National Anti Doping Agency Nada Chief On Subrata Paul We Haven T Banned Any Footballer

The Arjuna awardee joins an infamous list of Indian footballers who have failed a doping test. In 2011, Nishant Mehra tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, a banned substance and was censured by NADA for a period of two years. Earlier, in 2002, Arun Malhotra crossed the dreaded Rubicon right before the Asian Games at Busan, South Korea. 

Recently, Dane Pereira was suspended by NADA for failing a drugs test when contracted by Mumbai FC. 

The Indian football diaspora will watch with bated breath as Paul - a decorated Tata Football Academy (TFA) graduate who has won multiple Nehru Cups (2007, 2009) and the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Challenge Cup 2008 - puts up his defense.