"Tramadol abuse, with its dose-dependent risks of physical dependence, opiate addiction and overdoses in the general population, is of concern and has led to it being a controlled drug in many countries," Wada said in a news release.

New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Thursday said that National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) has regained the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accreditation.

New Delhi Dec 21 PTI An uptick in the number of offenders has taken India into the top-three of the worlds biggest doping violators in a WADA report detailing the transgressions for the year 2019 with bodybuilding weightlifting and athletics contributing majorly to the countrys embarrassing record In the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency 152 17 per cent of the world total Anti-doping Rule Violations ADRVs were reported in India in 2019 leaving it third in the list with the maximum dope offenders coming from bodybuilding 57 Among Olympic sports weightlifting leads the way with 25 ADRVs followed by athletics 20 and wrestling 10 Boxing and judo reported four ADRVs each Four cricketers were also found to have committed ADRVs in 2019 A lightweight in global sport India is only behind Russia 167 and Italy 157 while Brazil 78 is at fourth and Iran 70 fifth An ADRV is reported after a final decision has been rendered and a sanction a reprimand or period of ineligibility imposed against the athlete following the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings Russia was banned from fielding its national team in Tokyo Olympics for not complying with international anti-doping rules The country now tops the violators list reporting more cases than from the previous report of 2018 It had gone down to seventh in the 2017 with 57 ADRVs In the previous WADA report meant for anti-doping violations in 2018 India was placed fourth with 107 ADRVs behind Russia 144 Italy 132 and France 114 Weightlifting 22 had produced the highest number of dope offenders in that report also followed by athletics 16 A total of 278047 samples were collected by Anti-Doping Organisations worldwide in 2019 and subsequently analysed by WADA-accredited laboratories Of these samples 2701 1 per cent were reported as Adverse Analytical Findings Based on a compilation of the information received by WADA till January 31 2021 1535 samples 57 per cent were confirmed as ADRVs sanctions the world anti-doping watchdog said Among Olympic sports worldwide athletics leads the number of dope offenders with 227 18 percent followed by weightlifting with 160 Bodybuilding leads overall with 272 PTI PDS AH PM PM

New Delhi Dec 21 PTI India continued to be among the top-ranked doping nations in the world as it was placed third in the anti-doping rule violations in 2019 In the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency 152 17 per cent of world total anti-doping rule violations ADRVs were reported in India in 2019 with the maximum dope offenders coming from bodybuilding 57 Among Olympics sports weightlifting leads the way with 25 ADRVs followed by athletics 20 and wrestling 10 Boxing and judo have four ADRVs each Four cricketers were also found to have committed ADRVs in 2019 An ADRV is reported after a final decision has been rendered and a sanction a reprimand or period of ineligibility imposed against the athlete following the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings A lightweight in global sport India is only behind Russia 167 and Italy 157 while Brazil 78 is at fourth and Iran 70 fifth Russia was banned from fielding its national team in Tokyo Olympics for not complying with international anti-doping rules The country has gained one place from the previous report of 2018 while it had gone down to seventh in the 2017 with 57 ADRVs In the previous WADA report meant for anti-doping violations in 2018 India was placed fourth with 107 ADRVs behind Russia 144 Italy 132 and France 114 Weightlifting 22 had produced the highest number of dope offenders in that report also followed by athletics 16 A total of 278047 samples were collected by Anti-Doping Organisations worldwide in 2019 and subsequently analyzed by WADA-accredited laboratories Of these samples 2701 1 per cent were reported as Adverse Analytical Findings Based on a compilation of the information received by WADA till January 31 2021 1535 samples 57 per cent were confirmed as ADRVs sanctions the world anti-doping watchdog said Among Olympics sports worldwide athletics leads the number of dope offenders with 227 18 percent followed by weightlifting with 160 Bodybuilding leads overall with 272 PTI PDS PDS AH AH