the postponement of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a number of athletes who have served their doping

Background of the World Anti-Doping Code: The primary purpose of the Code was to harmonise anti-doping

considered in sanctioning and how the length of a sanction was measured.For example, the same anti-doping

lack of harmonisation significantly undermined the confidence of athletes and the public in the anti-doping

been issued, either by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) or because the decision of an Anti-Doping

However, the autonomy of international sports organisations does not extend to anti-doping matters.The

Tamás Aján has resigned as President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), where he has held high office since 1976.

the allegations, which concerned alleged financial malpractice 10 years ago, and corruption in anti-doping

decades of service to weightlifting, and most notably for his work in recent years to ensure an anti-doping

programme which meets the standards of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti Doping

Russia.That investigation is being led by the man who played such a significant role in the Russian doping

problem” or face expulsion from the Olympic Games.Aján had been at the IWF during previous Olympic doping

Chilean table tennis player Matias Pino has been stripped of the gold medal he won at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima after failing a drugs test.

after the Games.An International Paralympic Committee (IPC) panel has ruled that Pino committed an anti-doping

the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games ©ITTFOctopamine is a stimulant which appears on the World Anti-Doping

Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, who won the London marathon in 2017, has been suspended following an alleged anti-doing violation.

the 2016 Amsterdam Marathon.Wanjiru is the latest in a long line of Kenyan athletes to be accused of doping

 "I feel I am already seen as a sinner of doping, but I am not. "I am innocent.

Statement Notice of Charge and Provisional Suspension regarding an alleged Anti-Doping Rule Violation

I’ve always believed that those athletes who are suspended because of a doping violation, were indeed

 "I have never used doping. "We are currently investigating the case.

Coaches from the Ivorian Taekwondo Federation (FITKD) have graduated with diplomas from World Taekwondo's (WT) African seminar in Senegal's capital Dakar.

the weighing and monitoring of athletes who need to make a certain weight to compete, as well as anti-doping

Sweden's Robel Fsiha could be stripped of his European cross country title after his 'B' sample tested positive for a banned substance.

gold at the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon in December ©Getty ImagesThe Swedish Anti-Doping

European crown.Fsiha, the first Swedish man to win a European cross country gold medal, denies intentional doping

Yang's performance during his public Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing in the high-profile doping

Chinese sports lawyer Cai Guo said Sun should have pleaded guilty to the doping offence to get a reduced

, prompting the simultaneous interpreter, appointed by Sun's team, to be replaced with a World Anti-Doping

Lance Armstrong has encouraged cyclists to "take the power back" during the coronavirus pandemic, as uncertainty hangs over the sport.

Postal team mate George Hincapie and manager Johan Bruyneel.Armstrong, who eventually confessed to doping

KP Ourama has been re-elected as President of the Finnish Federation of Fitness and Bodybuilding.

Europe.The Finish Federation is recognised by the Finnish Olympic Committee, and has conducted anti-doping

tests approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency since 1995.

The Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have been asked to decide on expelling their long-standing President, Tamás Aján, who has held high office at the sport’s governing body since 1976.

independent investigation, led by the Canadian Richard McLaren, into allegations of financial and anti-doping

continue to be our focus.”The main allegations in the ARD documentary concerned malpractice in anti-doping

into Swiss accounts controlled by Aján.Aján denied the allegations and said the documentary ‘Secret Doping

Council chair Chelsey Gotell, a Paralympic swimmer, has been outlining her views on how the World Anti Doping

working with the IPC, I think WADA can play a role in providing stronger education to the overall anti-doping

An independent track and field body, the Athletics Association, has extended an invitation to World Athletics to discuss the current qualification system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

about the validity of results this season during a period where athletes are being tested less due to doping

The Executive Board of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has allocated extra funds and extended the programme of its national teams' preparations ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics next year.

Yesterday, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin urged the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the World Anti-Doping

is set to be stripped of the World Championships it has been awarded, as imposed by the World Anti-Doping

Next year's International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championships in Moscow are set to go ahead in the planned September slot, despite the event starting less than six weeks after the conclusion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

find a new host city for the 2021 World Championships if sanctions imposed on Russia by the World Anti-Doping

is set to be stripped of World Championships it has been awarded if the appeal from the Russian Anti-Doping

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has urged the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the World Anti-Doping

nation's flag at the Olympic Games and preventing the country from hosting major events.The Russian Anti-Doping

of the sanctions, imposed by WADA in December.Athletes who can prove they were not implicated in the doping