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Howman raises questions over Russian Beijing 2008 race walking golds

Meldonium madness, Russia, Sharapova & Rio 2016

Fancy Bears hack: 107 athletes; 23 countries; 25 sports

Dick Pound on the tools that WADA needs to tackle doping

Sport must do more to protect athletes from abuse and cheats

Interview: Hajo Seppelt on how collusion in sport continues

IAAF Ethics Board decision: timeline

A timeline: The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya

UPDATE: A Timeline – Meldonium

AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Olympic Champions Scott and Moses Express Disappointment with WADA Investigation of Complaints of Harassment and Intimidation

Sports Integrity Briefs – 16 May 2019

AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Olympic Champions Scott and Moses Express Disappointment with WADA Investigation of Complaints of Harassment and Intimidation

WADA publishes independent report into allegations of improper conduct

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06/07/2021

Independent Panel issues sanctions against two IWF Member Federations following ITA referral

• The International Testing Agency (ITA) confirms the imposition of sanctions by the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Member Federation Independent Sanctioning Panel against the Vietnamese and Colombian Weightlifting Federations upon referral by the ITA. The ITA will also refer the Turkish Weightlifting Federation before the IWF Independent Sanctioning Panel for...
05/07/2021

CAS upholds AIU charges against Daniil Lysenko and imposes a six year ban on the Russian high jumper

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld charges laid by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) against Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko, for multiple breaches of the Anti-Doping rules including whereabouts failures and tampering with the results management process. The case was heard directly by CAS in May under...
05/07/2021

Jayasundara banned for seven years under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

Sanath Jayasundara, a former performance analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket, has been banned from all cricket for seven years after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The ban is backdated to 11 May 2019, when he was provisionally suspended. Following a full hearing...
02/07/2021

CAS dismisses Brianna McNeal’s appeal & confirms 5yr ban for second ADRV

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) acknowledges the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision today to dismiss US hurdler Brianna McNeal’s appeal against the decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal that she committed a violation of Tampering with Doping Control, a breach of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules. The athlete appealed...
02/07/2021

The CAS upholds the five year period of ineligibility imposed by World Athletics on Brianna McNeal

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedures filed separately by the US track and field athlete Brianna McNeal and by World Athletics (WA) against the decision issued by the WA Disciplinary Tribunal dated 21 April 2021 (the Challenged Decision). In...
02/07/2021

IOC extends opportunities for athlete expression during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

• As part of the implementation of the IOC Athletes’ Commission’s recommendations, the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the Rule 50.2 Guidelines for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. These Guidelines, which were presented to the EB by Kirsty Coventry, Chair of the IOC...
02/07/2021

Track & Field Athlete Sha’Carri Richardson Accepts Sanction for ADRV

USADA announced today that Sha’Carri Richardson, of Clermont, Fla., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a one-month suspension—as  permitted under the applicable international rules—for an anti-doping rule violation for testing positive for a substance of abuse. “The rules are clear, but this is heartbreaking on...
02/07/2021

Exclusion of Namibian athletes from the 400m event

The Namibia National Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Association wishes to make the following statement regarding the recent developments concerning the Namibian sprinters, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi; It is procedural for World Athletics to request medical assessments on international athletes on a regular basis. World Athletics has, according...
01/07/2021

AAA Arbitrator Imposes Four-Year Sanction on Weightlifting Athlete James Nelson for ADRV

USADA announced today that an independent arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has concluded the case of weightlifting athlete James Nelson, of Fort Worth, Texas, and has determined that Nelson should receive a four-year sanction for his anti-doping rule violation. The decision comes after the facts of the...
01/07/2021

Amir and Ashfaq banned for eight years each under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

United Arab Emirates (UAE) players Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed have been banned from all cricket for eight years each after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found them guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The bans are backdated to 13 September 2020, when they were provisionally suspended for corrupt conduct...
01/07/2021

CAS upholds AIU and WADA appeal and bans Salwa Eid Naser for two years

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) acknowledges yesterday’s decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to uphold its appeal, together with that lodged by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), against the ruling of World Athletics’ Disciplinary Tribunal which absolved Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain of whereabouts failures. In accepting...
30/06/2021

Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain) found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation (whereabouts failures) by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision issued by the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal on 14 October 2020 (the Challenged Decision) in which it was determined that Ms Salwa Eid Naser...
30/06/2021

WADA releases new education program for ‘Talented Athletes’

Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) releases a new education program entitled ‘ADEL for Talented Athletes’ which is available on the Agency’s Anti-Doping Education and Learning Platform (ADEL). This new education program, specifically targeting ‘Talented Athletes’, is the sixth program that has been made available for athletes on ADEL. In...
29/06/2021

Digital anti-doping controls to be introduced at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics & Paralympics

Professional Worldwide Controls (PWC) is partnering with the International Testing Agency (ITA) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to bring more reliability and innovation to the doping control process at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games through PWC’s paperless documentation system MODOC. The procedures and information related to every...
29/06/2021

Paralympic Track & Field Athlete David Prince Accepts Sanction for ADRV

USADA announced today that David Prince, of Bradenton, Fla., an athlete in the sport of Paralympic track and field, has accepted a 12-month suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Prince, 37, tested positive for ostarine (enobosarm), as well as LGD-4033 (ligandrol) and its metabolite di-hydroxy-LGD-4033, as the result of samples collected...

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