The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adille Sumariwalla has welcomed the Sports Ministry's plan to legislate an anti-doping law, saying that coaches who give prohibited drugs to their wards should be handed strong punishment. "I have been advocating that (making an anti-doping law) for some time and now the government wants to make a legislation in that regard. "Action should be taken against coaches, who give drugs to the athletes. Drugs being given to minors, action should be taken under the Juvenile Act, under the Distribution of Prohibited Substances Act. Action should be taken, otherwise they will never stop," he told(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna May 15, 2017 13:07 UTC