Doping Test

The second day of the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has not been kind to Team Ghana. A series of beatings from hockey to tennis was capped by humiliating news of doping on Friday. Shakul Samed failed a doping test, giving his prospective opponent from Mauritius a bye to the…

Ghanaian boxer Shakul Samed has been kicked out of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games for failing a doping test. Samed’s A sample came back positive for furosemide, prompting an immediate suspension. Watch all the highlights from Day 1 in the player above Furosemide is a banned masking agent and diuretic.…

The Commonwealth Games Federation Anti-Doping and Medical Commission has confirmed that the sample of Shakul Samed, a boxer from Ghana, violated anti-doping rules for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Samed has the unfortunate honour of becoming the first athlete at this year’s Games to fail a doping test. His Sample ‘A’…

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Lok Sabha passed a bill which seeks to provide a statutory framework for the functioning of NADA.© AFP Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill which seeks to provide a statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency and the National Dope Testing Laboratory. The National Anti-Doping Bill…

The World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA ) has signed an initial four-year agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to collaborate on anti-doping, it announced on Tuesday. WADA said the deal, which was signed at the CGF General Assembly in Birmingham ahead of the July 28-Aug. 8 Commonwealth Games, was…

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President, Witold Banka attends the World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJuly 26 (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has signed an initial four-year agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to…

Miles Johns is in the clear after receiving a six-month suspension following a positive drug test for Adderall. The United States Anti-Doping Agency announced Thursday that Johns has accepted a public warning after failing to obtain a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for Adderall ahead of a February 2022 fight with…

Friday 01 July 2022 2:35 pm Pan-European police force Europol confirmed this afternoon that raids which took place in 14 locations across Europe this week are focused on “possible doping allegations of a cycling team participating in the Tour de France”. The European law enforcement agency said it had conducted…

Richard McLaren, who led investigations into Russian doping and corruption in the International Weightlifting Federation, will create Gymnastics Canada's culture review roadmap after athletes spoke out about abusive practices. McLaren Global Sport Solutions, headed by Canadian law professor McLaren, said Thursday it will work with Gymnastics Canada as the national…