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ITTF confirms November dates for World Table Tennis Championships in Houston

  • Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Executive Committee has confirmed the World Table Tennis Championships will take place in Houston from November 23 to 29.

retirement of Shiro Matsuo, who has served on the ITTF Sports Science and Medical Committee as chief of anti-doping


IBU confirms RBU not eligible for reinstatement until at least December 2022 at latest meeting of working group

  • Biathlon

A working group overseeing the reinstatement of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) has underlined that the national body will not be able to become a full International Biathlon Union (IBU) member again until at least December 2022.

Meeting for the first time since the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) appeal against World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions, the working group confirmed

that RUSADA being compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code remains one of the reinstatement criteria.Although

RBU was demoted to provisional membership of the IBU in December 2017 in response to the country's doping


Rodchenkov claims doping act a "game-changer" as US vows to "aggressively" enforce

  • News

Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory, has claimed the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping

laboratory head-turned-whistleblower, the bill allows the United States to prosecute individuals for doping

2018 by the Helsinki Commission, a US Government agency, following hearings covering the impact of doping

Agency has expressed reservation over the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act ©Getty ImagesRodchenkov said the

I know people who are core of the doping system...they are very clever."They are very good."

Grigory #Rodchenkov, who blew the whistle on #Russia’s state-sponsored #doping scheme, speaks out for



Sarah Davies wanted to quit weightlifting - now she and Britain are flying high

  • Weightlifting

If Emily Campbell puts in a good performance in the women’s super-heavyweights she could help Britain to its best performance at the European Weightlifting Championships since 1948.

well.There are plans to promote and recruit more male lifters but one problem, Sawyer said, was that doping



Michael Houston: Olympics can be a stepping stone to more lucrative career for grapplers

  • Inside the Blogs

A friend of mine recently sent me a tweet of my first memory of professional wrestling - a swinging Jeff Hardy speared 20 feet above the ring at WrestleMania X-Seven, a moment that hooked me into the predetermined, theatrical entertainment.

wrestling title on a points decision against Iran's Abbas Jadidi.Jadidi had not long returned from a doping

appearing to be Rio 2016 Olympic judo gold medallist Rafaela Silva - perhaps nudged in that direction by a doping


IFA to hold Athletes Forum with focus on "Women in Fistball"

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Fistball Association (IFA) will hold a virtual Athletes’ Forum tomorrow with a focus on "Women in Fistball".

Federation (WFDF).The WFDF and IFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on sustainability, anti-doping



Witold Bańka: The unity of WADA's Play True Day must last all year

  • Inside the Blogs

Today is Play True Day, an opportunity for the world to come together to promote the values of respect and integrity in sport and the protection of clean sporting competition. 

Each year on this day, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) invites athletes, National and Regional Anti-Doping

– that are signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code.

What this tells me is that the anti-doping community must renew its focus on ensuring quality anti-doping

, including in doping detection methods.

to ensure that a robust anti-doping programme is delivered.


Sweden and RCF through to semi-finals at World Men's Curling Championship

  • Curling

Holders Sweden and the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) have booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Men's Curling Championship in Calgary.

Russian team, competing at the Championship as RCF because of sanctions placed on the country for the doping

reaching the playoffs.Russia will compete as "ROC" at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games as a result of the doping


American relay world medallist Igbokwe given 30-month doping ban

  • Athletics

Obi Igbokwe, who helped the United States win a 400 metres mixed relay gold medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, has been banned for 30 months over steroid use.

26.DHCMT is a performance-enhancing anabolic steroid and a banned substance.The United States Anti-Doping

final.A completely changed US quartet then won the gold medal in the final.Igbokwe claimed that the anti-doping

to return to competition.Several high-profile American track and field athletes have been banned for doping



Tokyo 2020 quotas allocated at European Olympic rowing qualifier

  • Rowing

Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos secured a Tokyo 2020 quota place for his country after winning the men's single sculls final at the European Olympic rowing qualifier in Varese.

Petervari-Molnar.Russia, set to compete at Tokyo 2020 as "ROC" under sanctions placed on the country due to the doping