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World Athletics Championship silver medallist criticises Trump after he downplays coronavirus

  • Athletics

World Athletics Championship silver medallist Kara Goucher has hit out at United States President Donald Trump for allegedly not taking COVID-19 seriously following his short spell in hospital to receive treatment for the virus.

Marathons.Goucher used to be coached by Alberto Salazar and was one of the first athletes to level doping

him.Salazar was banned in 2019 for four years following an investigation led by the United States Anti-Doping


Moscow and Ashgabat awarded upcoming World Sambo Championships

  • Sambo

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has confirmed Moscow will host the 2021 World Sambo Championships and voted for Ashgabat to stage the 2022 edition.

events during the four years is among the sanctions that will come into effect if the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency loses its appeal against the World Anti-Doping Agency decision to declare the organisation non-compliant.Turkmenistan


Lapshin vows to challenge provisional suspension from biathlon

  • Biathlon

Timofey Lapshin has denied violating anti-doping rules and has vowed to challenge his suspension from

explosive report from the Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren and the database obtained by the World Anti-Doping

when she was provisionally suspended in 2017.Lapshin posted a video to YouTube to deny breaching anti-doping

A few days ago, to my great surprise and regret I received a notification about a possible anti-doping

In my more than 15 year professional career, I have never violated anti-doping rules."

I have always been for pure sport and respected the activities of anti-doping organisations."


IWF's Mahgoub responds to "wave of anger" by vowing to overturn Egypt's Olympic weightlifting ban

  • Weightlifting

An Egyptian Member of Parliament says there has been "a wave of anger" from weightlifters and coaches after the appointment of Mahmoud Mahgoub to a new leadership role in the sport.

Weightlifting Management Committee.Mahgoub was President of the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation during two doping

huge stash of nutritional supplements was impounded by customs authorities in 2018.The first of those doping

questions why it dealt with a retrospective case and said it imposed a penalty under the 2017 IWF Anti-Doping

members proposed by the International Testing Agency (ITA), remains central to the governing body's anti-doping

training but not in competition.Those cases are still ongoing with the ITA, which deals with IWF anti-doping


ROC President Pozdnyakov praises athletes for training for Tokyo 2020 in "difficult conditions"

  • Tokyo 2020

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov praised his athletes for continuing to train for next year's Olympic Games in "difficult conditions".

does take place, Russian athletes may not be able to compete under their own flag.The Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) is currently deemed non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).RUSADA was


World Players Association calls on WADA to ensure athletes serving recreational drugs bans can apply for reduction

  • News

The World Players Association (WPA) has called on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to ensure athletes

In a statement, the WPA said WADA and other anti-doping authorities should guarantee no athlete that

to the rule will not become part of WADA's regulations until January 1, the date the 2021 World Anti-Doping

 "Swift action by anti-doping authorities will ensure players will no longer be left to suffer with

The WPA said WADA and anti-doping organisations should work with players associations and other groups


Russia to bid for 2031 Rugby World Cup as well as 2027

  • Rugby Sevens

The Russian Rugby Federation (FRR) has announced it is looking to bid for the 2031 Rugby World Cup, as well as the 2027 edition.

be made by World Rugby in May 2022.Success for Russia would be controversial, due to the country's doping

record.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a four-year ban on the Russian flag flying at



Saalbach to host 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships

  • Alpine Skiing

Saalbach in Austria has been selected by the International Ski Federation (FIS) to host the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships.

the Russian city's bid was postponed because of sanctions imposed on the country by the World Anti-Doping

come into force until the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules on the appeal from the Russian Anti-Doping


Thai weightlifter in TV documentary "confession" could lose Olympic medal after being charged by IWF

  • Weightlifting

The Thai weightlifter who made serious allegations about doping in a secretly recorded interview is in

suspended from competing or any other weightlifting activity under the IWF’s Article 2.2, which covers anti-doping

She said girls in Thailand would start doping as young as 13 for national competitions, that those responsible

did not care about the effects on girls’ health, and that doping was an established feature of weightlifting

championships last week ©TAWAWhen the International Olympic Committee (IOC) met in July, Gulnoi’s “doping

(TAWA) along with her entire Board three weeks after the documentary aired, denying allegations of doping


Romania doping positive adds to "unfair" Tokyo 2020 uncertainty, says weightlifters' leader Davies

  • Weightlifting

A doping positive by a Romanian weightlifter has added further confusion to the Olympic hopes of clean

athletes may still not know whether they are in or out of Tokyo 2020 because of delays in processing doping

Romania and Colombia could be barred from Tokyo 2020 - provided the long, drawn-out process of closing doping

cases and imposing "totting-up" punishments is completed in time.Romania currently has six "unclosed" doping

Under the old regime at the IWF anti-doping rules were put in place but only as a token effort,” said

Now, hopefully we will see change and reform moving forwards, with a focus on anti-doping that means


IWF and World Para Powerlifting sign "historic" Memorandum of Understanding

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and World Para Powerlifting have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is expected to strengthen their relationship.

sport".According to the IWF, the three key areas of collaboration are competition, education and anti-doping

pathway" to offer opportunities in both sports, the "sharing of accessibility standards" and "anti-doping


FIS Council set to select host of 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships

  • Skiing

The three candidates vying to stage the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships will learn their fate when the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council meets to select the host of the event tomorrow.

the Russian city's bid was postponed because of sanctions imposed on the country by the World Anti-Doping

come into force until the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules on the appeal from the Russian Anti-Doping



Former biathlon coach claims Zaitseva's individual results suggest she was not doping at Sochi 2014

  • Biathlon

has claimed Olga Zaitseva’s lower than expected individual results at Sochi 2014 suggest she was not doping

panel agreed with the IOC that Zaitseva should be disqualified from Sochi 2014 for committing an anti-doping

mass start and 28th in the sprint.Korolkevich has claimed her results suggest she was not involved in doping

IOC Disciplinary Commission, handed down for their alleged involvement in Russia's state-sponsored doping

of the stronger verdicts delivered and claimed she was a knowing participant in the state-sponsored doping