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Howman raises questions over Russian Beijing 2008 race walking golds

Meldonium madness, Russia, Sharapova & Rio 2016

Fancy Bears hack: 107 athletes; 23 countries; 25 sports

Dick Pound on the tools that WADA needs to tackle doping

Sport must do more to protect athletes from abuse and cheats

Interview: Hajo Seppelt on how collusion in sport continues

IAAF Ethics Board decision: timeline

A timeline: The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya

UPDATE: A Timeline – Meldonium

AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Olympic Champions Scott and Moses Express Disappointment with WADA Investigation of Complaints of Harassment and Intimidation

Sports Integrity Briefs – 16 May 2019

AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Olympic Champions Scott and Moses Express Disappointment with WADA Investigation of Complaints of Harassment and Intimidation

WADA publishes independent report into allegations of improper conduct

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02/09/2020

Oleksandr Doskalchuk Accepts Sanction for Violation of UFC Anti-Doping Policy

USADA announced today that Oleksandr Doskalchuk, of Irpin, Ukraine, has accepted a 14-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Doskalchuk, 30, tested positive for the mesterolone metabolites 1α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one, 1α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α,17β-diol and 1α-methyl-5α-androstan-3,6,16-triol-17-one as the result of a urine sample collected out-of-competition on June 6, 2020. Mesterolone is a...
01/09/2020

Normalisation committee appointed for Venezuelan Football Association

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Venezuelan Football Association (FVF) in accordance with Art. 14 par. 1 a) and Art. 8 par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes. Following the sad passing of FVF President Jesús Berardinelli, the Bureau of the FIFA...
28/08/2020

iNADO statement on the removal of Yuriy Ganus as Director General of RUSADA

The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) is deeply concerned by the control that the Russian Olympic and Paralympic Committee exercise over the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). This was made evident today in the dismissal of Yuriy Ganus as Director General by these two organisations. The clean sport movement’s...
27/08/2020

New Sport Integrity Forum receives backing from DCMS following UKAD research

UKAD has today released research from Swansea University with recommendations which include establishing a Sport Integrity Forum and creating a Sport Integrity Strategy. The Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) has already agreed to establish this forum and report on progress to Ministers on an annual basis. UKAD commissioned...
26/08/2020

Derby County Club Statement

• The Independent Disciplinary Commission’s full Written Reasons in connection with the two charges brought by the EFL against Derby County are now published by the Club and are available here. The Club understands the EFL is also publishing those reasons on its website. The detailed reasons run to...
26/08/2020

Australian Rider Anthony West: Violations of the prohibition of participation during ineligibility

In the framework of a decision rendered by the FIM International Disciplinary Court (CDI) on 28 January 2019, Mr Anthony West was sanctioned with a period of ineligibility of two years running from 17 January 2019 until 14th September 2020. (i.e Mr. West was tested positive for a prohibited...
18/08/2020

DRA Statement – Wessel Nijman

On 14th May 2020 the DRA were informed by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) of suspicious betting on a Darts match to be played later that day between Wessel Nijman and David Evans in the Modus Icons of Darts series. This was a series of events regulated by...
18/08/2020

PDPA Statement

• The PDPA have released a statement with regards to Wessel Nijman and Kyle McKinstry. PDPA associate member Wessel Nijman has issued the following statement in response to a Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) Disciplinary Committee referral: I would like to place on public record my sincere regret and apology...
18/08/2020

DRA Statement – Kyle McKinstry

On 1st May 2020 the DRA were informed by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) of suspicious betting on a Darts match that had been played on 30th April 2020 between Kyle McKinstry and David Evans in the Modus A Night at the Darts series. This was an event...
17/08/2020

Sportradar helps the sport industry tackle social media abuse with first of its kind player protection service

Sportradar Integrity Services, the world’s leading supplier of sports integrity solutions, has launched an industry-first solution to support sports organisations in safeguarding professional athletes from social media abuse. Sportradar’s Intelligence & Investigation Services team, a world leader in providing intelligence and investigation solutions to sporting federations, law enforcement, government agencies,...
14/08/2020

Haiti: Football Sex Abuse Case Witnesses Threatened

• Athlete Survivors Seek Justice, Restructuring of Federation Witnesses and sexual abuse survivors who could provide evidence in an investigation of the Haitian Football Federation (Fédération Haïtienne De Football, FHF) president, Yves Jean-Bart, have reported efforts to intimidate them in Haiti and the United States, Human Rights Watch said...
14/08/2020

Cycling Athlete Barbara Gicquel Accepts Sanction for ADRV

USADA announced today that Barbara Gicquel, of Salinas, Calif., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a one-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Gicquel, 80, was tested upon request by USA Cycling to validate a world record that she set on August 29, 2019. Anti-doping testing is...
10/08/2020

Umar Akmal case: PCB to file appeal with CAS

The Pakistan Cricket Board today confirmed it will file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), in Lausanne, Switzerland, against the reduction of Umar Akmal’s ban for breaching the PCB Anti-Corruption Code. The decision was made following a review of the detailed order of the independent adjudicator, whereby...
10/08/2020

Boxer Bradley Watson banned for two years

Professional boxer Bradley Watson has been banned from all sport for a period of two years following a first Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) for the presence of a banned substance. UKAD collected a urine sample from Mr Watson In-Competition on 28 September 2019 following his bout with Khvicha Gigolashvili at York Hall, London. Analysis of Mr Watson’s A Sample returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for clomifene....
10/08/2020

Charge against Maksim Tikhomirov withdrawn

The charge against Maksim Tikhomirov under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (Programme) has been withdrawn, with immediate effect. Mr. Tikhomirov, a 29-year-old player from the United States, was charged with an Anti-Doping Rule Violation on 5 May 2020, in that on 28 January 2020 he evaded sample collection by allegedly (a)...

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