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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between South African race walker Lebogang Shange and World Athletics (WA): • Following a positive test with trenbolone (anabolic steroid), Lebogang Shange is found to have committed anti-doping rule violations pursuant to Rule 2.1...
• Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee say urgent action is needed by Government and sporting bodies to address a long-term failure to reduce the risks of brain injury in sport. • Read the Report: Concussion in sport • Read the Report: Concussion in sport (PDF 378 KB) •...
The Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) has issued the following decision in relation to the Brazilian weightlifter Natasha Rosa Figueiredo: • The request for arbitration filed on 9 July 2021 by the International Weightlifting Federation against Natasha Rosa Figueiredo is partially upheld. •...
In the lead up to the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has received 17 referrals for investigation of suspicious qualifying performances. The referrals were from 16 countries and included 31 athletes and five relay teams. As a result of the AIU’s investigations, eight qualifying performances for...
Sportradar Integrity Services are pleased to confirm that no suspicious betting activity was recorded at UEFA EURO 2020. Sportradar strongly supports UEFA to operate the UEFA Betting Fraud Detection System (BFDS) – which analyses betting behaviour and patterns across international and domestic football competitions in Europe – and have fulfilled...
Equestrian Australia has provisionally suspended Jumping athlete Jamie Kermond under the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy 2021. The mandatory Provisional Suspension Notice asserts Mr Kermond returned a positive A-sample for a metabolite of cocaine following a test conducted by Sport Integrity Australia on 26 June 2021. Cocaine is prohibited In-Competition by the...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has confirmed seven new members for its Anti-Doping and Medical Commission following an open recruitment process that saw successful candidates appointed from all six regions of the Commonwealth. The new additions to the Commission will be Dr Sonia Johnson, Grenada, Dr John...
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) President, Witold Bańka, delivered a speech to the 138th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session held in Tokyo in advance of the Olympic Games. Mr. Bańka updated IOC members on WADA activities since the IOC’s last session in March 2021, in particular those that...
The principle of strict liability is a core and important component of an effective fight against doping. The documentary and the experiment by the ARD doping editorial team and the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University Hospital of Cologne have impressively illustrated the negative effects this principle can...
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Russian players Ivan Knyazev, Daria Meshcheryakova and Vladimir Obukhov for breaches relating to the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations and the FIFA Disciplinary Code. All three cases originated from doping controls taken in 2013 that were analysed in the Moscow laboratory and originally reported as...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) notes the contents of the 16 July 2021 documentary by German broadcaster, ARD, which makes a number of statements regarding the possibility of prohibited substances being passed through the skin of athletes via a process of sabotage. WADA acknowledges that some athletes may be concerned...
The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) comments on the ARD documentary ‘Guilty – How athletes can become dopers unintentionally’ as follows: 1. Acts of sabotage and targeted manipulation are criminal attacks. These facts are not only to be prosecuted under sports law, but also under criminal law. In order...
• Inquiry into match fixing allegations to follow The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) today confirms that six tennis players from Morocco have been provisionally suspended by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Charles Hollander QC, pending an inquiry into match fixing allegations. The players are: Amine Ahouda, Anas Chakrouni,...
Sport Integrity Australia today acknowledges the decision of Football Australia to impose a three-year ban on athlete Evan Tsakos for the presence, use, possession (2 separate violations), and attempted use of prohibited substances. Mr Tsakos returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an in-competition doping control test on 19 January 2020...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para powerlifter Netsuda Panna for four years after she committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided on 19 July 2019 after competing at the Nur-Sultan 2019 World...
