A total of 70 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have applied for funding to help establish Athletes' Commissions, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Olympic Movement.Other NOCs have used the money to fund vital workshops on key topics such as anti-doping

Events in Almaty make one apprehensive for Kazakhstan; they should also act as a warning for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

drug testing in 2020; thanks to a new report, we have a better idea of exactly how big.The World Anti-Doping

1,009, down from 2,702.For all that the pandemic posed a thorny and novel set of problems for the anti-doping

first of all to see whether the decline in samples processed was relatively uniform across the 26 anti-doping

Some sports, clearly, are at relatively low risk from doping; in others, there may well be solid explanations

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has paid tribute to former International Olympic Committee (IOC) director general François Carrard, who died on Sunday (January 9) at the age of 83.

awarded the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.Carrard also played a major role in setting up the World Anti-Doping

Agency and the introduction of the first World Anti-Doping Code.ANOC Acting President Robin Mitchell

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has described François Carrard as a "great guide and trustful advisor", as tributes have been paid to the influential sports lawyer and former IOC director general who died yesterday.

©Getty ImagesCarrard's tenure as IOC director general also included the creation of the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) in 1999 and the Swiss official played a role in the introduction of the World Anti-Doping

Code.The first edition of the World Anti-Doping Code came into force in 2004.WADA President Witold Bańka

without his [Carrard] strong commitment and vision".Bańka added: "His support for the Agency and for anti-doping

have been set up in the first place" were it not for François Carrard, according to the World Anti-Doping

François Carrard, the former director general of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a trailblazer on issues of sports governance, has died aged 83.

global governing body in 2015.Carrard was also an important figure in the formation of the World Anti-Doping

The first competition in qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is set to be a landmark occasion for weightlifting, like no other in its history.

future of the sport, two years on from the broadcast of a German TV documentary that exposed deep-rooted doping

Imagine a future world for weightlifting where athletes are the centre of attention on a completely different level. The walls have gone and the warm-up and back-room decisions on the next lift are out in the open, part of a vibrant show watched by thousands of spectators.

the athletes are "humanised" in a way that weightlifting’s older aficionados, from the dark years of doping

Ajan has since been charged by the International Testing Agency (ITA) with a serious doping offence,

allow a Romanian to win a medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games when she was twice suspended - for doping

swapping.Romania was one of four nations banned from the Tokyo Olympic Games last year for multiple doping

"We should not be talking about anti-doping and corruption now, it should be cleaned up, finished," said

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched the application process for seven positions on its new

Committee chair Diane Smith-Gander, with "appropriately experienced candidates from outside the anti-doping

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) has formed 15 standing Committees in accordance with its statutes, as it looks to improve its governance.

members, representation globally where possible.Other Committees will cover the areas of Medical and Anti-Doping

Governmental authority for infractions relating to sports, including violations of integrity and anti-doping

The United States has paid its remaining dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), ending a period

demonstration of support by the United States Government for WADA’s global collaborative mission for doping-free

angered WADA by pushing through an act which gives the nation the power to prosecute individuals for doping

Ross Wenzel - considered as "one of the world’s leading anti-doping lawyers" - has been appointed as

general counsel of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

departure at the end of 2021.During his 11-year stint at Kellerhals Carrard, Wenzel handled hundreds of doping-related

cases before the Court of Arbitration for Sport for WADA and other anti-doping organisations, including

International Federations and National Anti-Doping Organisations.Wenzel is now set to form part of WADA

Ross is widely recognised as one of the world's leading anti-doping lawyers."

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has widened the scope of its deal with the International Testing Agency (ITA) after signing a three-year extension to its agreement with the organisation.

education and Therapeutic Use Exemption handling, as well as result management and the handling of anti-doping

Organisers of the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games have held its first comprehensive rehearsal for the event, allowing them to examine and improve on their preparations.

University Games Village.Services tested include vehicle dispatch and spectator services, as well as doping

The Women's Bandy World Championship has been moved from this month until March because of the coronavrius crisis and will no longer be played in Stockholm.

and first scheduled for 2020.The Russian venue has been allowed to remain host after the World Anti-Doping

Sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye - who returned from a whereabouts failure doping ban last year - has been

awards ceremony in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.Last year, Ahye was given a two-year ban for an anti-doping