WADA play true
In a vindication for Indian Cricket Control Board’s ( BCCI) stand against World Anti-Doping Agency’s drug testing policies, FIFA ( Federation of International Football Association ) and UEFA ( Union of European Football Association) – the two most powerful football associations – have rejected the controversial testing clause.
The WADA ( World Anti-Doping Agency) 
dictate requires sports persons to furnish details of their whereabouts for one hour each day three months in advance.
WADA then uses this information to conduct random dope tests. If the testers cannot find an athlete at the mentioned place and time, it counts as a missed dope test. Three misses in an 18-month period results in a two-year ban from international cricket.
FIFA and UEFA said that training practices of individual athletes and sportspersons differ from team sport players who are “easy to locate” as they train six days a week with the team.
Last month, the BCCI became the first sports body in the world to bunk WADA’s policy because of the whereabouts clause.
It stated that the clause was intrusive, unnecessary and cited the Indian constitution to say it denied the cricketers their right to privacy.
High-profile cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar, against whom there have been terrorist threats in the past, also see the clause as weakening their security.
The whereabouts clause has been frowned upon by some of the leading sports stars, who nonetheless have accepted it.
FIFA and UEFA have urged WADA to amend the contentious clause and make it acceptable for footballers.
