Lashmanova will be stripped of her London 2012 Olympics gold medal after being found to have breached anti-doping

years, starting 9 March 2021, for the use of prohibited substances, a violation of World Athletics anti-doping

but was upgraded to silver when Lashmanova’s team-mate Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in 2016 for a doping

A decision on the case involving Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva may not be concluded for several months, it has been claimed.

contained the banned substance trimetazidine, although it was only reported as positive by a World Anti-Doping

case - leaving the United States, left, and Japan, right, in limbo ©Getty ImagesThe Russian Anti-Doping

 "Irrespective of the type of anti-doping rule violation involved, and save for cases involving

complex issues or delays not in the control of the anti-doping organisation - e.g. delays attributable

The World Anti-Doping Code and the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules also provide for the possibility of

Director general of the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) Joachim Thumfart has said there are many challenges to get the sport on the Olympic programme, but recent developments in the sporting community could play to its advantage.

refereeing scandal.Tamás Aján's reign as President of International Weightlifting Federation ended with a doping

reputation is also recovering following the lengthy reign of Tamás Aján, who allegedly covered up several doping

sport have been "eroded" and claims it has turned into a "politically-engaged dictatorship of the anti-doping

double standards, and the fight for purity in sports into a politically engaged dictatorship of the anti-doping

been barred from staging major events for two years as part of sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping

Agency in response to the cover-up of a state-sponsored doping programme.Russia's flag and anthem were

Italy’s Olympic 100 metres champion Marcell Jacobs beat world 100m champion Christian Coleman of the United States to the men’s 60 metres title by just three thousandths of a second at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, clocking a European indoor record of 6.41 seconds.

touch with the superfast-starting Coleman - who missed the Olympics due to a six-month ban for anti-doping

Nigerian Para powerlifter Omotola Eniola Falodun has been hit with a four-year ban by the International Paralympic Committee after failing a drugs test.

19-noretiocholanolone which are used to quickly build muscle mass and are included on the World Anti-Doping

and was the 24th best female in the field, registering a score of 115 points.As a result of the anti-doping

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has begun using drones to transport anti-doping samples in order

The ITA collaborated with Swiss drone company RigiTech and the Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar (ALDQ) in

transport.They were therefore tested in accordance with the laboratory standards of the World Anti-Doping

We are proud to lead the way in the exploration of an exciting new method of doping sample transport,

The Diamond League has decided to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from all of its track and field meetings for the foreseeable future.

people have fled Ukraine.The RusAF was suspended by World Athletics back in 2015 for a state-sponsored doping

Former International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel is courting controversy by helping the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in a consultancy role but has denied signing any contract.

for two years as "harsh".The CAS halved the four-year period of sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping

Twenty Olympic champions have converged in Serbia for the three-day World Athletics Indoor Championships that start in Belgrade tomorrow - four years after the normally biennial event was last held in Birmingham.

100m champion, Christian Coleman of the United States, back after the 18-month suspension for anti-doping

Swiss Aquatics has said it will pull out of this year’s International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships if athletes from Russia and Belarus compete in Hungarian capital Budapest.

Swiss Aquatics is unreservedly committed to safe, fair and doping-free sport."

More than 40 Russian athletes have demanded their federation appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the World Athletics blanket ban imposed on March 1.

While Russian athletes have been banned since November 2015 following revelations of a state-wide doping

Disruptions to the Russian banking system because of Western sanctions imposed in the wake of the Ukraine invasion have shifted the timetable for the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) repayment to World Athletics.

Taskforce following RusAF’s ban from international competition in 2015 after revelations of a state-wide doping

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo has hinted that she could back a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Olympic Games in the French capital in 2024.

competed under the "neutral" Russian Olympic Committee banner at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 due to doping

Russian Olympic Committee banner as part of sanctions imposed due to the cover-up of a state-sponsored doping

If ever a Commonwealth Games legend made a fitting farewell it was Raelene Boyle in the 400 metres at the 1982 Games in Brisbane.

Olympic gold but given her record of three silvers, and what the world now knows about state-sponsored doping