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GAISF Council unanimously approves FITEQ application for full membership

  • Teqball

The International Federation of Teqball's (FITEQ) application for full Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) membership has been unanimously approved by the group's Council.

programme, which is a long-term ambition for teqball.FITEQ recently became a signatory of the World Anti-Doping


Criminal investigation opened into Tour de France doping following raid on Quintana's hotel room

  • Cycling

A criminal investigation has been launched into alleged doping during this year's Tour de France, with

discovery of many health products including drugs... and especially a method that can be qualified as doping

found.Marseille state prosecutor Dominique Laurens confirmed a criminal investigation is looking into possible doping

matter said: "The UCI confirms that it has been in communication with the OCLAESP and the Cycling Anti-Doping


WADA to add Compliance Investigation Section to bolster Intelligence and Investigations Department

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced the addition of a Compliance Investigation Section

&I, with the section dedicated to investigating non-compliance by signatories to the World Anti-Doping

One of WADA’s priority functions is to monitor the work of World Anti-Doping Code Signatories to ensure

We receive allegations related to compliance or misconduct of officials within Anti-Doping Organisations


San Marino National Olympic Committee publishes athlete-friendly guide on drugs in sport

  • EOC

The San Marino National Olympic Committee (CONS) has published an "athlete-friendly" guide on the use of drugs in sport.

CONS said the guide was produced by the National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) of San Marino.The aim

WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) publishes the list of prohibited substances every year," said Claudio

The National Anti-Doping Organisation of San Marino said the guide will meet the needs of athletes by


Weightlifter McCullough handed 20-month doping ban

  • Weightlifting

American weightlifter Matthew McCullough has been given a 20-month ban by the United States Anti-Doping

Paralympic Movement Testing, as well as the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee's National Anti-Doping

Policy and the International Weightlifting Federation's Anti-Doping Policy.They have all adopted the

World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list, which also outlaws higenamine.An

Getty ImagesDue to the nature of the positive test, which saw McCullough declare the supplements in a doping


Nurse admits assisting in blood transfusions during Operation Aderlass trial

  • Skiing

A co-defendant in the Operation Aderlass doping trial has admitted helping doctor Mark Schmidt administer

Schmidt and four co-defendants are currently on trial in Germany, where doping is a criminal offence.One

continue until December 21.Doctor Mark Schmidt, right, has been accused of helping athletes with blood doping

German city of Erfurt.The raids followed revelations made by Austrian skier Johannes Dürr about blood doping

from the sport after admitting to blood doping.Around 40 blood bags and other items associated with doping

state of Hawaii.Several athletes have faced sanctions for involvement in the Operation Aderlass blood doping



Head of Russian national training centre and Sochi 2014 Chef de Mission detained over embezzlement case

  • News

The head of the Centre of Sports Preparation (CPS) for Russian national teams has been detained as part of a criminal embezzlement case.

provisional membership by the International Biathlon Union "as a consequence of the substantial number of doping

Olympic Committee] verdicts against three Russian biathletes who were found guilty of an ADRV [Anti-Doping

substantial number of athletes still suspicious of having been part of, or profited from the Russian doping

conspiracy".At Sochi 2014, where Kravtsov was Russia's Chef de Mission, the nation is accused of running a doping


Russian figure skater Sotskova faces 10-year ban for forged document

  • Figure Skating

Russian figure skater Maria Sotskova has reportedly received a 10-year ban from the sport after allegedly forging a medical certificate.

retirement from figure skating in July.According to Reuters, a document was sent to the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) earlier this year to explain a doping violation.Sotskova reportedly tested positive

According to the information I have, a prohibited substance was also found in one of the athlete’s doping

the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, with the Russian Olympic Committee banned due to the country’s doping


FIG Executive Committee approves medical guidelines for events held during pandemic

  • Gymnastics

Medical guidelines for events and competitions held during the COVID-19 pandemic have been approved by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Executive Committee. 

ASOIFAside from matters regarding the pandemic, the Executive Committee approved the updated FIG anti-doping

rules, which comply with the new requirements of the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code.

Starting from next year, results management will be delegated to the Court of Arbitration for Sport's anti-doping


Former RusAF President Balakhnichev vows appeal against prison sentence

  • Athletics

Former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Valentin Balakhnichev has said he will appeal against a three-year prison sentence after he was among the officials found guilty in France yesterday at the conclusion of a long-running investigation into corruption in athletics.

Former IAAF President Lamine Diack was yesterday found guilty of corruption linked to the Russian doping

scandal ©Getty ImagesGabriel Dollé, the former head of anti-doping at the IAAF - now knwon as World


Bahrain set to be stripped of another 2018 Asian Games gold medal because of doping

  • Athletics

metres at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta after being banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping

year-old, who was originally born in Morocco before switching to Bahrain, has been found guilty of blood doping

banned for doping.He becomes the seventh runner who has switched allegiance to the country now serving a doping

was also banned for four years after a positive test for EPO.Others currently banned by the AIU for doping

Kenya.Salwa Eid Naser is another runner who switched allegiance to Bahrain but is now accused of a doping

seven countries classified in Category A and considered to be the AIU to be among the highest-risk at doping


Doctor accused of overseeing blood doping ring goes on trial in Munich

  • Skiing

Schmidt has begun in Munich, with the German doctor accused of being part of an international blood doping

and in the German city of Erfurt.At least 23 athletes are believed to have been involved in the blood doping

The accusation is about the commercial and gang-like use of prohibited doping substances, and is directed

are said to have helped him over a longer period of time, namely since 2011, to teach so-called blood doping

from the sport after admitting to blood doping.Around 40 blood bags and other items associated with doping

scandal.Austrian skier Max Hauke was handed a four-year doping ban and a five-month suspended prison


Russian Biathlon Union has paid majority of debt to IBU, President claims

  • Biathlon

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) has paid off the majority of its debt to the International Biathlon Union (IBU), according to the organisation's President Viktor Maigurov.

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

was relegated to provisional membership back in 2017 "as a consequence of the substantial number of doping

Olympic Committee] verdicts against three Russian biathletes who were found guilty of an ADRV [Anti-Doping

substantial number of athletes still suspicious of having been part of, or profited from the Russian doping


Former IAAF President Diack found guilty of corruption by French court

  • Athletics

Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of corruption by a French court.

has been fined €500,000 (£454,000/$590,000) following his conviction on charges linked to the Russian doping

organised money laundering" by the Paris Criminal Court.Lamine Diack was found to have covered up Russian doping

million/$19 million) in damages.All four other defendants - Gabriel Dollé, the former head of anti-doping

Diack solicited €3.45 million (£3.14 million/$3.95 million) from Russian athletes to conceal their doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) also welcomed the verdict, with President Witold Bańka labelling