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• Nikita Gudozhnikov failed to co-operate with ITIA investigation The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has today confirmed that unranked Russian player Nikita Gudozhnikov has been banned from the sport for 30 months, following his failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation. The case was ruled on by Anti-Corruption Hearing...
Following the publication of the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS’s) 186-page full reasoned decision regarding its 17 December 2020 ruling in favor of WADA to declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for a period of two years, WADA has developed a question and answer document to...
I sadly acknowledge the decision of the CAS to dismiss the expedited appeal to lift my provisional suspension. I would like to underline that the decisions taken by the ITF Independent Tribunal and the CAS are only related to the provisional suspension. Now comes the time...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the expedited appeal arbitration procedure between the Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in relation to the decision taken by the ITF Independent Tribunal on 22 January 2021 (the Challenged Decision) in...
Following the passing of the deadline to appeal the December 2020 decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), which ruled in favor of WADA and declared RUSADA non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping...
USADA announced today that Abu Azaitar, of Rabat, Morocco, has accepted a seven-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Azaitar, 34, tested positive for tamoxifen and/or tamoxifen metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen as the result of urine samples collected on August 25, 2020, September 4, 2020, September 9, 2020 and...
• The International Testing Agency (ITA) has launched its own doping reporting platform called ‘Reveal’ in order to offer additional opportunities to report doping offences. Reveal allows for suspicions to be disclosed in complete confidentiality. Close cooperation with international sports organisations, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), national anti-doping organisations...
• Following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announcing the suspension of the sanction pronounced against him by the Adjudicatory Chamber of FIFA Ethics Committee, Mr. Ahmad Ahmad, President of Confederations of African Football (CAF), has resumed his duties. Last Friday, 29 January 2021, CAS...
The executive board of The European Weightlifting Federation is very disappointed about the latest decisions made by the IWF executive board regarding changes to the scheduling of the Constitutional and reform congress, the Electoral congress, and to the changes of the IWF anti-doping rules. We have noted that the IOC...
USADA announced today that Raquel Pennington, of Colorado Springs, Colo., has accepted a six-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Pennington, 32, self-reported the use of two prohibited substances – 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 – to USADA on November 17, 2020. As the result of the declaration, USADA...
Former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige has been found guilty of three offences under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code following a hearing by an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal. Lokuhettige, who was charged under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in November 2019, has been found guilty on all charges after he exercised his right...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomes the report published earlier today from the External Review Commission of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) in relation to an investigation into alleged corruption within the IBU. This investigation was initiated by WADA’s independent Intelligence and Investigations Department in November 2016. WADA President...
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) today published the final report of the independent External Review Commission (ERC), as a demonstration of the federation’s commitment to ensuring allegations of wrongdoing are thoroughly investigated in a fair and transparent process. The final report can be found here. The IBU Executive Board appointed the...
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has today confirmed that two Russian tennis players, Sofia Dmitrieva and Alija Merdeeva have been banned for life from the sport, following investigations into multiple incidents of match fixing. Two of the matches concerned involved both the players as doubles partners. The cases were...
United Arab Emirates (UAE) players Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt have been found guilty of two offences each under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code following a hearing by an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal. Naveed and Shaiman, who were charged under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for attempting to corrupt matches of the...
