'Team doctor's ignorance landed Paul in dope net'

BENGALURU: Team doctors with inadequate knowledge of anti-doping rules was a big takeaway in footballer Subrata Paul's case.
Paul's counsel, reputed sports law expert Vidushpat Singhania of Krida Legal, said that lack of awareness in doctors attached to national teams could lead to athletes ingesting banned substances without their knowledge.
"We have heard of several such cases in the past where athletes have been punished for doping and their support staff get off scot-free.With the World Anti-Doping Agency having tightened its rules to hold the support staff of the accused athlete equally responsible for an anti-doping rule violation, the heat is on all the culprits," Singhania told TOI.
"From that viewpoint, Subrata's is a landmark case in the anti-doping movement of the country because the National Anti-Doping Panel has acknowledged that the team doctor was at fault."