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• Hichem Yasri banned for three months The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has today confirmed that Algerian tennis player Hichem Yasri has been banned from the sport for three months and fined $5,000 (suspended on condition of no further breaches) for placing bets on tennis matches in breach...
World Triathlon reports that a sample collected from Alexander Bryukhankov, a triathlete from Russia, has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for recombinant Erythropoietin (EPO) (S.2 Peptide, Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances, and Mimetics). The sample was collected by World Triathlon during an in-competition anti-doping control on 19 June 2021...
USADA announced today that Liliya Shakirova, of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has accepted a two-year sanction for a violation of the UFC® Anti-Doping Policy. Shakirova, 29, tested positive for meldonium as the result of a sample collected out of competition on December 5, 2020 in her home country of Uzbekistan. Meldonium is a...
During the General meeting today in Doha, the Member Federations of the International Weightlifting Federation voted overwhelmingly to adopt a new, independently-drafted Constitution, that will radically overhaul the IWF’s governance. Of 133 Member Federations represented at the meeting, more than 2/3 voted in favour of the new measures. “It...
In connection with the suspected violation of anti-doping regulations by the cyclists involved in the cycling tandem, Bronze Medalists at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo Marcin Polak and Michał Ładosz, the Polish Cycling Association informs: 1. The above-mentioned competitors have valid licenses for 2021 issued by the Polish Cycling...
• We would like to inform about suspected anti-doping rule violations committed by the cycling tandem, bronze medallists at the Tokyo Paralympic Games: Marcin Polak and Michał Ładosz. Based on long-term profiling of the athletes through anti-doping controls and laboratory results, as well as on base of investigation conducted...
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the Polish rider Marcin Polak has been notified today of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for Erythropoietin (EPO)1 in a sample collected during an out-of-competition doping control conducted on 2 August 2021. This target doping control was planned and carried out by the International Testing...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that, in accordance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), it approved yesterday the reinstatement of the accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory at the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. This reinstatement allows the Bangkok Laboratory to resume all its anti-doping activities, including...
• Portuguese player union is working with the national government and football federation to fight trafficking of footballers. • Fake agents or scouts routinely trick semi-professional or amateur players into travelling to Europe only to find humiliating conditions • The player union SJPF is seeking much stricter legislation to...
USADA announced today that Christian Buckley, of Frankfort, Ky., an athlete in the sport of weightlifting, has accepted a three-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Buckley, 24, tested positive for ostarine (enobosarm) as the result of a sample collected in competition at the Junior and U25 Nationals on June 30, 2021. Ostarine...
Detectives from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit have today arrested two people as part of an investigation into alleged illegal activity within the racing industry. Warrants were executed in Keilor East, Mornington and Wallan from 8.25am this morning. A 38-year-old Keilor East man has been arrested and will now be interviewed...
The United States Department of Justice has awarded the sum of USD 201 million to the FIFA Foundation as compensation for the losses suffered by FIFA, Concacaf and CONMEBOL as victims of decades of football corruption schemes. This money was seized from the bank accounts of former officials who...
• Victim Petition for Remission Granted Up To a Total of More Than $201 Million in Losses The Department of Justice announced today that it will begin the process of remitting forfeited funds to FIFA, the world organizing body of soccer; CONCACAF, the confederation responsible for soccer governance in North...
• The Adjudicatory Chamber of the OFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee in a decision notified on 6 July 2021 has found Mr. Lee Harmon, President of the Cook Islands Football Association, guilty of having breached the OFC Code of Ethics. The ethics proceedings are part of an extensive investigation...
Yesterday, during an extraordinary meeting held online, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) endorsed a WADA Disciplinary Committee recommendation to revoke the accreditation of the Doping Control Laboratory of Athens, Greece (Athens Laboratory) due to non-compliances with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) and its related Technical Documents and Technical Letters. The Athens...
