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Football Australia, Sport Integrity Australia and the National Sports Tribunal have today confirmed they will develop an independent complaint handling process to manage reports raised in relation to Football Australia’s national teams and the A-Leagues. Under the agreement, current and former footballers and staff will be able to submit complaints...
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Department has published its summary report following a review of the investigation carried out by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in relation to the Nike Oregon Project (NOP). WADA I&I’s review was launched in November 2019, after American Arbitration Association...
The FINA Reform Committee today finalised their discussions on a series of strategic recommendations, which have been developed to modernise FINA, the world governing body for aquatic sports, and take its six disciplines into a new era. The Reform Committee, announced by FINA President Captain Husain Al-Musallam on his...
• In 2019, Football Australia initiated and backed the Independent Review of National Teams Management – a process which was conducted by a three-member independent panel of eminent figures in Australian sport including Diane Smith-Gander AO, Rod McGeoch AO and Liz Ellis AO. Since then, we have implemented at...
• Body composed of three chambers to become operational on 1 October • New procedural rules for dispute resolution to be applied • Procedures to be free of charge if at least one of parties is natural person • New FIFA mediation list to be compiled The ongoing reform...
• Agency calls on athletes, entourage and all stakeholders to note major modifications concerning the use of salbutamol and injectable glucocorticoids The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2022 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2022 Monitoring Program....
Following the publication of the report for the first phase of Professor Richard McLaren’s independent investigation into boxing, AIBA noted the findings regarding the Rio 2016 boxing tournament with concern and confirmed that extensive reforms have been implemented to ensure sporting integrity at current AIBA competitions. Prof. McLaren was...
In the Stage One Report of the Independent International Boxing Investigation, Professor Richard McLaren, O.C. confirms that senior boxing officials set up an informal structure to support the manipulation and corruption of bouts in the qualifying year prior to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and at the Olympic...
USADA announced today that Matt McWhirter, of Scottsdale, Ariz., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has received a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. McWhirter was subject to testing due to his membership in USA Cycling, which maintains the RaceClean Program that works to deter doping in the...
HealthHub247 Pty Ltd (HealthHub247) and its Director have been convicted of the unlawful manufacture, counterfeit, advertising and supply of sports supplements that contain prohibited substances in the current Poisons Standard. These substances, including DMAA (link is external) and DMBA, are of such danger to health they are banned from supply...
USADA announced today that Jacob Lacoste, of Great Falls, Mont., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a three-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation. Lacoste, 25, tested positive for clomiphene and its metabolites and 19-norandrosterone (19-NA), a metabolite of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) and related 19-norsteroids, as...
USADA announced today that Rogerio Bontorin, of Colombo, Brazil, has accepted a three-month sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Bontorin, 29, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) as the result of a urine sample collected out-of-competition on May 1, 2021. HCTZ is a Specified Substance in the class of...
Sport Integrity Australia today acknowledged the decision of the French Anti-Doping Agency to impose an 18-month ban on athlete Joshua Valentine for the presence of a prohibited substance. Mr Valentine, who was competing in the French Pro D2 Rugby Championship, returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an in-competition doping...
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) confirms a total of 56 technological fraud controls were performed during the recent 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders (Belgium). All returned negative results. “The 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders was the second time the UCI conducted technological fraud checks using...
• Brazilian returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided after competing at Lima 2019 Parapan Am Games The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Brazilian Para athletics athlete Caio Vinicius Da Silva Pereira for a period of four years for committing an...
