korean bid for the 2032 summer Olympics.

WADA says North Korea not complying with anti-doping code

Long jumper Darya Klishina has appealed to the Court of Arbitration which will rule on her suspension by tomorrow

Rio Olympics 2016: Russia says 'provocation' against Klishina may not be the last

The accusations were levelled by former Russian anti-doping laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov in a New York Times article in May

Five key doping allegations made against Russia

UK Anti-Doping agency also suspended Tyson's cousin Hughie Fury for similar charges

Boxing champion Tyson Fury suspended over banned substance

IAAF rejected Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko's appeal to overturn ban, saying there were no grounds for further review

IAAF confirms ban on 67 Russian athletes for Rio

The verdict against blanket ban on Russia means there will be athletes in Rio Games whose cheating had been covered up, the couple said

Russian whistleblowers: Drug cheats will compete in Rio

International Olympic Committee's executive board are to hold a conference call on Sunday to discuss banning Russia from the Rio Games

Russia braces for IOC ruling after CAS bans athletics squad

WADA had suspended credentials of the laboratory on June 24 for failing to comply with international standards

Rio drug lab recertified for Olympic testing

Vitaly Mutko said his adviser, along with two sporting officials and Moscow anti-doping laboratory deputy head, were temporarily suspended

Russia suspends four more anti-doping officials

The outcome is a possibility should a report confirm doping allegations made by the former chief of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory

Russia may not be allowed to send any sportsperson -- no gymnast, no pole vaulter, no ice hockey player -- to the Rio Olympics

A documentary by German TV and British newspaper showed boxes of endurance-boosting drug EPO and syringes inside the training centre at Iten

World agency calls for 'quick action' after another Kenya doping scandal

Russian athletes training outside the country can apply to compete as neutrals at the August event in Brazil

World Anti-Doping Agency prepared to ban entire Russian team from Rio Olympics

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