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French fencer Ysaora Thibus says she experienced "involuntary contamination"

  • Fencing

The fencer, who was suspended on 8 February for a positive test during a stage of the World Championships in Paris, said on Tuesday that the ingestion was involuntary and waived the analysis of the B sample.

The substance found in the fencer's system was Ostarine, an anabolic agent on the World Anti-Doping Agency's


Sofia 2024 Day 8: Tsikhantsou and Koanda with impressive wins

  • Weightlifting

As expected, the fight for gold in the men's 102 kg was breathtaking. Two of the three weightlifters competing for gold will be among the medal contenders at Paris 2024 in one of the toughest weight classes.

She finished third in the +87kg category at London 2012, but was disqualified four years later for doping


IOC, WADA and CIFP condemn ‘Enhanced Games’

  • Olympics

support for the joint statement issued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping

Doping is not fair play to ourselves and to our opponents.”

Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, competitors would not be subject to the rules of the World Anti-Doping

clean sport, that if they were to take part in the 'Enhanced Games', they would risk committing anti-doping

rule violations under the World Anti-Doping Code,” WADA said.

Enhanced Games' should immediately be targeted for additional testing, WADA said, while calling on anti-doping


WADA bans Angola from using national symbols at all competitions

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has ruled that Angola cannot use national symbols, such as the anthem

and flag, due to delays in approving the country's anti-doping law.

non-compliance is the result of its inability to fully implement the 2021 version of the World Anti-Doping

Gold 2023" Champions Gala that the suspension "can easily be lifted as soon as WADA receives the anti-doping

Angolan legislation:It should be noted that, at the urgent request of the executive, the law on anti-doping

in sport with the International Convention against Doping and the World Code with the current ordinary

Organization of the Philippines have been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code.



Mo Katir: Two-year ban for "Whereabouts Failures"

  • Athletics

Spanish athlete Mohamed Katir has admitted an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and has been sanctioned

Spanish athlete Mohamed Katir has admitted an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and has been sanctioned

Tuesday (13 February), the 25-year-old middle-distance runner submitted a signed Admission of Anti-Doping

violated Rule 2.4 (Whereabouts Failures by an Athlete in a Registered Testing Pool) of the World Anti-Doping

sanction "is not related to the use of prohibited substances or methods, nor to the evasion of anti-doping

These cases can and do occasionally happen to athletes who are part of the anti-doping control programme


Norwegian prosecution seek nearly four years in prison for former IBU chief

  • Biathlon

Anders Besseberg was head of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) (1993-2018). He has since been on trial in Oslo for aggravated corruption. Prosecutors asked the court to sentence him to three years and seven months in prison and a fine of one million kroner (€88,000) for accepting bribes.

GETTY IMAGESBesseberg was initially accused of hiding Russian doping cases in exchange for favours as

head of the IBU, when the Russian doping scandal erupted in the 2010s.

pushed for the 2021 Biathlon World Championships to be held in Tyumen, Siberia, despite the Russian doping


Spanish athletes demand "honesty and transparency" from doping agency

  • Athletics

on Wednesday expressed their "firm and absolute rejection of the recent actions" of the Spanish anti-doping

and Maria Perez, demanded "honesty and transparency" from the agency's directors in the fight against doping

provoke feelings of mistrust, uncertainty and indignation towards our leaders in the fight against doping

As professional athletes, we recognise the difficulty of eradicating doping," they said.

"All sectors must reject any practice that violates the anti-doping rules defined by WADA (World Anti-Doping

, 2024This public stance comes after the Spanish government sacked the director of the Spanish Anti-Doping


WADA refers Nigeria, Venezuela to CAS

  • Olympics

Venezuela have been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for alleged failure of their anti-doping

agencies to comply with WADA rules, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced on Tuesday.

The two national agencies were sanctioned in November for failing to address what the Montreal-based doping

watchdog called a number of "critical requirements" in their anti-doping programmes.As a result, they

the potential impact on Nigeria and Venezuela are expected later this year.Compliance with the anti-doping


Kenyan marathoner Sarah Chepchirchir eight year ban for doping

  • Athletics

Kenyan athlete Sarah Chepchirchir, winner of the 2017 Tokyo Marathon, has been banned for eight years after testing positive for testosterone. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced the ban on Wednesday.

The AIU confirms by this decision the following Consequences for the Athlete's second Anti-Doping Rule


Australian swimmer Magnussen ready to dope for record and $1 million

  • Swimming

Former Australian swimming star James Magnussen is set to use performance-enhancing drugs to break a world record and collect a US$1 million prize, according to AFP.

Games, founded by London-based Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, would not be subject to World Anti-Doping


Halep "confident" ban will be lifted after CAS hearing

  • Tennis

former world number one Simona Halep said on Friday she was confident her appeal against a four-year doping

issued at a date yet to be announced.Simona Halep arrives at the CAS for her appeal against a four-year doping

was suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) last September after two separate doping

She tested positive for roxadustat after the 2022 US Open and was charged with a second anti-doping violation

However, it is also on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list because it is considered a blood doping

 Halep is the first leading women's tennis player to be caught in the anti-doping net since Russia's



Thai Para swimmer Worawut Marnnok - two-year ban for anti-doping violation

  • Swimming News

Committee (IPC) has suspended Para swimmer Worawut Marnnok for a period of two years for committing an anti-doping

rule violation (ADRV) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (Code).

The substances are included in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List for 2022 under class

The APC had initial results management authority in the athlete's case under the APC's anti-doping rules

As a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code (the WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sport

The IPC has established the IPC Anti-Doping Code in accordance with the general principles of the WADC

, including the WADC International Standards, and expects to lead the fight against doping in sport for


Mo Katir provisionally suspended after missing three doping tests

  • Athletics

Spanish athlete Mohamed Katir, the reigning world 5000m runner-up, announced in an official statement on Wednesday that he had been "provisionally suspended" by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for "a violation resulting from three whereabouts failures in the last twelve months". 

"It is important to note that this is not a case of violating anti-doping rules for the use of prohibited

substances or methods, nor is it a case of evading out-of-competition doping controls.

Over the past months and years, I have undergone a large number of out-of-competition doping tests, both

atletismoRFEA) February 7, 2024The Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) has issued a statement against doping