The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Grant McDonald, a U SPORTS football athlete affiliated with the University of Calgary, received a 10-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during in-competition doping control on November 3, 2018, revealed the presence...
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Kyle Borsa, a U SPORTS football athlete affiliated with the University of Regina, received a 16-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during out-of-competition doping control on October 16, 2018, revealed the presence...
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that David Lee, a powerlifting athlete, received a 14-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during in-competition doping control on August 11, 2018, revealed the presence of higenamine, a beta-2 agonist. Higenamine is classified...
Please note the warning on the EHPlabs’ Limited Edition OxyShred Pina Colada label about the use of this product containing Higenamine. It’s a timely reminder about the varying of a manufacturer’s ingredients from product to product, flavour to flavour. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority once again reminds all athletes about...
A Study published in Clinical Toxicology has found that 24 sports supplements that list higenamine on the label contain doses ranging from a trace amount to 62mg per serving. It found that when following recommended serving sizes on supplement labels, consumers could be exposed to 110mg of higenamine a day,...
UK Anti-Doping cautions athletes and players in the UK to be aware of the prohibited substance higenamine following a number of Adverse Analytical Findings in Australia. Higenamine is classified as a Beta-2 Agonist on the WADA Prohibited List, prohibited in and out-of-competition. Higenamine can be found in dietary supplements. It is often...
Konrad Bukowiecki (pictured), U20 world record holder in the shot put, has tested positive for higenamine, an ingredient commonly contained in ‘fat burner’ food supplements used by athletes. Bukowiecki has denied knowingly taking any prohibited substances and plans to contest the charge. The Polish athletics federation (PZLA) confirmed that...
Fifteen athletes competing in eight sports, from eight countries, were involved in anti-doping proceedings in the last week of 2021. The majority of cases involved confirmed anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs). Only two involved adverse analytical findings (AAFs – or ‘positive tests’) that have yet to be confirmed as ADRVs....
• A Spanish Magistrate has given UEFA five days in which to annul disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Juventus, reports AS. UEFA sanctioned nine of the 12 clubs involved in the European Super League (ESL) at the start of May, and opened disciplinary proceedings against the...
• China has formally criminalised doping in sport. The National People’s Congress voted to adopt Amendment XI to Article 355 of its Criminal Law on Saturday, reports State news agency Xinhua. The amendment, which can be viewed here, criminalises those encouraging athletes to use prohibited substances, as well as...
This week, footballer Mamadou Sakho won a four year battle against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which alleged that he had taken a prohibited substance. Under a strict reading of the 2016 Code in place at the time, Sakho didn’t return an AAF for a prohibited substance. He didn’t...
USADA announced today that Flavia Maria De Oliveira Paparella, of Castro Valley, Calif., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a six-month suspension for her second anti-doping rule violation in a 10-year period. Paparella’s first violation was announced in 2019, when she received a six-month suspension from...
Professional footballer for Barnsley FC, Bambo Diaby has been banned from all sport for a period of two years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) collected a urine sample from Mr Diaby ‘In-Competition’, after an EFL Championship match against Blackburn on 23 November 2019. Analysis of Mr...
Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges the decision of Rugby Australia’s Anti-Doping Judicial Panel to impose a two-year ban on athlete Aidan Leeming for the presence and use of a prohibited substance. Mr Leeming returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an out-of-competition doping control test on 2 May 2019. His sample...
USADA announced today that Matthew McCullough, of Houston, Texas, an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a 20-month sanction after testing positive for a prohibited substance. McCullough, 25, tested positive for higenamine as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample he provided on July 28, 2020. Higenamine is...
