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Rugby union player Arran Perry has been banned from all sport for a period of four years following a first Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) for the use of a banned substance. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) collected an out-of-competition urine sample from Mr Perry on 28 October 2019 at his home. Analysis...
Professional footballer for Barnsley FC, Bambo Diaby has been banned from all sport for a period of two years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) collected a urine sample from Mr Diaby ‘In-Competition’, after an EFL Championship match against Blackburn on 23 November 2019. Analysis of Mr...
Professional boxer Adam Machaj has been banned from all sport for a period of four years following a first Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) for the use of banned substances. On 7 January 2018, an episode of the Channel 4 TV programme “SAS: Who Dares Wins”, which featured Mr Machaj...
For too long the World Anti-Doping Code (WADA Code) has miscategorized substances of abuse as performance enhancing drugs. This has meant that players who have consumed these have been treated as if they were ‘drug cheats.’ However, in nearly all cases, players have consumed substances of abuse recreationally or...
USADA announced today that Jeff Martin, of Denver, Colo., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Martin, 54, tested positive for an anabolic agent as the result of an in-competition drug test collected on February 16, 2020 at the Tour...
• Agency calls on athletes and all stakeholders to note List modifications concerning substances and methods The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes today the 2021 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2021 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2021 Monitoring Program. The 2021 List, which has been...
Fiji Rugby has now signed a doping control service agreement with the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organization (ORADO) with the objective of introducing and embedding anti-doping education awareness and testing at domestic competition level. Fiji Rugby Chief Executive Mr. John O’Connor said “Our elite and national players are already subjected to...
• 25-year old unranked Spaniard is the first player to be sanctioned for courtsiding Unranked Spanish tennis player Gerard Joseph Platero Rodriguez has been suspended for four years and fined $15,000 after being convicted of courtsiding, betting and non-co-operation offences. Six months of the ban are suspended on condition...
USADA announced today that Morgan Millican, of Acworth, Ga., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a two-year sanction after testing positive for a prohibited substance. Millican, 27, tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolite, 4-hydroxyclomiphene, as the result of an in-competition urine sample she provided at the...
Overview On 4 September ESIC announced an investigation into the historical abuse of a bug in CS:GO’s spectator mode (Spectator Bug). ESIC contracted the services of Michal Slowinski (the discoverer of wrongful use of this exploit) to work with ESIC in the fulfilment of the inquiry. This statement sets...
At its meeting on 24 September 2020, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee found Marco Antonio Trovato Villalba, current President of the Paraguayan Club Olimpia, guilty of match manipulation and of failing to comply with his duty to collaborate during disciplinary proceedings in violation of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. The decision to...
Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges the decision of Rugby Australia’s Anti-Doping Judicial Panel to impose a two-year ban on athlete Aidan Leeming for the presence and use of a prohibited substance. Mr Leeming returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an out-of-competition doping control test on 2 May 2019. His sample...
Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges the decision of Powerlifting Australia to impose an additional four-year ban on athlete Jessica Gray for breaching her Period of Ineligibility. It was determined that Ms Gray breached her initial period of Ineligibility (from 16 January 2018 to 15 January 2022) by competing in a powerlifting...
The World Athletics Council has granted an extension to the deadline for the Russian Athletics Federation’s Reinstatement Commission to finalise its reinstatement plan. The original deadline was 30 September 2020, but the Council has now approved a recommendation from its Russia Taskforce: “That the deadline for the RusAF Reinstatement Commission...
The FEI Board has suspended the National Federation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following a detailed investigation into the circumstances around two National Endurance Events (CEN) in January and February 2020 – the Sheikh Mohammed Cup and The President’s Cup – that should have been held as International...
