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World Athletics "appalled" by Russian invasion of Ukraine as Bubka maintains silence

  • Athletics

World Athletics has condemned the Russian military invasion of Ukraine and offered support to the latter country’s Athletics Federation and its most illustrious former athlete Sergey Bubka, now the World Athletics senior vice-president.

The Russian Athletics Federation has been suspended from World Athletics since 2015, due to doping violations


World Triathlon strongly condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Triathlon

World Triathlon is the latest sporting organisation to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has caused the Olympic Truce to be breached.

Triathlon Federation (RTF) was suspended by World Triathlon in December for "the significant number of doping


CGF unveils Anti-Doping Taskforce for Birmingham 2022

  • Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has unveiled its Anti-Doping Taskforce for Birmingham 2022 and

Both the CGF and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) will lead the taskforce, with UKAD acting as secretariat.It will

Agency of Kenya, Patrick Weleman and Sasha Sutherland will represent the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping

I am proud that we can today unveil the Anti-Doping Taskforce for Birmingham 2022," CGF President Dame

The Anti-Doping Taskforce will play a critical role in ensuring that Birmingham 2022 is a showcase of

Above all, we are there to support all clean athletes with a zero tolerance to doping so that they can


Phuket confirmed as host for ISU Congress where Dijkema successor due to be elected

  • Figure Skating

The International Skating Union (ISU) Congress has been confirmed as going ahead in Phuket in Thailand from June 6 to 10, but firm decisions on whether two World Championships are staged have not yet been made.

Olympics, where 15-year-old Russian Olympic Committee skater Kamila Valieva was at the centre of a doping


Russian athletes cleared to participate at Paralympic Games in Beijing

  • Paralympics

The Russian Paralympic team has been cleared by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing after fulfilling the criteria for participation.

Committee, meet the criteria for participation in the Paralympic Games, including the requirements for anti-doping



Duncan Mackay: Olympic Movement well accustomed to Putin's sense of grand theatre

  • Inside the Blogs

Newspapers and television bulletins earlier this week were full of pictures of the Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing his country’s Security Council, a man alone at a desk in the grandiose setting of the Kremlin, addressing the assembled grandees sitting in distanced rows far from a man with an iron grip on everything he surveyed.

sense of grievance since the breakup of the Soviet Union to restore its international pride.Repeated doping


ISU Council set to hold first meeting since Valieva controversy at Beijing 2022

  • Skating

The International Skating Union (ISU) is set to hold its first Council meeting tomorrow since the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the situation involving Kamila Valieva.

Chinese capital, where 15-year-old Russian Olympic Committee athlete Valieva was at the centre of a doping

One is with regards to WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency), to see whether there is the need to adapt


Russian Sports Minister warns against "hasty assessments" of figure skating coach Tutberidze's methods

  • Beijing 2022

Russia's Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has cautioned against "hasty assessments" with regards to the methods of figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, which sparked controversy at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

-year-old skater had travelled to Beijing 2022 as the red-hot favourite, but was at the centre of a doping

criticised Bach's remarks, defended Tutberidze's coaching record and called for a revision of World Anti-Doping

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


International Federations closely monitor Ukraine-Russia crisis

  • Volleyball

Several International Federations are monitoring the situation involving Ukraine and Russia, although there are no plans at this stage to move major sporting events.

banned from hosting major events including World Championships under sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping


Spanish figure skater Jimenez fails Beijing 2022 drugs test

  • Figure Skating

Figure skater Laura Barquero Jimenez of Spain tested positive for banned substance clostebol at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games while she was competing in the pairs competition, the International Testing Agency (ITA) has asserted.

the short programme, the first part of competition in the pairs event, on February 18.A World Anti-Doping

yesterday, and Barquero can now request analysis of her B sample.The case is being referred to the Anti-Doping

Ukrainian cross-country skier Valentyna Kaminska and Ukrainian bobsledder Lidiia Hunko also failed anti-doping

ROC won the team event.Valieva was provisionally suspended, but this was lifted by the Russian Anti-Doping


Bach met Chinese President Xi "multiple times", Beijing 2022 claim

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with Chinese President Xi Jinping "multiple times" during the Winter Olympics here, it has been revealed.

own flag as it is currently serving a two-year suspension after being found guilty of state-sponsored doping


Michael Pavitt: Beijing 2022 - A Games never far from controversy and politics

  • Inside the Blogs

For all IOC President Thomas Bach’s hopes that these Olympic Games could be free from politics, Beijing 2022 never really escaped politics or controversy.

 Since insidethegames revealed after the team event that Valieva was the centre of a doping

conference of the Games, smartly pointing fingers at Valieva's entourage, suggesting changes to World Anti-Doping

the Olympic brand.Just as Bach has been accused of refusing to confront issues in China, the latest doping

voices that the German has been too placating and willing to forgive the nation for the state-sponsored doping


IESF adds two mobile titles to World Esports Championships programme

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Mobile games PUBG Mobile and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang have been added to the programme for this year's International Esports Federation (IESF) World Esports Championships.

hosting rights to the World Championships in September, the month before the country's National Anti-Doping

non-compliant, the IESF insists, despite a formal announcement not being made until after World Anti-Doping


CAS rejects American appeal to stage Beijing 2022 team figure skating medal ceremony

  • Figure Skating

An appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for American figure skaters to receive silver medals from the team event before they leave the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has been dismissed.

Canada were fourth, and would complete the podium should Valieva be found to have committed an anti-doping

combined score, was controversially allowed to compete in the individual event after the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency lifted a provisional suspension.The World Anti-Doping Agency, International Skating Union and