Before the games, one weightlifter and one judoka were withdrawn from the Indian contingent. Arun Kumar was removed from India's judo squad and weightlifter Dilbagh Singh will return from Glasgow as well.

Commonwealth Games 2026: India's medal hopes suffer after doping woes

India's with 162 individuals, is the top ranked country on the AIU list for highest number of doping offenders.

India tops AIU list of countries with most doping offenders: Expert shares reason behind menace and ways to overcome

Indian competitive bodybuilding is facing a tough reality as Yatinder Singh’s video highlighted mental health struggles. Discussion is raging about steroid and PED abuse, intense pressure, and rise in deaths of young bodybuilders. What is the hidden truth of the sport?

Indian bodybuilding’s hidden underbelly: Mental health crisis, steroid abuse and young athlete deaths

Througout the hearing process, the 40-year-old denined all the charges levelled against him except accepting blood doping in a social media post shortly before the hearing on the matter. He termed his actions of getting a blood transfusion done in Mexico in 2018 as ‘stupid.’

Former Aussie no. 1 tennis player Matosevic calls ITIA corrupt, gets four-year ban six weeks later on doping charges

He tested positive on March 26, 2024, for epitrenbolone, an anabolic steroid, in an out-of-competition test and was provisionally suspended from April to June 2024. 

US sprinter Erriyon Knighton banned after losing doping appeal

Rabada tested positive for a "Substance of Abuse", for which he was informed of the result on April 1, facing provisional suspension after that. Sports, Cricket

IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans seamer Kagiso Rabada to resume cricket after serving doping suspension

We're used to hearing about the menace of performance enhancing drugs in sport but what if the biggest performance boost came not from a lab but from the wind that's a debate swirling around weather doping it's a term gaining traction after string of huge discuss throws in Oklahoma raised eyebrows. Watch in for more details!

'Weather doping' controversy sparks row in Oklahoma

Sports: An impactful pointer from the revised policy includes scrapping of a clause that barred an athlete’s “spouse, father, mother, brother, and sister” from receiving the award.

Junior Indian athletes to lose out on cash prize for international medals under new policy

World number one Jannik Sinner said on Monday that he was in "a very difficult moment" and enduring sleepless nights over his doping case. The 23-year-old is under the microscope anew after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Saturday it was seeking a ban of up to two years after he twice tested positive for traces of the steroid clostebol in March.

'Had sleepless nights...,' reveals two-time US Open winner Jannik Sinner about doping case

Jannik Sinner has hired Novak Djokovic's former fitness coach Marco Panichi in the wake of the world number one being cleared despite testing positive twice for a banned substance.

Jannik Sinner hires Novak Djokovic's former fitness coach after doping incident

Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic called for "clear protocols" and "standardized approaches" to tennis doping cases on Saturday in response to the announcement that top-ranked Jannik Sinner had escaped a ban despite two positive tests this year.

Novak Djokovic calls for 'clear protocols' in wake of Jannik Sinner’s doping episode

Denis Shapovalov was among a string of tennis players who called out what they said are double standards in the game after world number one Jannik Sinner was cleared of wrongdoing despite failing two drug tests this year.

Players allege double standards after No. 1 ranked Jannik Sinner escapes doping ban

Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to compete after world governing bodies secretly accepted China's findings that they had ingested it unknowingly, The New York Times said Saturday.

23 Chinese swimmers competed at Tokyo Games despite failing doping tests – Reports

Simona Halep will make her competitive return this week after winning an appeal over a doping suspension when she takes the court at the Miami Open where Indian Wells champion Iga Swiatek will look to pull off the Sunshine Double.

Tennis: Simona Halep to face Paula Badosa in Miami opener after her return from doping ban

Kenya's Sarah Chepchirchir has been hit with an eight-year ban after the former Tokyo Marathon winner was found to have violated anti-doping regulations for a second time, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Athletics: Kenya's Sarah Chepchirchir handed 8-year ban for second doping violation

In a huge blow to Russian skating, teen star Kamila Valieva has received a four-year suspension for doping. The development was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday (Jan 29) after the figure skater failed a doping test ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Skating: Russia’s Kamila Valieva handed four-year ban for doping, Olympic gold could go to US

Poland's former WBO cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Glowacki has been banned from all sport for four years for the use of an anabolic steroid, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said on Tuesday.

Boxing: Former WBO champion Krzysztof Glowacki receives four-year ban for doping offence

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Friday it has submitted to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) objections from Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA about its non-compliance status.

WADA sends Russian anti-doping agency case to arbitration

An Afghan boxer has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test at the Asian Games, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said, the first reported drugs case at the event.

Afghan boxer provisionally suspended for failing doping test at Asian Games

Former World No. 1 and Two-time Grand Slam Champion Simona Halep is banned for 4 years from tennis after being found guilty of two separate doping violations. The Romanian denies any wrongdoing and says she will appeal the sentence.

Former World No. 1 Simona Halep to appeal four-year doping ban

Former world no. 1 tennis player Simona Halep was dropped from the upcoming US Open field on Monday, August 21 as she's under a provisional doping suspension. The two-time Grand Slam champion was withdrawn from the tournament's qualifying draw automatically because of her ban announced by the US Tennis Association.

Tennis: Former world no. 1 Simona Halep 'automatically out' of US Open field due to provisional doping ban

Double Asian Games silver medallist Dutee Chand will challenge the four-year ban imposed on her by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing two out-of-competition dope tests for a banned substance.

Dutee Chand to challenge four-year ban imposed by NADA for positive dope test

Tobi Amusan, world record holder in the women's 100 metres hurdles, has had her provisional doping suspension lifted with immediate effect, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday.

World hurdles champion Amusan's doping suspension lifted

Poland's Kamil Majchrzak has been suspended for 13 months by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for failing a drug test, it said on Thursday. The 27-year-old was provisionally suspended in late November last year after samples he provided from tournaments in Sofia in September and Japan and Seoul in October were found to contain three banned substances (SARM S-22, LGD-4033 and PPARδ agonists).

Tennis: Poland's Kamil Majchrzak banned for 13 months after failing drug test

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