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Howman raises questions over Russian Beijing 2008 race walking golds

Meldonium madness, Russia, Sharapova & Rio 2016

Fancy Bears hack: 107 athletes; 23 countries; 25 sports

Dick Pound on the tools that WADA needs to tackle doping

Sport must do more to protect athletes from abuse and cheats

Interview: Hajo Seppelt on how collusion in sport continues

IAAF Ethics Board decision: timeline

A timeline: The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya

UPDATE: A Timeline – Meldonium

AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Olympic Champions Scott and Moses Express Disappointment with WADA Investigation of Complaints of Harassment and Intimidation

Sports Integrity Briefs – 16 May 2019

AAA Panel Imposes 4-Year Sanctions on Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown for Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Olympic Champions Scott and Moses Express Disappointment with WADA Investigation of Complaints of Harassment and Intimidation

WADA publishes independent report into allegations of improper conduct

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25/11/2019

WADA Compliance Review Committee recommends series of strong consequences for RUSADA non-compliance

• WADA Executive Committee to consider recommendation and proposed consequences on 9 December Having considered a report from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Intelligence and Investigations Department (I&I) and independent forensic experts, WADA’s independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) has recommended to WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) that the Russian Anti-Doping...
22/11/2019

WADA’s Compliance Review Committee recommends non-compliance for RUSADA

• Agency’s Executive Committee to consider recommendation on 9 December The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that, today, WADA sent a recommendation of its independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) to WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) regarding the ongoing compliance procedure brought against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). The detailed, confidential,...
21/11/2019

Athletics Integrity Unit charges Russian Athletics Federation with obstructing an investigation

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has today charged the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) with serious breaches of the Anti-Doping Rules, including a failure to co-operate with an investigation and obstructing an investigation. The charges relate to the conduct of senior RusAF officials during an investigation into ‘whereabouts’ violations committed...
20/11/2019

Tasmanian registered player sanctioned by FFA for betting

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has sanctioned a Tasmanian registered player for betting on a number of football matches, in breach of the FFA National Code of Conduct. The breaches included betting on matches involving his own team, as well as matches in other leagues including the National Premier League Tasmania...
20/11/2019

Weightlifting Athlete Kaley Anderson Accepts Sanction for ADRV

USADA announced today that Kaley Anderson, of Port Orange, Fla., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Anderson, 24, tested positive for LGD-4033 (Ligandrol) and its metabolite, di-hydroxy-LGD-4033, as the result of a urine sample collected in-competition at the USA...
20/11/2019

WADA suspends accreditation of Bangkok Laboratory

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok, Thailand (the Laboratory), for a period of up to six months. This suspension has been imposed on the Laboratory due to non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) as identified during a WADA site...
20/11/2019

Athletes Lavillenie and Adams to join the World Athletics Council as full voting members

World pole vault record-holder Renaud Lavillenie and four-time world shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams will make a different type of history on Friday when they become the first active athletes to join the World Athletics Council as full voting members, following the governance reforms introduced in 2016. The newly...
20/11/2019

Professional boxer Martin banned for four years

American professional boxer, Ryan Martin, has been suspended for a period of four years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Mr Martin tested positive for the presence of the prohibited substances androsterone and etiocholanone (metabolites of testosterone) following an in-competition test, after his bout against Josh Taylor in Glasgow on...
19/11/2019

Trade Union for the Hospitality Industries: press release

Roland Héguy, President of the Trade Union for the Hospitality Industries (UMIH); Laurent Duc, President of the UMIH branch of hoteliers; and Jean-Virgile Crance, President of the National Group of Hotel Chains (GNC), on the occasion of the 67th Congress of the UMIH in Biarritz, reacted to the announcement...
18/11/2019

WADA update regarding RUSADA Code Compliance

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that WADA’s independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) met yesterday, 17 November, to consider a report from the Agency’s Intelligence and Investigations Department (I&I) and independent forensic experts and, accordingly, to discuss the ongoing compliance procedure brought against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). In line...
18/11/2019

Statement from Cricket Australia: Emily Smith

Hobart Hurricanes player Emily Smith has accepted a sanction from Cricket Australia for breaching Article 2.3.2 of CA’s Anti-Corruption Code. Under the sanction, Smith will be ineligible to participate in any form of cricket for a period of one year, with nine months being fully suspended. This effectively means that...
18/11/2019

Rugby union player receives sanction

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision of Rugby Australia’s Anti-Doping Judicial Panel to impose a four-year ban on athlete Tainui Ford for the presence of prohibited substances and their metabolites and the use of prohibited substances. Mr Ford returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an...
18/11/2019

Rowing athlete receives sanction

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today acknowledged the decision of Rowing Australia to impose a four-year ban on athlete Jacob Richards for the presence of a metabolite of a prohibited substance and use of a prohibited substance. Mr Richards returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an out-of-competition doping...
15/11/2019

Manchester City vs. UEFA: CAS rules City’s appeal inadmissible

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between Manchester City FC Ltd. (MCFC) and the Union Européenne de Football Association (UEFA) in relation to the appeal filed at CAS by MCFC against the decisions issued by the Investigation Chamber of the...
15/11/2019

Label race funding scheme to make additional US$2.5 million available for anti-doping efforts in 2020

At least US$2.5 million in extra revenue will be made available for a comprehensive integrity programme for road running in 2020, under a new funding scheme announced by World Athletics and the Athletics Integrity Unit last June. World Athletics has today announced a schedule of more than 165 Label road...

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