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World Athletics grants Authorised Neutral Athlete status to 33 more Russians

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Doping Review Board (DRB) has allowed 33 more Russian athletes to compete in international

still serving a suspension, which has been in place since 2015 due to widespread and state-supported doping

directly implicated in any way to a member federation's suspension and has been subject to World Anti-Doping


Duplantis misses world record by whisker in Birmingham as Hodgkinson smashes British 800m indoor record

  • Athletics

Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis cleared a season's best of 6.05 metres before coming agonisingly close to a world record of 6.19m in Birmingham, following Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson's smashing of the British indoor 800 metres record.

Britain home to a Tokyo 2020 4x100m silver that has just been invalidated by confirmation of a positive doping


RPC selects 71 athletes to compete at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics

  • Beijing 2022 Paralympics

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has picked 71 athletes to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.

athletes are not allowed to participate under the country's name or national flag due to World Anti-Doping

Agency sanctions imposed in response to a state-sponsored doping programme.At Pyeongchang 2018, with


US Figure Skating appeals to CAS in bid to hold team event ceremony in Beijing

  • Figure Skating

US Figure Skating has confirmed it has lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to ensure a medal ceremony can be held for their team figure skaters prior to leaving Beijing.

team event ceremony was taken due to the inconclusive status of Valieva's case, with the Russian Anti-Doping

Should an anti-doping rule violation be confirmed against Valieva, a possible sanction could lead to


Figure skating coach Tutberidze "at a loss" after Bach rebuke over Valieva case

  • Beijing 2022

Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze has claimed she is "at a loss" after criticism from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach following her reaction to Kamila Valieva's failure to win a medal at Beijing 2022.

Zhulin has also criticised Bach’s comments.Zhulin, now a coach, also called for revision of World Anti-Doping

blood flow to the heart, is prohibited both in and out-of-competition.A decision on whether an anti-doping

rule violation occurred will be made by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.


Hunko becomes second Ukrainian to fail drugs test at Beijing 2022 as Iranian formally expelled

  • Beijing 2022

provisionally banned" from Beijing 2022 - the second Ukrainian competitor at these Games to fail an anti-doping

results management authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during an in-competition anti-doping

The result of the test was reported by the Word Anti Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory in Beijing

and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping

Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022,"View this post


Britain lose Tokyo 2020 relay silver medal as CAS confirms Ujah broke doping rules

  • Athletics

the men's 4x100 metres silver medal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after CJ Ujah was found guilty of doping

claimed the substances had not been knowingly taken, blaming a contaminated supplement.The CAS Anti-Doping

Division rejected this defence, finding that an anti-doping rule violation had been committed and accordingly

37.50sec, a national record and 0.01 faster than the now-disqualified Britons could manage.The CAS Anti-Doping

Association (BOA) said the case "should act as a salutary message for anyone - British or otherwise - who is doping

or considering doping as a way of boosting their athletic performance.


Nigerian sprinter Okagbare given 10-year ban for multiple doping violations

  • Athletics

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given a 10-year ban from athletics for multiple anti-doping

applied in such a case, but the arbitrator concluded that Okagbare’s offending was part of an "organised doping

Olympics, and therefore warranted a longer period of ineligibility, meaning five years was given for the doping

Southern District of New York announced the filing of the first criminal charge under the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping


WADA accuse CAS panel of rewriting Code and setting dangerous precedent in Valieva case

  • Beijing 2022

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accused the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel in the

claimed the CAS panel had decided to "ignore the clear and unambiguous terms" of the 2021 World Anti-Doping

from the clear terms of the Code, which was subject to three consultation phases involving all anti-doping

worrying to hear such a submission when athletes are held to a high standard in meeting their anti-doping

obligations and at the same time, the anti-doping authorities are subject to mere recommendations on

The written judgement criticised anti-doping authorities for the creation of a situation where Valieva


Bach reveals talks underway over age cap at Olympics as anger grows over Valieva case

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has revealed that talks are underway over the possibility of imposing an age limit on athletes competing on the Olympic stage.

Bach has confirmed that the IOC Executive Board has started to discuss the matter in response to the doping

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

It would be dangerous to give my personal opinion, but for me personally the anti-doping rules are there


Bach criticises coldness of Russian entourage in "disturbing" Valieva case

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed he was "very disturbed" after watching Kamila Valieva's struggles in the women's figure skating competition here last night, hitting out at the "chilling atmosphere" of her entourage following the event.

been part of the ROC delegation at Beijing 2022.Shevtsky reportedly received a ban in 2007 following a doping

highlighted the response of Alexandra Trusova as confirming his concerns ©Getty ImagesThe Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has begun investigations into Valieva’s entourage

The ramifications from the event and the Valieva case will go on, with a conclusion to her doping case

blood flow to the heart, is prohibited both in and out-of-competition.A decision on whether an anti-doping


CAS slams anti-doping authorities' "failure to function effectively" in full Valieva verdict

  • Beijing 2022

to compete in the women's event at Beijing 2022 has been scathing in its criticism of the World Anti-doping

one of its submissions "rather worrying" and condemning a "failure to function effectively" from anti-doping

worrying to hear such a submission when Athletes are held to a high standard in meeting their anti-doping

obligations and at the same time, the anti-doping authorities are subject to mere recommendations on

 "Although all athletes’ samples are anonymous, it should be possible for anti-doping laboratories

The written judgement goes on to criticise anti-doping authorities for the creation of a situation where

of anyone... finds herself at the Olympic Winter Games being put on notice of an alleged ADRV [anti-doping


Mike Rowbottom: Valieva meltdown shows grim power of the sporting asterisk

  • Inside the Blogs

Talented, trapped and - ultimately - tearful, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva today failed to reach a medal position in the women’s figure skating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The "asterisk" hanging over her performance appeared to have exerted a malign power.

Russian Olympic Committee, and her provisional suspension was lifted on appeal by the Russian Anti-Doping

line.In the wake of the CAS ruling the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - who with the World Anti-Doping

late improvements, and the sudden end to her career, have roused suspicions in many quarters regarding doping

official, wittingly or unwittingly, standing too close to a gauge.Meanwhile baseball, hit by a series of doping



Indonesia approved as 2022 ASEAN Para Games host after WADA events ban lifted

  • Paralympics

of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games this year after the Indonesian Anti-Doping

Agency (LADI) was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) non-compliance list.

reached a decision to officially award Indonesia the hosting job following decision by the World Anti-Doping