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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) maintains its concern following yesterday’s decision by the United States (U.S.) Senate to pass the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 (Rodchenkov Act). WADA supports Governments who use their legislative powers to protect athletes in the fight against doping in sport. However, while recognizing positive elements...
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has today launched a new campaign to promote ‘Protect Your Sport’, encouraging more people to come forward and share their concerns about doping in sport. Intelligence reports are crucial for anti-doping investigations, 35% of bans from sport published in 2019, came from information shared with UKAD. The...
• iNADO welcomes Greece, Moldova and Nicaragua to its ranks, as well as 14 Regional Anti-Doping Organisations as anti-doping community continues to grow • Former WADA Director General and current Athletics Integrity Unit Chair David Howman discussed importance of independence during keynote speech • iNADO Chair highlights the importance...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has tonight handed down a decision in my case after a long awaited 17 months. The CAS have confirmed in emphatic terms that I did not intentionally, knowingly or recklessly use Ligandrol in any manner. There was no evidence produced by my accusers...
• Doping infraction confirmed – period of ineligibility limited to two years The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) acting as a first instance authority in Australia has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between the Australian swimmer Shayna Jack, Swimming Australia Ltd (Swimming Australia) and the Australian...
“USADA thanks all of those who collaborated on the creation and passage of The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019 (RADA), which passed in the U.S. Senate today unopposed. RADA was passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives in October of last year. The Act will provide the tools...
The Chairman of the IBU’s External Review Commission (ERC), Jonathan Taylor QC, reported to the 14th Ordinary IBU Congress today that the ERC has completed its investigation and has drafted a detailed report. Mr Taylor noted the ERC has concluded that the IBU did not transfer any ‘dirty’ Athletes Biological...
• Names of two additional independent members of the Executive Committee to be confirmed by the Foundation Board via a circulatory vote due to the virtual nature of the meeting • Executive Committee appoints new Working Group on the Review of WADA Governance Reforms, which will carry out wide-ranging...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) notes with great concern the content of an article published by the Play the Game website today (12 November 2020), which makes a number of new allegations concerning the former President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Tamás Aján. In particular, the article alleges...
• Genius Sports Group granted exclusive, in-stadia right to capture and distribute live data from Argentinian soccer, which is growing in popularity in the US and worldwide The Argentine Football Association (AFA), the national governing body of the sport and one of the largest organisations in world soccer, has...
Former Springbok rugby player, Mahlatse “Chiliboy” Ralepelle, lost his appeal against an eight-year doping ban. The independent Appeal Panel upheld the original sanction of eight years. Mr. Ralepelle tested positive for the banned anabolic agent, Zeranol, during a Sharks rugby training session on the 17th January 2019. The athlete contested...
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has partnered with the International Testing Agency (ITA) to delegate management of all Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) in badminton to ITA’s specialised unit. This means that the ITA is now fully responsible for the TUE application process for all international-level athletes that fall under the...
Triathlon Ireland and Sport Ireland today jointly announced that Ben Shaw has committed an anti-doping rule violation. Ben Shaw has accepted a period of ineligibility of 4 years commencing on the 22nd of July 2020. In an out of competition doping control test on July 22nd 2020, he provided a...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Costa Rican Para athlete Sherman Guity for two years after he committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The T64 sprinter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided on 23 July 2019 in an out of competition...
Athlete representatives from 14 countries join forces with 14 leading National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) to collectively call on meaningful reform at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). As individual organizations, we have repeatedly submitted formal proposals for change. Now we speak collectively to elevate our call for more independence, transparency,...
