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The chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has ratified the plea bargain entered into by Mr Moses Hassim Magogo, President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations and member of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee, and the chairperson of the investigatory chamber. An investigation...
Rugby union player Leigh Dearden, of Lincoln RFC, has been suspended from all sport for a period of four years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Mr Dearden tested positive for the presence of three prohibited substances following an in-competition test on 23 March 2019, after a match against Southwell...
USADA announced today that Kyler Allison, of Austin, Texas, an athlete in the sport of bobsled, has received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation after his refusal to provide a urine sample. Allison, 35, refused to provide a sample as requested by a USADA doping control officer during...
Move over The Lion King, Wicked and Les Misérables, and say hello to ‘DOPE! The Musical’, coming to a computer screen near you*. Well, that’s what comedians Munya Chawawa (@munyachawawa) and Will Richards (@willrichardss) thought when they came to UKAD’s offices, offering their support to get important anti-doping messages to...
The UCI announces that it has sanctioned Mr. Kristijan Koren and Mr. Borut Bozic for anti-doping rule violations. Mr. Koren has been sanctioned with a period of ineligibility of 2 years for anti-doping rule violations committed in 2011 and 2012 (i.e. use of prohibited methods/substances) based on information received from...
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee today released an updated Rule 40 and Paralympic athlete marketing guidance for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. “We are sharing an updated Rule 40 guidance that embraces the athlete perspective while honoring critical support USOPC, IOC and IPC partners provide...
USADA announced today that Todd Davis, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation after his refusal to provide a urine sample. Davis, 54, refused to provide a sample as requested by a USADA doping...
USADA announced today that Josue Cano, of Oxnard, Calif., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation after his refusal to provide a urine sample. Cano, 42, refused to provide a sample as requested by a USADA doping control officer during...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of the Doping Control Laboratory of Athens, Greece for a period of up to six months. This suspension has been imposed due to non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) as identified during a WADA site visit, including in relation...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce that, over the past weeks, it has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with seven Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) regarding the development and implementation of dried-blood-spot (DBS) testing. The Agency is collaborating with ADOs around the world to further research the development...
A two-day symposium in April came to fruition today with the publication of a White Paper outlining five recommendations for a Canadian response to the threat of match manipulation. The document describes proven international strategies then brings it home with a five-step process that builds on them in a...
The independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) held its latest meeting on 30 September-1 October 2019 in Montreal, Canada, to discuss a number of issues related to compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code). In particular, these included: An update regarding the compliance procedure opened by WADA...
• The campaign is designed to educate players, coaches, referees, doctors and the general public about concussion in football. Improving concussion management in football is the focal point of a new awareness campaign being launched by UEFA this week. The campaign, which gets under way for the second matchday in...
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the 2020 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2020 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2020 Monitoring Program. The List, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) on 23 September 2019, comes into force on 1 January 2020. The...
USADA announced today that two independent three-member panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) rendered their decisions in the cases of Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown, determining that each should receive a 4-year sanction for orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct while acting, respectively, as head coach of...
