union player Darren Eales has been banned for eight years after being found guilty of a second anti-doping

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said a sample provided by Eales following a match between his club Preston Lodge

banned steroid stanozolol.A total of 27 rugby union players in Britain, including Eales, are serving a doping

claimed he had ingested the prohibited substance in a contaminated supplement, but the National Anti-Doping

 "The World Anti-Doping Code provides longer bans for second offences and this is a clear message

Russian Skiing Federation has banned cross-country skier Radik Gaziev for two years for violating anti-doping

if CAS back WADA's suspension ©Getty ImagesIt means another Russian athlete has been found guilty of doping

a period where the nation is facing a suspension from international competition from the World Anti-Doping

major events - including World Championships and the Olympic Games - for four years if the Russian Anti-Doping

they meet a series of conditions, including proving they had no involvement in the state-sponsored doping

As weightlifting awaits a crucial decision from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next week, Mike Irani, the British doctor who became the sport’s latest leader in October, has spoken about his heartfelt hopes and plans for a brighter future.

first", wants more women in positions of influence, cites coaches as one of the main reasons for the doping

discipline follows if the ethics aren’t upheld," Irani said.Whether that, and the handing over of all anti-doping

The year started with a German TV expose of corruption on a grand scale – financial, vote-rigging, doping

a day by Intarat Yodbangtoey from Thailand – a nation banned from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for doping

said Irani.He trusts that the Athletes Commission will have two votes before long.On the subject of doping

The World Players Association (WPA) has welcomed the recommendations made for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which looks to draw up a framework for human rights.

unions or collectively bargain.WPA also states that the role of the IOC's governance of the World Anti-Doping

Brazilian discus thrower Andressa Oliveira de Morais received a 16 month doping ban following her positive

production of other products on the same day that De Morais’ were produced.De Morais admitted the anti-doping

The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, which gives United States officials the power to prosecute individuals

for doping schemes at international sports competitions involving American athletes, has been signed

ability to seek fines of up to $1 million (£745,000/€825,000) and prison sentences of up to 10 years for doping

performance-enhancing drugs would not be subject to criminal prosecution under the law, the World Anti-Doping

WADA) has frequently objected to it.Last month, WADA warned that it would undermine the global anti-doping

Anti-Doping Agency and international law enforcement partners, to bring the guilty to justice and create

zero tolerance for doping in sports."

Bock, who played a key role in bringing down Lance Armstrong and was formerly the United States Anti-Doping

successful cases against Armstrong and Alberto Salazar.Bock was lead attorney for the investigation into a doping

Regas website also credits him with being "heavily involved" in USADA's investigation of the BALCO doping

ethical grounds" following the decision to name The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Putin’s Secret Doping

Rodchenkov, the former laboratory chief who first guarded and then - after being named by the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) - exposed the doping regime organised by the host nation at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

She was particularly vehement when it came to doping in sport."

programme, at whose heart he was as head of their anti-doping programme (in reality, his job being to

ensure Russian athletes were not caught doping) - only when the World Anti-Doping Agency named and shamed

Arzamasova has been banned for four years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after failing an anti-doping

ordinarily used to treat conditions such as muscle wasting and osteoporosis and is banned by the World Anti-Doping

but this rejected by the panel, which found the 32-year-old "failed to establish that her ADRV [anti-doping

Arbitration for Sport.Belarus is one of seven countries considered by the AIU to represent the highest doping

AIU database, Arzamasova is now among nine track and field athletes from Belarus currently banned for doping

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka claims the organisation is making "significant

promotion of a number of COE’s sports integrity initiatives that sit alongside its long-standing Anti-Doping

appointment to the ExCo.Sangenis, a physician from Argentina, has helped to deliver medical services and doping

independent ExCo members, WADA said there was at least one athlete and one representative of National Anti-Doping

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the end of sex testing from World Athletics, outlining how it violates the human rights of women in the Global South.

Including genital exams to determine whether they are naturally produced or doping.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) is set to run an independent anti-doping programme for the International

A group of experts from the ITA will issue up to 25,000 recommendations to anti-doping organisations

organises the group's meetings and activities.These experts will be responsible for reviewing anti-doping

information on athletes who are likely to compete at the Games.ITA's detailed plan of anti-doping prior

to Tokyo 2020 ©ITAIt performs a risk assessment and shares testing recommendations with other anti-doping

organisations.The ITA will also be handling the anti-doping programme on-site from the opening of the

Year honour for his book recalling how the former laboratory chief exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping

The former head of Russia’s national anti-doping laboratory’s autobiography, called The Rodchenkov Affair

: How I Brought Down Putin’s Secret Doping Empire, faced competition from 151 other entries.But Alyson

Rodchenkov fled his home in 2015 when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended Russia under accusations

of state-sponsored doping during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.His involvement in the investigation

schemes at international sports competitions involving American athletes.The Russian Anti-Doping Agency

Former Tour de France race leader Rinaldo Nocentini has been given a four-year doping ban following an

year-old Italian, who has now retired from the sport, was sanctioned by the country's National Anti-Doping

I have asked that all the doping tests I have undergone in 21 years as a professional, in competition

Danny Kazandijan has been appointed as the first secretary general of International Rugby League (IRL) with immediate effect, moving over from his previous role as global operations manager.

support for our 52 members and develop core functions as an international federation, including anti-doping