Thailand has failed in its attempt to overturn its suspension from weightlifting and to challenge the principle of member federations being held responsible for the actions of its athletes and coaches.

decision by an independent panel that Thailand had "brought weightlifting into disrepute" through a doping

of Thailand and Egypt, at least three other nations are liable to be banned from Tokyo for multiple doping

scandal.It argued that it could not be held at fault, and laid the blame for the doping on a coach who

has since been dismissed and suspended for life from Thai sport, and the national anti-doping laboratory

CAS clearly agreed with the IWF that the widespread nature of doping by athletes under the auspices of

The women's 64 kilograms contest at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, which start in the Dominican Republic tomorrow, highlights the improved performance of the United States and Canada throughout Olympic qualifying.

contention.Colombia is unlikely to be in Tokyo at all, as it is liable to be suspended for having three doping

core" of his team will remain intact at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite a reduction in anti-doping

Reuters reports that the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) International Observer (IO) team has been

reduced by 20 per cent for the Games in response to the coronavirus pandemic.But Cohen insists ITA’s anti-doping

Speaking last month ITA chair Valérie Fourneyron said she was "confident" of running a "robust anti-doping

2020 pre-Games expert pool, comprising specialists from International Federations and National Anti-Doping

right athletes, the right sports, the right disciplines and work hand-in-hand with the national anti-doping

India’s cricket power brokers have insisted they will "in principle" send men’s and women’s teams to the Olympics if the sport is restored to the programme for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics ©Getty ImagesThe BCCI’s agreement to sign up to India’s National Anti-Doping

Doping compliance is an essential requirement for any sport seeking entrance to the Olympics.The official

Many of the world’s best weightlifters will be in action in Tashkent in Uzbekistan over the next week at the Asian Championships, including at least 11 potential Olympic gold medallists.

Olympic gold.Uzbekistan's Ruslan Nurudinov, the 2016 Olympic champion at 105kg who was suspended for doping

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced Christian Coleman's doping ban to 18 months on appeal

than that established in the Challenged Decision", because Coleman did not receive a phone call when a doping

for the Drake Relays when he was contacted several hours before the 60-minute window for the day by a doping

 Christian Coleman, the 100m world champion, has had a doping ban reduced to 18 months on appeal

No-notice out-of-competition testing is a fundamental pillar of the World Anti-Doping Code and is only

not sufficient for athletes to be near their indicated location and to rely on being called by the doping

Samoa - July 2022Samoan athletes usually pack a punch and that will be no different at Birmingham 2022.

and was forced to wait eight years to receive her medal, due to the reallocation of results following doping

Papua New Guinea - July 2022With more than 850 known languages spoken, Papua New Guinea is one of the most diverse countries in the world.

Games, including the 53 kilograms gold from Glasgow 2014 which was upgraded from silver following a doping

Saint Kitts and Nevis - November 2021Saint Kitts and Nevis is hoping that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the perfect showcase for the country's young athletes.

year we have to spend money to put things back in," Greene, a founding member of the Caribbean Anti-Doping

Guyana - April 2022Guyana can trace its Commonwealth Games history right back to the inaugural edition in Hamilton in 1930.

 In 2009 she became a doping control officer and she is a member country representative for Guyana

at the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization, where she sits on the Executive Committee.After

sanctioned events for two years after being found guilty of involvement in the "Operation Aderlass" blood-doping

announced that the older Veerpalu has been found guilty breaching Article 2.9 of the 2016 FIS Anti-Doping

rule violation" or attempted anti-doping rule violation is prohibited under Article 2.9.Veerpalu has

an adverse analytical finding - of the time were not reliable.Operation Aderlass centred on a blood-doping

to more than four years in prison by a Munich court earlier this year, guilty of 24 counts of using doping

methods and given prohibited substances to athletes.It was one of the first major cases since anti-doping

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has said it is going ahead with plans to introduce a ball-licencing process for international competition despite a petition protesting against the decision that has so far been signed by more than 2,000 boccia players or followers.

In many ways tampering with balls is as unethical as doping."

to wear a controversial uniform featuring the colours of the country's flag, which is banned due to doping

as "ROC" as part of the punishments imposed on the nation for its "cover-up of the cover-up" in the doping

Sport (CAS), which halved the four-year package of punishments initially imposed by the World Anti-Doping

Fans are set to attend the International Skating Union (ISU) World Team Trophy in Osaka, despite concerns over a rise of COVID-19 cases in the prefecture.

competing as FSR because of sanctions imposed on the country as punishment for the state-sponsored doping

As I made my way through the weightlifting ranks, competing as a young athlete in a sport tainted by doping

- and with rumours of countries constantly getting away with doping -  it taught me just to focus

personally had fallen in love with, and so the pull of competing at the highest level outweighed the doping

 This pull on the heartstrings allowed me to make peace with the fact that doping existed, despite

first hand] has brought me opportunities to inspire others and assist the fight against doping.

As a teacher by trade, I truly believe that education is the key to combatting doping.

, and that evading doping tests is "part of the game."