Even though parts have been redacted, the External Review Commission’s (ERC) report into the former leadership at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) goes into eye-watering detail.

IBU President ©Getty ImagesAmong other misdemeanours, Besseberg then sought to downplay the Russian doping

of corrupt and unethical decision-making was apparent long before evidence of an institutionalised doping

Zaitseva all implicated in doping.Former Russian biathlon coach Anatoli Khovantsev has even admitted doping

event in Antholz-Anterselva.Nicole Resch was found to have place Russian interests before the IBU's doping

The extent to which Russia attempted to influence Besseberg and cover up incidents of doping in biathlon

Sport Resolutions and the International Testing Agency (ITA) have entered into an agreement to operate an independent tribunal.

The tribunal will be available to determine first instance anti-doping matters for non-Olympic International

Sport Federations or any other Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs).The agreement is effective since January

2021, when the new World Anti-Doping Code came into force.International Federations and ADOs will be

With our highly regarded panel members and our proven experience of administering doping tribunal processes

IFs who select to use the International Hearing Panel will be joining a number of Regional Anti-Doping

The International Fistball Association (IFA) is celebrating the first-ever World Fistball Day, with activities including a documentary premiere and a question-and-answer session with IFA President Jörn Verleger.

less-advanced nations as part of its Fistball Development Program.An online workshop on safeguarding and anti-doping

The Guam National Olympic Committee (GNOC), working in partnership with the Department of Education, has recently arranged an online training session for stakeholders in school sport.

offering key advice to student athletes during the pandemic ©GNOCPreviously, the GNOC Medical and Anti-Doping

Commission has teamed up with the Department of Education for an anti-doping awareness scheme, and it

The entire Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) should resign and allow an interim leadership group to run the sport until elections are held, the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) said in a strongly worded statement released today.

decisions by the IWF which irked the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Changes to the IWF’s anti-doping

192 member federations.The changes included a relaxing of the rules concerning nations with multiple doping

removal of the offence of "bringing weightlifting into disrepute", and a rewording of a rule about doping

of the Constitutional and Reform Congress, the Electoral Congress, and the changes of the IWF anti-doping

The anti-doping rule changes neglected the demands of the IOC to work even harder to defeat doping."

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is ignoring advice from independent reform experts to delay its elections, which are scheduled to take place in the last week of March.

weightlifting’s governance for the fourth time since October yesterday after the IWF changed its anti-doping

Paris 2024 Games.Andrews said: "As President Bach’s latest comments made clear, the roll-back of anti-doping

Relaxing the anti-doping rules is perhaps the worst thing we could be doing right now, closely followed

Russia’s former world 110 metres hurdles champion Sergey Shubenkov, reported by Russian media to be facing a four-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance, has strongly denied the charge and insisted he is not under any restrictions.

I have expressed my attitude towards doping swindlers more than once, and it has not changed."

International Biathlon Union (IBU) President Olle Dahlin says he is looking forward to "putting this dark period in our sport's history behind us" and focusing on a "very bright future" after an external review uncovered evidence of "systematic corruption and unethical conduct" under the governing body's former leadership.

Jonathan Taylor, the two-year investigation came as a result of criminal investigations focused on doping

from 2008 to 2018, based on their apparent protection of Russian interests, particularly in the anti-doping

as secretary general ©Getty ImagesBesseberg has also been accused of seeking to downplay the Russian doping

 She was not found to have acted to divert or delay investigations over Russian doping presented

that in the wake of this scandal, it has taken significant steps to enhance the integrity of its anti-doping

Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan will focus on the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in 2021 as she prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

by Alberto Salazar from 2016 until the American was banned for four years by the United States Anti-Doping

For the fourth time in less than four months the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has strongly criticised the way weightlifting is governed.

spoke out after learning that the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) had changed its anti-doping

suspension under the old rules.A third change, and one which particularly irked the IOC, concerned doping

cases at the Olympic Games.The new rules changed the wording of the 2017 anti-doping policy, applying

Concentrating on the anti-doping rules, we had to note that the IWF wants to change the rules which were

Four weightlifting events are being removed from the Olympic programme at Paris 2024 following doping

The International Testing Agency (ITA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed a new cycling unit has been operational since the start of the year.

The ITA’s dedicated cycling unit was established as part of the UCI’s decision to transfer anti-doping

operations from the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) to the ITA.A total of 11 of the 13 members

move to the new unit.The CADF, an independent entity mandated by the UCI to oversee cycling’s anti-doping

UCI had suggested the Aderlass investigation by Austrian police, which uncovered a blood doping ring

has proved important in the fight against doping, highlighted by Aderlass where key information was

Russia’s former world 110 metres hurdles champion Sergey Shubenkov faces a four-year ban after testing positive for a banned substance, Russian media including Match TV are reporting.

severe blow as Russian sport is seeking to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the world following the doping

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will be re-elected remotely in March after the organisation confirmed it would hold its Session virtually instead of in Athens.

second round of voting.Bach has faced several challenges during his Presidency, notably the Russian doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has received almost $400,000 (£292,000/€331,000) in extra funding

International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of a funding pledge made at the fifth World Conference on Doping

"The French Government has pledged to give the World Anti-Doping Agency an additional $60,000 ©Getty

announcing the funding scheme these additional donations are a part of, IOC President Thomas Bach urged anti-doping

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has admitted it is "probably better" to stage this year’s Men’s World Championships in one country rather than two, but now says a decision on the host will not be made until next week.

major events until December 2022 under the series of sanctions imposed on the nation by the World Anti-Doping