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WADA signs key Memorandum of Understanding with Association of South-East Asian Nations

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the

Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to collaborate on a range of anti-doping activities.

three years with the objective of creating a partnership that will help both organisations to prevent doping

region.The signing took place during the 17th Asia/Oceania region intergovernmental meeting on anti-doping

in sport, hosted in Dubai by the United Arab Emirates National Anti-Doping Organisation.Formed in 1967

activity in the south-east Asian region ©Getty ImagesBańka said: "The global anti-doping system relies

work being carried out by Governments and national anti-doping organisations in that region."


World Ski Orienteering Championships set to begin in Finland

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Finland is set to host the 2022 World Ski Orienteering Championships with 16 nations represented in Kemi-Keminmaa.

, during last year’s World Championships where they competed under neutral status due to World Anti-Doping


WADA delays RUSADA audit amid travel challenges caused by Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has delayed a planned audit of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency due

Planned audits of RUSADA form part of the RUSADA reinstatement process, with the National Anti-Doping

Agency currently deemed non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code.A two-year package of sanctions

was placed on RUSADA after doping data at the Moscow Laboratory was found to be manipulated.The WADA

Russia not having a WADA-accredited laboratory after the Moscow Laboratory was shut down after the 2015 doping

begun and the organisation hopes to complete it as soon as possible.Iljukov has worked in the anti-doping



China becomes fifth host to top Winter Paralympics medals table

  • Beijing 2022 Paralympics

China has topped the medals table at its home Winter Paralympics, with its haul of 61 more than double that was amassed by any other nation.

with Russia at Sochi 2014 the last country which did so, a Games which was marred by a state-sponsored doping






Duncan Mackay: Shane Warne, a player who redefined cricket and whose legend is secure, despite his flaws

  • Inside the Blogs

Melbourne will come to a standstill on March 30 when Shane Warne, a cricketer whose achievements are seared deep into the psychic of the Australian public and whose death last week at the age of 52 has plunged the nation into mourning, is laid to rest.

Cup tournament.Warne’s explanation did not impress Richard Pound, then the chairman of the World Anti-Doping



Russian and Belarus swimmers can still compete as neutrals, but FINA reserves right to withhold entry on safety grounds

  • Swimming

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) Bureau has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes may compete as neutrals - but has adopted a legally robust option to exclude them "if their attendance threatens the safety and wellbeing of athletes or places the conduct of competition at risk."

Testing Agency (ITA) to ensure that necessary measures are in place to continue out-of-competition anti-doping


Mike Rowbottom: Farewell Dame Valerie Adams, an athlete of outstanding talent and honesty

  • Inside the Blogs

When Valerie Adams - Dame Valerie since 2017 - announced her retirement to the press last Tuesday she did so in characteristically and literally down-to-earth fashion: "Today, I am here to share with you all that I'm officially hanging up these size 14 throwing shoes."

medallist Nadzeya Ostapchuk, both of Belarus, were retrospectively disqualified following positive doping


Proposal made for sports medicine department to be established as part of Accra 2023 legacy

  • Ghana 2023

A proposal has been made for a sports medicine department to be established in a university complex as part of the legacy of next year's African Games in Ghana.

The suggestion has been made by the Medical and Anti-Doping Sub-Committee of the Accra 2023 Organising

of Sports for Development without a sports medicine department," said Prince Pambo, Medical and Anti-Doping

Members of the Medical and Anti-Doping Sub-Committee visited construction projects last month ©Accra

2023Pambo made the comment as members of the Anti-Doping Sub-Committee visited locations in the Accra


Russian-led Federation of International Bandy postpones World Championships in Russia

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Federation of International Bandy (FIB), led by Russian Boris Skrynnik, has postponed the upcoming Men’s World Championships in Russia to adhere to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recommendations following the invasion of Ukraine.

Syktyvkar staging.Russia was banned from hosting major events such as World Championships by World Anti-Doping