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• The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan today agreed new dates for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July...
Two members of ASADA’s Canberra office staff have tested positive to COVID-19. ASADA CEO David Sharpe said the two staff members immediately self-isolated as soon as they became aware that a person they had contact with tested positive to the virus. “These staff members are not from our testing team...
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has suspended the players Michael Budd, Kirill Dyakov and Vladislav Nikiforov due to doping violations. 30-year-old Canadian forward Michael Budd has received a 24-month suspension after testing positive following a game of Germany’s third-tier Oberliga on 19 November 2017 by the National Anti-Doping Organization...
Upon receipt of a Complaint against David Scott Thomas dated January 21, 2020 alleging that he engaged in behaviour that constitutes a violation of the Athletics Canada Code of Conduct, the Commissioner’s Office proceeded to confirm jurisdiction over the Complaint and issue a Notice of Suspension dated January 21,...
• The IOC Athletes’ Commission welcomes and fully supports the IOC’s decision to postpone the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 until 2021 in order to protect the health of the athletes, as well as wider society. In recent days and weeks, we have engaged with numerous athlete representatives and the...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomes the recent decision by the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, Canada, dismissing a lawsuit commenced by three Russian cyclists against WADA and Canadian Professor Richard H. McLaren, O.C. The cyclists claimed damages they alleged to have suffered as a result of their exclusion...
• The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss the constantly changing environment with regard to Covid-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President...
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) responded to athlete queries concerning anti-doping in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by publishing a Question and Answer (Q&A) document that it developed in consultation with its Athlete Committee. This follows on from WADA’s COVID-19 guidance that was issued on 20 March...
USADA announced today that Dr. Lucas Penchel, of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP) resulting from his complicity in the administration and use of over-limit intravenous (IV) infusions of permitted substances on June 2, 2017 and November 3,...
A professional footballer has been suspended from all sport for one-year following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). The case was heard by the Football Association’s (FA) independent Regulatory Commission. On 31 January 2019, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) collected a urine sample from the player. Analysis of the player’s urine sample...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued updated guidance for Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. WADA developed the guidance following consultation with ADOs, including National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs), International Federations and Major Event Organizations as well as other organizations, such as the International Testing Agency...
• Three year suspension reduced by four months means Mr Kicker can resume playing professional tennis from 23 January 2021 Independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Jane Mulcahy QC has reduced the suspension imposed on Argentinian tennis player Nicolas Kicker from three years, to two years and eight months, on...
USADA announced today that a three-member panel of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has rendered a decision in the case of cycling athlete Daniel Bond, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and has determined that Bond should receive a four-year sanction after his refusal to provide a urine sample. Bond, 42, refused...
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) continued its consultations with all the stakeholders of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The first took place with the International Olympic Summer Sports Federations. Those with the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the athletes’ representatives, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), other International Federations (IFs)...
• Priority given to completing domestic competitions in an unprecedented solidarity move by UEFA. Working group set up to examine possibilities for this season’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League competitions. UEFA today announced the postponement of its flagship national team competition, UEFA EURO 2020, due to be...
