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The Polish Curling Association has been suspended as a Member Association of the World Curling Federation, as of Friday 31 January 2020. The World Curling Federation Board considers the Polish Curling Association to be in breach of the Federation’s Constitution, specifically section 6.6.2.3. – “bringing the sport into disrepute.” Since...
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) submitted a formal request to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that the hearing to resolve the dispute related to the non-compliance case against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be held in public. WADA Director General Olivier Niggli said: “WADA’s investigations on Russia,...
Rugby League player Gabriel Hamlin has been suspended from all sport for a period of two years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Mr Hamlin provided a urine sample In-Competition on 8 February 2019, following a Super League match between Wigan Warriors and Leeds Rhinos at the DW Stadium in...
Astana Pro team has taken note of the press article by Danish and Norwegian media relating to the existence of an alleged confidential report by CADF suspecting some riders of the team to have been in contact with banned Dr Michele Ferrari. Astana Pro Team is committed to the fight...
USADA announced today that Ovince Saint Preux, of Knoxville, Tenn., has accepted a three-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for prohibited substances. Saint Preux, 36, tested positive for ostarine and di-hydroxy-LGD-4033, a metabolite of LGD-4033, as well GW1516 sulfone and GW1516 sulfoxide, which...
USADA announced today that Diego Sanchez, of Albuquerque, N.M., has accepted a three-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy after testing positive for prohibited substances. Sanchez, 38, tested positive for ostarine and S-23 as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample he provided on December 12, 2019....
The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) acknowledges the decision made by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with regards to our compliance with the IPC Athlete Classification Code. IWBF, as an independent federation from the IPC, has always had its own classification philosophy, classification regulations and policies which were respected and...
• IWBF’s failure to comply with IPC Athlete Classification Code could see it removed from Tokyo 2020 • IPC remove wheelchair basketball from the Paris 2024 sport programme pending full compliance with IPC Athlete Classification Code The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has warned the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)...
World Athletics has today amended its rules governing competition shoes to provide greater clarity to athletes and shoe manufacturers around the world and to protect the integrity of the sport. The rule amendments (link) that the World Athletics Council has this week approved were recommended by its Assistance Review Group,...
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board today voted decisively to appoint Professor Richard H. McLaren to independently investigate allegations of impropriety surrounding President Dr. Tamas Ajan and the IWF. “I wish to thank the IWF for their trust in me and my team. As independent investigators we intend to follow every lead...
USA Gymnastics filed a plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana today that will enable it to emerge from bankruptcy. The plan offers survivors one of two options: survivors as a group may vote to accept $215 million to settle all of...
On January 2020, the German TV ARD Program broadcast an interview show of Ms. Rattikan Gulnoi (newly named; Ms. Siripuch Gulnoi), the 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist of Weightlifting; that was filmed by hidden camera. She was personal to share with her own thoughts by telling about doping abuse in...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Board has today referred the charges issued by the AIU against the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) on 21 November 2019 to the World Athletics Council. In doing so, the AIU Board has made recommendations to the World Athletics Council to maintain the suspension of...
It is with regret that we have agreed with the organisers of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing (13-15 March 2020) to postpone the event to March 2021. We know that China is doing all it can to contain the new Coronavirus and we support them in all their...
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 183 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during 2019, with 45 of those cases reported in the last quarter (Q4). The annual total represents a 31% fall in alerts from 2018, with tennis accounting for the vast majority of that...
