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On 25 November 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a media release regarding the recommendation of WADA’s independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) concerning the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA’s) non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code), which will be considered by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) when they meet on...
USADA announced today that Lawrence Letellier, of San Angelo, Texas, an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Letellier, 34, tested positive for clomiphene as the result of an in-competition drug test conducted at the American Open Series 2 on July...
• Rugby Australia, NSW Rugby and Israel Folau have today settled their legal dispute following the dismissal of Israel Folau after he posted a religious message on social media (the Social Media Post). The Social Media Post reflected Mr Folau’s genuinely held religious beliefs, and Mr Folau did not...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish the revised International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) on 4 November 2019 and enters into force on 1 March 2020. It should be noted that this is an exceptional revision to...
• Following up on the IOC President’s announcement during the recent World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport, the IOC Executive Board (EB) today approved a budget of up to US$5 million, spread over 10 years, to be allocated in a comprehensive long-term storage programme...
The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, a former President of the Central African Republic Football Association (CARFA) and a former FIFA standing committee member, guilty of having infringed his duty of neutrality, as well as of discrimination and of failing to protect, respect...
• UK Athletics commissions independent review into its handling of issues concerning the Nike Oregon Project in order to ensure its future governance and assurance framework is robust UK Athletics (UKA) has today announced the commissioning of an Independent Review (Independent Review) following Alberto Salazar’s 4-year ban from the...
GAISF has reaffirmed its commitment to clean sport by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Testing Agency (ITA) earlier this week. The ITA was formed in early 2018 with the operational nucleus coming from GAISF’s own Doping-Free Sport Unit (DFSU), which had originally been created to support...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce that as of today, Athlete Central, the Agency’s new App that facilitates athlete compliance with Whereabouts rules under the global anti-doping program, is available for use and download from the Apple Store and Google Play. Athlete Central, which is powered by WADA’s...
• Powerlifter commits third anti-doping violation within 10 years The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Russian powerlifter Sergey Sychev for life for committing a third anti-doping violation within a 10-year period. The 2008 and 2012 Paralympian, who competed in the up to 72kg class, returned an adverse analytical finding...
USADA announced today that an independent arbitrator from the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has rendered a decision in the case of weightlifting athlete Kiara Akuna, of Port Orange, Fla., and has determined that Akuna should receive a four-year sanction after testing positive for prohibited substances. Akuna, 17, tested positive for...
• The Agency also publishes the approved Athletes’ Anti-Doping Rights Act The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and International Standards (Standards), which were approved by the Agency’s Executive Committee (ExCo) – as relates to the Standards – and Foundation Board (Board)...
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemns in the strongest terms the actions of those responsible for teh manipulation of the Moscow Laboratory data before it was transferred to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in January 2019. This flagrant manipulation is an attack on the credibility of sport itself...
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision of Baseball Australia to sanction athlete Todd McDonald for the presence and use of a prohibited substance. Mr McDonald returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an out-of-competition doping control test on 20 November 2018. His sample was analysed at...
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision of the Australian Weightlifting Federation Ltd (AWF) to sanction athlete Simon McCoy for the presence of the metabolite of a prohibited substance and use of a prohibited substance. Mr McCoy returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an in-competition doping...
