Chilean weightlifter Arley Mendez has been cleared by the International Testing Agency (ITA) to compete at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo after accepting a one-month suspension for smoking cannabis.

Mendez is due to compete in the 81 kilograms category at Tokyo 2020.The ITA, which carries out all anti-doping

requirements of the mitigation regime of ‘Substance of Abuse’ set forth in Article 10.2.4.1 of the IWF Anti-Doping

Rules".The World Anti-Doping Agency has lessened punishments for using cannabis and other recreational

contaminated supplement, which is a ground to lift the provisional suspension according to the IWF anti-doping

rules," the ITA said.A decision on the consequences of the anti-doping rule violation is due to be issued

Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) President Abner Xoagub has described World Athletics' handling of the Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma case as an "unacceptable invasion" of the two teenagers' privacy.

Memorial meeting in Bydgoszcz in Poland.With world champion Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain serving a two-year doping

When World Athletics President Sebastian Coe visited Tokyo’s rebuilt Olympic stadium for the first time, he admitted: "I saw a stadium that will be a fitting venue for a future World Championships in track and field."

undergoing culture shock".Within a few months, the same magazine reported her fall from grace after a doping

ban.Katrin Krabbe won a 100m and 200m double, but would soon be banned for doping ©Getty ImagesIn the

The Russian Rowing Federation (FGSR) has excluded Nikita Morgachev and Pavel Sorin from the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after both tested positive for meldonium.

2007.The Court of Arbitration for Sport halved the four-year sanction implemented by the World Anti-Doping

uniform was revealed in April.The sanction followed the "cover-up of the cover-up" in the state-sponsored doping

Quiñónez, Ecuador’s 2019 world 200 metres bronze medallist, has been provisionally suspended for anti-doping

Representatives from the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) and the African Sambo Confederation (CAS) have visited Egypt, inspecting preparations for the 2021 African Sambo Championships.

Inside the complex there are all the necessary premises for the Championships including anti-doping,

Three months ago Turkish weightlifting was on a high after a successful European Championships, but it has had nothing but trouble since then and is now one of the most tainted nations in the sport.

Daniyar Ismayilov’s doping positive, reported by Turkish media, is the latest blow to a National Federation

had harsh words for Ismayilov, perhaps already knowing that a sample taken by Turkey’s national anti-doping

as President of the European Weightlifting Federation after being charged for his alleged role in a doping

scandal ©Hasan AkkusHe is not listed by the IWF as having served a doping ban before but he was out

which became available to her after Vietnam was forced to drop one of its athletes because of multiple doping

Ukraine will not be taking up their place at next month’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Moscow and will be replaced by Switzerland.

and anthem will be banned due to the two years of sanctions imposed on the country by the World Anti-Doping

Vietnam escaped an outright ban from weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Turkey lost one of its three places, and there was good news for Britain as the final list of qualifiers was published today by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

The late changes on entry deadline day were the results of doping-related decisions.As reported by insidethegames

outright ban - a fate that had already befallen Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia and Romania because of multiple doping

back in 2012 and 2013, which were highlighted last month in a report by the ITA, which investigated doping

Emily Godley, will now feature for Britain at Tokyo 2020 after late changes to the entry list following doping-related

Thailand’s Para-powerlifter Netsuda Panna has received a four-year ban for an anti-doping rule violation

Singapore, received an adverse finding for metandienone metabolite, which is included on the World Anti-Doping

used a prohibited substance or was negligent or otherwise at fault.As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping

Code (WADC), the IPC says it "remains committed to a doping-free sporting environment at all levels"

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has once more warned the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) about the sport's future after its members failed to adopt a new constitution.

been repeatedly criticised by the IOC while the the sport has been mired in a series of corruption and doping

 The IOC also wrote to the IWF after the latest doping corruption scandal, which was revealed after

to compete at the London 2012 Games, where she "won" a silver medal, despite being suspended for two doping

offences, one of which was sample swapping.It also highlighted doping cover-ups over a 10-year period

, and led to doping violation charges being laid against Nicu Vlad and Hasan Akkus, IWF Board members

Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay have all qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, completing the tournament line-up.

and anthem will be banned due to the two years of sanctions imposed on the country by the World Anti-Doping

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) has concluded a series of anti-doping webinars.

body announced in May that players entering its competitions would be required to take part in anti-doping

required to attend the webinars and workshops.The International Testing Agency (ITA) hosted an anti-doping

, as well as the doping control process.Medications, supplements, the prohibited list and therapeutic

Code in September 2020.FITEQ’s anti-doping framework was also adopted last year, following support from

the World Anti-Doping Agency, the ITA and the Global Association of International Sports Federations

Asgari Ghoncheh will miss karate's Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 after being handed a one-year ban for doping

Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko has had a six-year ban confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with two years suspended due to assistance provided by the athlete in cases against former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) officials.

Lysenko had been charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for anti-doping rule breaches, including

Board member Karamyan and executive director Alexander Parkin were charged for serious breaches of anti-doping

rules in November 2019, as well as senior administrator Elena Orlova and anti-doping coordinator Elena

Ikonnikova.Shlyakhtin and Karamyan were found guilty of tampering, complicity, failing to report an anti-doping

rules.Parkin, Orlova, and Ikonnikova were charged with tampering, complicity, failing to report an anti-doping