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USADA announced today that McAben Prince, of Traveler’s Rest, S.C., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has received a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Prince was subject to testing due to his membership in USA Cycling, which maintains the RaceClean Program that works to deter doping in...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by Brazilian football official Ricardo Terra Teixeira against the decision taken by the Ethics Committee of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) dated 26 July 2019 (the Challenged Decision). The Challenged Decision, in which Ricardo Terra Teixeira...
Following several allegations of systemic sexual harassment within the Mali Basketball Federation (FMBB) received on June 10, the report of the independent Integrity Officer has been delivered to FIBA. In addition to the suspension on June 14 of coach Amadou Bamba, coach Oumar Sissoko, official Hario Maiga and on July 23...
• Authorities across 28 countries seize USD 7.9 million in cash. While most of us were watching the UEFA European Football Championship as simple fans, hundreds of specialized officers across 28 countries were targeting organized crime groups looking to earn millions from illegal gambling and related money laundering activities. INTERPOL’s...
• New research from UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) highlights a knowledge gap. While sports coaches are aware of the risks of doping, many are unsure of how to best support their athletes, and lack up-to-date resources • UKAD backs coaches’ calls to embed clean sport education into coaching qualifications and...
• A total of 6,200 collected samples from over 5,000 doping controls, more than one third of the athlete population in Tokyo tested at least once – these are the final figures of the ITA’s anti-doping programme for Tokyo 2020. Six anti-doping rule violations were asserted to this moment...
USADA announced today that Andrew Butterworth, of Indianapolis, Ind., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a seven-year suspension for his second anti-doping rule violation. Butterworth’s first violation was announced in 2018, when he received a 42-month suspension after testing positive for stanozolol. Butterworth, 31, refused to...
• Peddler of Performance Enhancing Drugs Including “Blast Off Red Blood Builder” and “Extreme Explosion” Also Ordered to Forfeit Over $8 Million Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant Scott Mangini was sentenced today to 18 months in prison in...
• USD 475,000 for research projects in 14 countries, across five continents The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish detail regarding the 18 Social Science Research projects which were approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) in May 2021 for a total of USD 475,000 in funding as...
• The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today decided to suspend the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (PRK NOC) until the end of 2022, as a result of the NOC’s unilateral decision not to participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. ...
The IIHF Independent Disciplinary Board has issued a five-year suspension to Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) President Dmitri Baskov. The decision comes following a ten-month investigation by the IIHF Disciplinary Board, which found Baskov to be in violation of the IIHF Code of Conduct. The Board cited sufficient evidence that...
Over the past few months, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka and Director General Olivier Niggli have made it a priority to meet with WADA stakeholders from across the globe. In addition to meetings held with athletes, National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) and the Sport Movement, they have...
Wicketkeeper-batter Gulam Shabbir of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been banned from all cricket for four years after admitting breaching six counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Mr Gulam admitted to being in breach of the following provisions under the Code: Breach of Article 2.4.4 – failing to...
USADA announced today that Eliud Ngetich, of El Doret, Kenya, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a two-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation committed under the 2009 version of the World Anti-Doping Code. Ngetich, 27, tested positive for nandrolone, also known as...
• The International Testing Agency (ITA) reports that the Argentinean gymnast Martina Dominici has accepted a three year period of ineligibility after testing positive for two anabolic androgenic steroids. The ITA confirms that Ms Martina Dominici has accepted the period of ineligibility starting on 5 June 2021 after testing...
