Esports and the World Anti-Doping Code

This is the first book to focus on the topic of doping in esports. As the global esports industry continues to grow, this book critiques current anti-doping practices and considers the role that the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee might play in creating a sustainable anti-doping scheme.

Lovely Dasgupta is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Sports Law and Policy at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India. She was one of the founding Indian academics to introduce a taught course on sports law. For the past 19 years, she has been writing and researching on issues within the field of sports law and competition law. She is the only Indian amongst the current members of the International Network of Doping Research, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark.

1. Prologue, 2. Esports and The Olympics: Fitting In Or Sitting Out?, 3. Doping Within Esports: Old Wine In A New Bottle?, 4. Esports and The WADA Code: Not Misfits, 5. The WADA Code as a Blueprint for Anti-doping in Esports, 6. Epilogue