September 12, 2010 11:04 AM

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103 Indian sports-persons have failed dope test during eight months: Sports Ministry

Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, Sports Ministry has said that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight months. Recently, 18 players, including Commonwealth Games squad members, had failed the dope test with 12 of them testing positive for the same substance-Methylhexanamine. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Rahul Bhatnagar, joint Secretary of Sports Ministry said not only CWG disciplines but players from other sport are also in the list. He said, over 2000 samples were collected from January to August and 103 of them turned out to be positive.

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