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Trial of former IAAF President Lamine Diack set to start on June 8

  • Athletics

The trial of former IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) President Lamine Diack, who has been accused of corruption, influence-trafficking and money laundering, has been moved back five days to June 8.

is facing a potential 10-year prison sentence for allegedly taking bribes to cover up tests showing doping

Macky Sall's successful campaign for President of Senegal in 2012, in exchange for the IAAF's anti-doping

defendants will also be tried in the case - Gabriel Dollé, former director of the IAAF's medical and anti-doping



Three Pakistani medallists from South Asian Games fail doping tests

  • Athletics

Three of Pakistan's medallists from the 2019 South Asian Games have reportedly tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.

medallist Mehboob Ali, 100m hurdles champion Mohammad Inam and 100m bronze medallist Sami Ullah all failed doping

 Pakistan has experienced doping problems in recent years, but mainly in cricket.


Russian weightlifting teams decide against training camps next month

  • Weightlifting

Weightlifters from the Russian men's and women's national teams will skip training camps in the town of Ruza next month due to preventative measures related to the COVID-19 virus.

to be limited to one man and one woman in their Tokyo 2020 Olympic team due to having more than 20 doping

alongside Bulgaria.A further 11 nations will be limited to two men and two women for having more than 10 doping


WADA fully reinstate accreditation of Salt Lake City laboratory following partial suspension

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has fully reinstated the accreditation of the Sports Medicine Research

confident that the laboratory is operating at the high standards required by WADA and the global anti-doping

WADA is responsible for accrediting and re-accrediting anti-doping laboratories and ensuring they operate

 The swimmer claimed to have provided five doping samples between February 15 and March 5 of that


International Sambo Federation moves anti-doping work online during pandemic

  • Sambo

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has continued its anti-doping work online during the coronavirus

to be held to provide education to athletes, coaches and their support teams.All aspects of the anti-doping

return on the sambo mats," said Kamila Vokoun Hajkova, a FIAS project manager.The first online anti-doping

FIAS said that education was a key "prevention strategy" against doping in the martial art."

webinar series aims at giving athletes, coaches and their support personnel an overview of all aspects of doping


Russia's Dalaloyan aims to compete until Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Former men's all-around and floor world champion Artur Dalaloyan has outlined his desire to represent Russia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

2016, and Paris 2024 may represent his first chance to compete under the Russian flag.The World Anti-Doping

Olympics and World Championships following its investigation into state-sponsored doping.The Russian Anti-Doping

for Sport.Should the WADA sanctions be upheld, athletes who can prove they were not implicated in the doping


FIVB offers short-term financial assistance through Athletes’ Relief Support Fund

  • Volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced the Athletes’ Relief Support Fund to give short-term help to professional players suffering financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

assistance, athletes must not be under any international or national sanctions, have not committed anti-doping


WADA vow to conduct additional targeted testing to plug gaps caused by coronavirus

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has vowed to conduct additional targeted testing to plug gaps in

document for athletes, WADA conceded the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to reduced confidence in the anti-doping

Placing public health above the needs of the anti-doping system means that there may be impacts on the

fight against doping in sport.

Governments in response to the crisis, which has allowed some testing to resume.WADA has advised anti-doping

continue to keep a close eye on developments so that we can continue to work collaboratively with Anti-Doping


International Ski Federation to name 2025 World Championship hosts in October

  • Skiing

The International Ski Federation (FIS) is due to announce the host cities for World Championships in 2025 on October 3 in Zurich.

poised to be awarded the 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships unopposed ©Getty ImagesThe World Anti-Doping

including banning them from hosting World Championships, after finding the country guilty of manipulating doping

data from the Moscow Laboratory.The Russian Anti-Doping Agency is appealing the decision at CAS, but


Senior NOCK official admits Tokyo 2020 postponement gives Kenya anti-doping "reprieve"

  • ANOCA

official has admitted the postponement of Tokyo 2020 has given the country more time to adhere to anti-doping

Kenya, which sits in the Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) category 'A' for nations with the highest doping

Agency of Kenya have also stepped up calls for doping to be criminalised in the country.Kenya introduced

criminal laws as part of an anti-doping act back in 2016, which introduced jail terms of up to three

I know a motion is to be tabled in Parliament to make doping a criminal offence," said Kioni.

 "I hope these changes go through to have doping criminalised and offenders."


IMMAF launch petition in battle to gain recognition from GAISF

  • Mixed Martial Arts

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has launched a public petition as part of its protracted battle to gain recognition from the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).

protections for MMA athletes as students of other sports, such as access to medical services, insurance, anti-doping


How Australian heroine Ford overcame dopers, her own Government and "traitor" slur to win famous Olympic gold

  • The Big Read

When Michelle Ford stood on the starting block of lane three for the Olympic 800 metres freestyle final on July 26 1980, she had East Germans to her left and right, in lanes one, four and five. A quick look at the results from the first five days of competition - and at the past two Olympic Games - showed what the Australian teenager was up against.

never caught for cheating, even though it later transpired they were doing it through a state-sponsored doping

tally of 11 golds, eight silvers and seven bronzes.The IOC has never come to terms with East German doping

in a court of law.Ford was able to discuss the problems of doping, political interference and the other


CAS to hear BWF appeal in Kune case on May 27

  • Badminton

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) appeal against a decision by its own Doping Hearing Panel’s decision

The BWF announced the appeal in November.Kune was found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation

Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan.Kune was stripped of her silver medal, but she was not suspended due the BWF Doping

verdict to the CAS as it "touches upon the interpretation of fundamental principles of the World Anti-Doping

Code and the anti-doping regulations".Kate Foo Kune became African champion for the fifth time earlier