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The Sports Tribunal suspended Mahdi Namdari, a wrestler, for three years after his positive test for stanozolol, a non-specified substance prohibited at all times. He was provisionally suspended on 11 May 2021 and elected to have his ‘B’ sample tested, which confirmed the original result. Drug Free Sport New...
Today, the leadership of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) called on each African nation to strengthen and build the capacity of its own anti-doping program, at an important virtual forum attended by 10 Ministers for Sport from across the continent, plus the Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social...
The Governing Board of The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations e.V. (iNADO) held a virtual quarterly meeting on October, 12. Following the stepping down of former Chair Michael Ask, the Board met to elect a new Chair from the Governing Board Members in accordance with § 9.2.1 of the...
• Paul Kehinde is ineligible for competition for thirty (30) months from 9 March 2020 to 8 September 2022 The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned the former Paralympic champion Para powerlifter Paul Kehinde for a period of thirty (30) months for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Nigerian,...
Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges the decision of the Football Australia Anti-Doping Tribunal to sanction athlete Joseph Lawless for the presence of a metabolite of a prohibited substance and the use of a prohibited substance. Mr Lawless returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an in-competition doping control test after a Y-League...
Following the recent allegations made by Lisa De Vanna about her time with the team from 2001-2019, the current contracted Matildas would like to make the following statement regarding today’s team culture and stance against this type of behaviour. “We acknowledge the seriousness of Lisa’s allegations about the past and...
Yesterday, by way of circulatory vote, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) endorsed a WADA Disciplinary Committee recommendation to revoke the ‘approved’ status of the National Anti-Doping Laboratory (MSU) in Moscow (Moscow Laboratory) to carry out blood sample analysis exclusively for the purpose of the Athlete Biological Passport...
Today at the Extraordinary FIS Congress, the delegates voted by the necessary 2/3 majority to adopt the revised FIS Statutes. By a landslide vote of 106 to 3 (97%), the updated FIS Statutes were approved by the Member National Ski Associations. New Statutes The newly-adopted Statutes address several key areas,...
One of the Malta Gaming Authority’s (MGA) commitments is to take a proactive approach in managing sports betting integrity with the aim of addressing the threats posed by match-fixing and malicious sports betting. In this regard, the Authority’s Sports Betting Integrity department continuously seeks ways of improving monitoring and reporting...
FIFPRO and UEFA have signed a joint cooperation agreement that recognises the Red Button whistleblowing app as the go-to platform for professional footballers to report possible match-fixing incidents. Launched in Finland almost 10 years ago, Red Button has become a central component of FIFPRO’s efforts to prevent match-fixing, complementing several...
Major League Soccer has suspended Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez without pay for the remainder of 2021 due to violations of the league’s gambling integrity rules and standards of conduct. Hernandez engaged in extensive and unlawful sports gambling while a member of Sporting Kansas City that included placing...
The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Comprehensive Drug Testing (CDT) to provide testing and education services in support of the CHL’s anti-doping policy that aims to combat the use of performance-enhancing substances among the 60 CHL teams. “The CHL is committed to...
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirms that, effective immediately, a total of five Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) have been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code). The three National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) and two International Federations (IFs) in question are: • Deaf International Basketball Federation (DIBF); • Democratic People’s Republic of...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has issued charges against Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare in relation to three separate disciplinary matters. The athlete has been charged with the presence and use of a prohibited substance following the detection of Human Growth Hormone in a sample collected out-of-competition on 19th July in...
FIAS and CSCF Consulting are working together to raise awareness on fighting sports manipulations in sport amongst sambists, SAMBO sports personnel and sports managers. The International SAMBO Federation and CSCF Consulting have signed a 3-year contract to develop an educational program on fighting sports manipulations (match-fixing) in order to strengthen...
