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Our attention is drawn to an email sent by an individual known as Christian Rohde to the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) claiming to work for a German Television Network known as ZDF. In the email, Mr. Rohde alleged that he received information that Kenya, through ADAK and Athletics...
• Athletes will represent Russian Paralympic Committee at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed the principles to the implementation of the CAS Award WADA versus RUSADA for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. In accordance with the conditions...
The Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) has issued the following decision in relation to the Russian biathlete (affiliated with the Korean Biathlon Union since 2017) Timofey Lapshin (the Athlete): • Timofey Lapshin is found guilty of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) in accordance...
• The Athletes Commission (AC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today received the full support of the IOC Executive Board (EB) for a set of recommendations in regard to Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter and athlete expression at the Olympic Games. Rule 50 provides a framework to...
• In light of questions that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continues to receive from the media and other stakeholders concerning the case of Italian race walker, Alex Schwazer, WADA wishes to share the following statement, which re-confirms its position on this matter (including its 18 February 2021 statement)...
• The Government has published its Terms of Reference for the fan-led review of football, to be chaired by Tracey Crouch MP. The review will be wide-ranging in nature and will examine the potential for changes to ownership models, governance, how finance flows through the game and how to...
• The 2020 financial year of Antidoping Switzerland was very much shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the goals could be achieved thanks to the great flexibility of all employees, but restrictions had to be accepted in the control activities. Doping controls in compliance with protection concepts Testing...
• iNADO confirms the goal from WADA Governance Review is to increase representation within WADA of independent experts and other stakeholders • iNADO welcomes seven new Governance Board members to help steer direction of iNADO and NADO and RADO community The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations (iNADO) held the...
• Sri Lanka’s Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from all cricket for eight years under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from all cricket for eight years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The ban...
Prominent Iranian athletes and human rights activists with the United For Navid campaign continue to stand together to demand that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) immediately address the violations of the Olympic Charter by the Iran Olympic Committee. Today, the United For Navid campaign has sent a follow up letter...
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the UCI Disciplinary Commission has decided to suspend the UCI ProTeam Vini Zabù for a period of 30 days, starting retroactively on 7 April 2021 and effective until 6 May 2021, in accordance with article 11.3 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules. The UCI Anti-Doping...
• Oral statement given by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden about the European Super League proposals Madam Deputy Speaker, Football is in our national DNA. We invented it, we helped export it around the world, and it has been a central part of British life for over a century. Football clubs...
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the following two updated Guidelines to support Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) in their implementation of the 2021 International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI), which came into force on 1 January 2021. Guidelines for Implementing an Effective Testing Program Guidelines for Gathering Information and Sharing Intelligence These Guidelines are additional to the Guidelines...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) welcomes the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today that Christian Coleman of the USA has committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.4 of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules and shall serve a period of ineligibility of 18-months from 14...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedure between the American sprinter Christian Coleman and World Athletics relating to the decision issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit on 19 December 2020 (the Challenged Decision) in which Christian Coleman was found guilty...
