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Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi draw third match of World Chess Championship as stalemate continues

  • Non-Olympic Sports

World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi, competing as a neutral, drew the third match of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Chess Championship in Dubai as the stalemate between the pair continued.

minutes.Nepomniachtchi, who is from Russia but cannot play under the Russian flag due to the World Anti-Doping

Agency ban on his country following revelations of state-wide doping, had the advantage of the first


Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi share spoils in second game of FIDE World Championship

  • Non-Olympic Sports

World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi, competing as a neutral, today drew the second of 14 games that comprises the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Championship.

causing Nepomniachtchi, who is from Russia but cannot play under the Russian flag due to the World Anti-Doping

Agency ban on his country following revelations of state-wide doping, to increase his pace of play.As


ISA re-elects vice-presidents as Aguerre targets long-term Olympic inclusion

  • Surfing

Kirsty Coventry and Karin Sierralta have been re-elected as International Surfing Association (ISA) vice-presidents at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), where President Fernando Aguerre outlined his targets for long-term Olympic Games inclusion.

from the ISA Athletes' Commission and Medical Commission were delivered, as well as reports on anti-doping


Teenage German weightlifter tests positive for Oral Turinabol

  • Weightlifting

A teenager has become the first German weightlifter to test positive for a banned substance since 2009.

- Oral Turinabol - according to the International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

also unable to comment while the case is ongoing.Germany is one of the most outspoken nations against doping

resigned.Schackmann does not have a single international result listed on the IWF website, and on its list of doping


Antidoping Switzerland Foundation to become the Swiss Sport Integrity Foundation

  • News

Antidoping Switzerland Foundation will become the Swiss Sport Integrity Foundation from January 1, with the organisation set to assume responsibility for dealing with ethics violations.

Integrity, with the body assuming responsibility for handling ethical violations and grievances as well as doping

cases.This will involve initial consultation, investigation and prosecution of suspected violations, doping

controls and doping prevention.Swiss Sport Integrity will replace the registration offices of Swiss

our forces and resources in a targeted manner to systematically deal with and prosecute ethics and doping


Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi draw opening FIDE World Championship match in Dubai

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Norway’s defending champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi began their International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Championship match in Dubai with a draw today.

his first championship, is from Russia but cannot play under the Russian flag due to the World Anti-Doping


Nuzman sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for Rio 2016 corruption

  • Rio 2016

Former Rio 2016 and Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for buying votes for the Brazilian city's successful bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

convicted in Paris on multiple charges of corruption during his tenure, some of it related to the Russian doping


US official stops short of confirming country will pay WADA remaining dues

  • News

The United States is "encouraged" by reforms approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) but further

I will be speaking with some other colleagues, Congress members, the National Anti-Doping Organisation

productive ExCo and Board meetings in Paris, which resulted in important steps forward for WADA and the anti-doping

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



WADA compliance chairman resigns year before end of mandate

  • News

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) panel that oversees compliance and recommends sanctions

Taylor, whose last act was to recommend Russia face a four-year package of sanctions stemming from the doping

of the Compliance Review Committee ©TwitterIt was also confirmed here today that the National Anti-Doping


Carlsen looking to cement legacy with another victory at World Chess Championship

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Norway’s Magnus Carlsen is due to launch the defence of his World Chess Championship title with the start of a 14-game match against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai tomorrow.

ruchess_eng) November 25, 2021The 31-year-old Nepomniachtchi is competing neutrally to comply with the doping

Russia.Russian athletes are required to compete neutrally at World Championship events run by World Anti-Doping

WADA) signatories.This follows the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision in the Russian Anti-Doping


Pound given WADA Founding President title for contribution to anti-doping

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has officially bestowed the title of Founding President on Richard

WADA in various capacities over the years.He oversaw the drafting and implementation of the World Anti-Doping

Code and, more recently, led a high-profile probe into the infamous Russian doping scandal.WADA President


Asian Paralympic Committee President hopes Hangzhou 2022 can boost inclusion

  • Hangzhou 2022

Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) President Majid Rashed has told a Chef de Mission seminar for the Asian Para Games that Hangzhou 2022 can be an opportunity to build a more inclusive Asia.

catering and accommodation in the city were also topics on the agenda.Updates were provided on sports and doping


WADA Foundation Board to vote on governance reforms amid criticism of process

  • News

Governance reforms will again be top of the agenda when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation

These reforms have included more places for independent members, athletes and National Anti-Doping Organisations

Winter Olympics in Beijing, set to open on February 4, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anti-doping