Kosovo has become the latest member nation of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF).

turned down on each occasion, a decision which blocks its path to becoming a signatory of the World Anti-Doping

recognition with the GAISF.The global governing body has also taken legal action against the World Anti-Doping

Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) is lobbying the Government to help set up an independent anti-doping

BNOC chief executive Tuelo Serufho has highlighted the benefits of an anti-doping body being independent

of both the BNOC and the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development.Anti-doping operations

in Botswana are run by the BNOC at present, but an autonomous anti-doping organisation would be preferable

given state-sponsored doping programmes that have been uncovered elsewhere in the world.

the coronavirus pandemic, but that the latest guidelines offered "refresher training" to ensure anti-doping

Asian 800 metre champion Gomathi Marimuthu has received a four-year ban after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in four separate samples and has been stripped of that title. 

Athletics Integrity Unit panel found Gomathi violated articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the World Athletics anti-doping

was announced in May last year, with the Athletics Federation of India criticising the National Anti-Doping

 A number of other Indian middle- and long-distance runners have received doping bans in past months

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed updates to the international event calendar as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

in principle at its previous meeting in January, to transfer the operational activities of its anti-doping

from January 1 2021.The ITA will now take over the mandate currently entrusted to the Cycling Anti-Doping

contributions from cycling’s stakeholders will continue to be exclusively used for the sport’s anti-doping

The CADF will update in due course about how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted on anti-doping testing

This is the last formal step towards the transfer of our anti-doping operational activities to the ITA

reanalysis of samples from the London 2012 Olympic Games has concluded, with work on more than a dozen anti-doping

thirds of all urine samples collected at the Games having been reanalysed.In total more than 80 anti-doping

reanalysis.The ITA has confirmed to insidethegames that it is working on more than a dozen anti-doping

the London 2012 Olympics was eight years.The Games concluded on August 12.Under the new World Anti-Doping

American boxer Virginia Fuchs has been cleared of a doping charge after the the United States Anti-Doping

While the World Anti-Doping Code requires that this no fault finding be considered a violation and be

We will continue to advocate for changes to the World Anti-Doping Code so that where there is no intent

This week’s virtual meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has confirmed the recommendation of five new members who will be introduced at the virtual Session on July 17.

those who spoke on behalf of the group were Thomas Bach and Coe, who made an immediate impression.On doping

Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii will resume his career when his doping ban expires, according

dropped as part of a deal for Russia to march under their own flag at the Closing Ceremony.The CAS anti-doping

Former International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has criticised his son at his corruption trial in Paris, branding him "a thug."

learned from investigators that his son, who is not present in person at the trial, was involved in doping

to 2015.Under questioning, Diack refused to establish a clear link between the management of Russian doping

rival Abdoulaye Wade in the 2012 Presidential election in Senegal.In relation to the management of the doping

funds to support Macky Sall's 2012 bid to become President of Senegal, in exchange for the IAAF's anti-doping

original plan and that he had obtained guarantees from Balakhnitchev that they did not appear in the doping

Karsten Warholm achieved his mission at the Impossible Games in Oslo tonight as, running alone in a largely empty stadium – but watched worldwide via a live TV link – he marked the sport’s first big break-out from coronavirus lockdown with a world best for the 300 metres hurdles of 33.78sec.

40.67sec.Johaug, who missed the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after being suspended for 18 months for a doping

When Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, spoke about weightlifting yesterday it was no surprise that his comments were presented in a negative way by the world’s largest news agency, Reuters.

the headline on a story sent to countries all over the world.After the McLaren report’s exposure of doping

leadership of IWF - to reform the governance of the federation and also in efforts to make the anti-doping

A new era of accountability and doping control management has already begun to take hold within the IWF

That is understandable, but defining a "doping country" is far from straightforward, given some have

made huge improvements on that front in recent years.Others agree with the United States Anti-Doping

World Taekwondo has announced it will operate international coach certification courses online for the first time, as the federation responds to the ongoing issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.

identical to those issued from offline courses.The courses cover competition rules, safeguarding, anti-doping

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Medical Committee has met virtually to draft its anti-doping

regulations in line with the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code.

 They also covered the drafting of the new FISU anti-doping regulations.All World Anti-Doping Agency

signatories, including International Federations, must adapt their own rules to the 2021 World Anti-Doping

 "The new FISU anti-doping regulations will be in place as required by WADA in early January 2021

executive Eric Saintrond.FISU secretary general and chief executive Eric Saintrond revealed the new anti-doping

 The FISU Medical Committee will meet next in late October to finalise the new anti-doping regulations.They

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has delayed its call for Social Science Research Grants Programme

an inability to obtain the required authorisation to finalise grant contracts.As research-led anti-doping

context, WADA encourages the academic community to engage in early dialogue with their respective Anti-Doping

Organisations to identify social science research needs and prepare applications that partner with the anti-doping

The Social Science Research Grant Programme was created to ensure that preventive anti-doping education

Bahrain Para-athlete Rooba AlOmari served a 12-month suspension for failing to submit a sample collection after she did not have the correct equipment needed to provide it, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced.

under the terms of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI) of the World Anti-Doping

ruled AlOmari's failure was not intentional and she admitted negligence for the non-analytical anti-doping

rule violation.Rooba AlOmari admitted responsibility for the anti-doping rule violation ©IPCAlOmari

systems in order to provide a urine sample for sample collection that, according to the World Anti-Doping

it is the athlete's own responsibility to have the necessary equipment for testing," said IPC anti-doping