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Hall of shame as 260 players fail doping tests in 2024
The New Indian Express Tirupati
|August 08, 2025
This could be the highest number in the history of Indian doping; samples too have increased to 7466. This was revealed by the sports ministry in Rajya Sabha
EVEN as the Anti-Doping Bill has been submitted in the Parliament, India are up for another big doping embarrassment yet again. The country that had been topping the world charts, has now seen a huge spike in positive cases. The number in 2024 stands at 260. This could be the highest number of positive doping cases in the country. This was revealed during a question hour session (Unstarred question No-2231) in the Rajya Sabha. India's testing agency is National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
This story is from the August 08, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tirupati.
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