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Speaking on the announcement, UKAD Chief Executive Nicole Sapstead said, “Whilst we welcome the decision today to uphold WADA’s historic ban on Russia, we are frustrated that the ban has been reduced to two-years by Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It is important to look at the overall impact...
• Sir Bill Beaumont shares an open letter as World Rugby Chairman, a former player, father of three rugby players, and a fan As World Rugby Chairman, a former player, father of three rugby players, and a fan, I am saddened by recent accounts of former players and their...
• World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and Welsh Rugby Union can confirm they have received a letter of claim from solicitors representing certain players and will now take time to consider its contents. World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and Welsh Rugby Union can confirm they have received a letter...
“USADA acknowledges the devastating decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the Russia case that hands WADA and clean athletes a significant loss. At this stage in this sordid Russian state-sponsored doping affair, now spanning close to a decade, there is no consolation in this weak,...
RUSADA is not fully satisfied with today’s decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the claim of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Unfortunately, the Arbitrators found RUSADA to be inconsistent with the WADA Code and determined the conditions for the restoration of the Agency and the...
• Russia continues to make a mockery of both the anti-doping system and the judicial powers in place to enforce it The decision taken by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), released today, has dealt yet another damaging blow to clean sport and the athlete community. Through a...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) acknowledges the ruling today by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) for a period of two years and to impose significant consequences. This decision confirms in large part the...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti- Doping Agency (RUSADA), with 50 intervening parties, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Ice Hockey Federation...
Hockey Australia, Sport Integrity Australia and the National Sports Tribunal have reached an agreement to manage any complaints arising from the independent inquiry into HA’s Women’s High-Performance Program. This will ensure an independent, end to end complaint management process. The agreement has been established to complement the current inquiry and add...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal filed by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) against professional badminton player Kate Jessica Foo Kune from Mauritius in relation to the decision issued by the BWF Doping Hearing Panel on 21 October 2019 (the Challenged...
USADA announced today that Susanne Williams, of Fort Valley, Ga., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Williams, 51, tested positive for ostarine as the result of an in-competition drug test collected on September 18, 2020 at the American Open...
The Disciplinary Commission of the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) has issued a decision regarding a complaint against the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation (HGF) and Mr Imre Draskoczy, the head coach of the Hungarian national team in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. The complaint had been submitted by a former elite Hungarian gymnast for...
Algerian tennis player Aymen Ikhlef has been banned for life from the sport after an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) uncovered multiple breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP) rules by the player. The player has also been fined $100,000. The disciplinary case was heard by Anti-Corruption...
The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) confirms and accepts the decision rendered by the Independent Doping Hearing Panel on the Aphiwe Dyantyi doping matter. SAIDS received the decision on Thursday, 10th December 2020. The three-person Panel accepted the guilty plea of the athlete to the doping charge. They found...
• In response to the approval of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) by the U.S. Senate and the unilateral implementation, CEADO joins WADA’s concerns about the impact on the worldwide effort to harmonize anti-doping rules. The Central European Anti-Doping Organization (CEADO) expresses its concerns in regard to the decision...
