• The Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) Committee of the UK Parliament is to publish its report on Combatting Doping in Sport on Monday 5 March. Since September 2015, the DCMS Committee has been exploring allegations of doping in sport and the potential failures of governing bodies to police against doping in sport.

• The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has sanctioned Manchester City footballer Samir Nasri with a six month ban for ‘using a prohibited method in accordance with sub-section M2, par. 2 of the WADA Prohibited List’. UEFA refused to grant Nasri a retroactive Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), after pictures emerged on Twitter of Nasri using a 1 litre hydration drip at a Los Angeles clinic whilst on loan to Spanish club Sevilla. Intravenous infusions have been included on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List since 2005, and are prohibited both in and out of competition. Section M2 of the 2016 Prohibited List prohibits ‘Intravenous infusions and/or injections of more than 50 mL per 6 hour period except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures or clinical investigations’. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Nasri’s appeal against UEFA’s decision in January.

• The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has released its latest list of athletes sanctioned for doping, as of 26 February (see PDF below). The list includes a lifetime ban issued to Russian race walker Stanislav Emelyanov following an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) case; four year bans issued to two Iranian athletes following in-competition tests at the Women’s Golden League meeting in Teheran on 25 September last year; and an eight year ban issued to Chinese distance Runner Wang Jiali following an out of competition test in August last year.

• The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is understood to have sanctioned Shahzaib Hasan sanctioned with a one-year ban for failing to disclose a match-fixing approach whilst playing for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in 2017. The PCB has yet to release a written statement, but confirmed the sanction in a press conference, reports AFP.

List of charges against Shahzaib Hasan. One which includes failing to disclose approaches to Babar Azam & Sharjeel Khan ahead of the 5th ODI against Australia in Adelaide in January 2017 #Cricket pic.twitter.com/0QvE9HTmNO

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) February 28, 2018

• Jon Jones, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), has had his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) licence revoked and has been fined US$205,000 due to an adverse analytical finding for turinabol, reports MMA Fighting. Jones was previously sanctioned with a one year ban by the UFC and the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in 2016. The bodies have yet to issue sanctions following his AAF for turinbol.

I want to thank csac for taking the time and hearing my case, and executive officer Andy Foster for saying he believes me.

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) February 27, 2018