Beijing 2008 discus gold medallist Gerd Kanter of Estonia has been re-elected as chairman of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Athletes' Commission following a vote held in Croatia today.

It means joining the fight against doping, championing gender equality in sport, and assisting with the

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an online education course targeted at athletes and

The course will be run through WADA's Anti-Doping Education and Learning (ADEL) scheme, and is titled

IOC) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) and seeks to inform those in attendance of the anti-doping

and WADA, the IOC and ITA have encouraged all National Olympic Committees to work with relevant anti-doping

The course will enable anti-doping organisations to help prepare their national team athletes and coaches

on all things anti-doping at the Games."

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko have spoken of the importance of using next year’s Men’s Volleyball World Championship to boost participation in the host nation.

official state news agency TASS.Russia was permitted to keep the World Championship, after the World Anti-Doping

Sport (CAS), the country cannot host major events - defined as World Championships by the global anti-doping

The Russian Handball Federation (FGR) is looking to "initiative a criminal case" after eight players were suspended for match fixing at this year's European Men’s Under-19 Championship.

events, including Olympics and World Championships, after sanctions were imposed by the World Anti-Doping

the Court of Arbitration for Sport cut the ban to two years following an appeal by the Russian Anti-Doping

called it a betrayal of the motherland, this is how I feel about the egregious facts of 'financial doping

The Solomon Islands has been inducted into the Oceania Cycling Confederation as its 11th member as one of four new nations officially recognised by the International Cycling Union (UCI).

Anne brings more than two decades of experience in sports administration, including director, anti-doping

Boyanka Kostova has been banned from weightlifting for eight years after confirmation of a doping violation

Moscow.The suspension, imposed by the International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

 She also won three other European titles.Hristov, 27, has been suspended three times for doping

was disqualified.Between them Kostova and Hristov have now been suspended for a total of 22 years for doping

violations, all involving steroids, while competing for Azerbaijan, which has one of the worst doping

of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the explanation was "barely credible".Akkaev’s latest two doping

Defending champions Poland are set to face the United States, Mexico and Bulgaria in the pool stage of the 2022 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's World Championship in Russia, after the draw was conducted today.

Volleyball Federation team, to be known as that with Russia's name banned from the event under World Anti-Doping

Marina Kurnosova, the Deputy Minister of Physical Culture and Sports in Novosibirsk, has claimed the city has sufficient experience to host the 2036 Olympic Games.

candidates.Russia was banned from bidding for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games under the World Anti-Doping

(WADA) sanctions handed out to the country.The WADA sanctions came after it found the Russian Anti-Doping

Two coaches - who were stripped of their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games accreditation for their involvement in allegedly forcing Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to board a flight home to Minsk - are under investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Integrity Unit (AIU) - the independent body created by World Athletics to manage all integrity issues (both doping-related

and non-doping-related) for the sport of athletics - will conduct the procedure, with the full collaboration

Russia is set to play its matches in the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Novosibirsk, as the country looks set to host major tournaments once again.

As a result of the World Anti-Doping Agency ruling, which initially issued a four-year suspension though

Yuri Borzakovsky will move to the position of Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) sports director, effective from tomorrow, with acting President Irina Privalova taking over the head coach position on an interim basis.

after Peter Ivanov was forced to leave the role after less than three months because of World Anti-Doping

sanctions expired.The National Federation was suspended by World Athletics in November 2015 in relation to doping

cover-ups.Last year, it faced expulsion from the global governing body for obstructing an anti-doping

Weightlifters from Oceania have won titles and set records at their senior Championships, despite the fact that the competition was organised online.

and there were as many no-lifts and "bombouts" as there are at a typical in-person competition.Anti-doping

Caio Vinicius Da Silva Pereira of Brazil has been stripped of the F12 shot put gold medal he claimed at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima after his sample from the event tested positive for a banned substance.

American Games tested positive for anabolic steroids ©Getty Images"As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping

Code, the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting environment at all levels," the IPC said.

 "The IPC has established the IPC Anti-Doping Code in compliance with the general principles of

the International Standards, expecting that, in the spirit of sport, it will lead the fight against doping

Alexei Zhamnov is to be the head coach of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) national team for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, after the squad was initially expected to be led by Pyeongchang 2018 gold medal-winning head coach Oleg Znarok.

events due to the two-year ban implemented by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the World Anti-Doping

Agency on the nation due to state-sponsored doping in sport.The suspension means Russia cannot compete

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) has extended its support for sport by signing a cooperation agreement with the International Cycling Union (UCI) to support education and research in cycling.

Interdisciplinary Centre for Sports Research (CIRS) are also active in researching training, biomechanics, anti-doping