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The Sports Tribunal has suspended Lee Marshall, a canoe sprinter, for a period of two years for returning test result indicating significantly elevated levels of androsterone, testosterone and 5βAdiol, which are all non-specified substances prohibited at all times. Mr Marshall elected not to have his ‘B’ sample tested and he...
USADA announced today that Angela Carlberg, of Mount Rainier, MD, an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a public warning for an anti-doping rule violation. Calberg, 24, tested positive for vilanterol as the result of an in-competition urine sample collected at the USA Weightlifting National Championships on May...
Rugby league player, Morgan Jefferies, of West Wales Raiders RL, has been suspended from all sport for a period of four years following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Mr Jefferies tested positive for the presence of two prohibited substances following an in-competition test, after a match between West Wales Raiders...
The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) Board today notified the Tongan National Rugby League (TNRL) that it has been suspended from membership of the RLIF pending a full investigation into issues raised by various parties. The unanimous decision was made after the Tongan Prime Minister advised the RLIF that TNRL...
As part of the ongoing process to reform the transfer system, and after a continuous consultation period, FIFA’s Football Stakeholders Committee today endorsed a series of key steps to protect the integrity of the system and prevent abuses. In particular, the committee recommended the introduction of a cap on...
The Tennis Integrity Supervisory Board has approved the principle of combining both anti-corruption and anti-doping functions within a single, combined and expanded integrity organisation for professional tennis. Under current arrangements, the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) covers all betting-related corruption issues, while separately the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP) is administered on...
Dear Athletes, Global Athlete calls on WADA’s President, Sir Craig Reedie, WADA’s Director General, Olivier Niggli and WADA’s Compliance Committee Chair, Jonathan Taylor to immediately resign from their positions. In September 2018 athletes of the world were vocal, clearly stating “No u-turn WADA” when deciding whether to allow Russia back...
The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) has read with great concern that there may have been tampering with the Moscow laboratory data relating to Russian athletes’ samples and provided to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In response, and among other penalties, the Russian National Anti-Doping Organisation (RUSADA), failing satisfactory...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in partnership with the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the Qatar Anti-Doping Commission (QADC), will deliver an unprecedented integrity programme during the 10 days of the IAAF World Athletics Championships, which runs from 27 September to 6 October. One...
The AFL has confirmed that William Rioli of the West Coast Eagles has been notified of a further Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) and a potential violation of the Australian Football Anti-Doping Code (Code) in respect of a test conducted by ASADA on September 5, 2019. The test was conducted following...
The IAAF Council announced today (23) that there had been no change in status of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF). Reporting to the 218th IAAF Council Meeting in Doha, Rune Andersen, the independent chairman of the IAAF Taskforce, said that while some progress has been made, key issues remain...
• The Committee also approved the 2020 Prohibited List Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) held an Executive Committee (ExCo) meeting in Tokyo, Japan, which was graciously hosted by the country’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The 12-member ExCo is WADA’s ultimate policy-making body and is...
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has released a new report today which for the first time reveals its unprecedented role in rebuilding anti-doping operations in Russia, over a three-year project. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) contacted UKAD in 2015 after its Russian counterpart (RUSADA) was declared non-compliant following the discovery of widespread...
The FIM and Mr. Jeroni Fajardo signed a settlement agreement, by which a twelve month period of ineligibility commencing on 16 September 2018 were imposed on Mr. Fajardo. Following a routine In-Competition test conducted at the 2018 FIM TrialGP World Championship round in Arco di Trento, ITA on 16 September...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Kazakhstani Para swimmer Anuar Akhmetov for nine months for committing an anti-doping violation.The two-time Paralympian who competes in the S12 class returned an adverse analytical finding for tuaminoheptane in a urine sample provided on 15 February 2019 after competing at the Melbourne...
