New Delhi, Aug 3 - Sports minister M.S. Gill Monday said it is necessary for all sporting bodies to adopt the anti-doping code of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sunday rejected WADA's anti-doping code because of the controversial 'whereabouts' clause that mandates players furnish information of their whereabouts in advance.

Gill also played down the security concerns of the cricketers and said that every sporting association will have to adhere to WADA norms.

'All sportspersons should adhere to it and happily follow it, as so many sports federations and players are following it,' Gill said after the state sports ministers' conference here Monday.

'We have accepted WADA regulatory testing and we adhere to it.