Polish powerlifter Malgorzata Halas-Koralewska has been suspended for a year after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ruled she had tested positive for a banned substance because of a contaminated product.

The IPC said it was satisfied the anti-doping rule violation "appeared to be unintentional, without significant

April 25 after her suspension was backdated.She becomes the latest powerlifter to fall foul of anti-doping

rules amid growing concern over doping in the sport."

An anti-doping rule violation occurs whenever a prohibited substance (or its metabolites or markers)

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have both revealed they are reducing

USADA also revealed a number of safety protocols, with doping control officers expected to wear protective

 "Our priority is the health and welfare of athletes, and our own staff and doping control officers

 British athletes who are overseas are advised to continue the doping control process in that country

 The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency suspended its testing programme on February 3 in response to the

 Earlier this month, the World Anti-Doping Agency said it will closely monitor testing activity

pandemic, raising the possibility of delays to cases including Russia's dispute with the World Anti-Doping

Weightlifters who are hoping to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games should learn this week whether their chances have been helped or hindered by the coronavirus crisis.

(March 22), was a "silver" qualifier.Postponements and travel restrictions have also disrupted anti-doping

testing plans, another topic for discussion at the meeting.A pre-Olympic anti-doping strategy is on

an update from the International Testing Agency, which is responsible for key areas of the IWF anti-doping

investigate allegations of corruption made in a German TV documentary.Then there is the matter of multiple doping

from which Thailand and Egypt are already banned – of Colombia, Romania and possibly Malaysia.Provided doping

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said it was "very alarmed" about doping in Uzbekistan after

alarmed and greatly concerned with the number of cases in Uzbekistan," said James Sclater, the IPC's anti-doping

 "An investigation into the doping practices will continue and further action may be taken to ensure

The International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) President Rafael Santonja has met with the Egyptian Minister of Sports to speak about the progression of the sport in the nation.

appreciation of his support to bodybuilding and fitness as well as his commitment to clean sport against doping

A member of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury's team allegedly offered £25,000 ($31,000/€28,000) to a farmer to lie in support of the boxer after he failed a drugs test, according to a report in British newspaper the Mail on Sunday.

accepting backdated two-year bans following a compromise agreement.Neither were charged by UK Anti-Doping

the newspaper story, UKAD said: "We will always review any potential evidence in relation to any anti-doping

As the global sporting calendar collapsed earlier this week amid the coronavirus pandemic, the latest twist in one of the longest running sagas in sport took an understandable backseat.

Reinstatement Commission, which will be tasked with devising a plan to ingrain a zero tolerance anti-doping

City and Bury football clubs in England has been suspended for four years following a breach of anti-doping

Andrew Johnson has been banned after he admitted tampering with the doping control process by providing

"fraudulent information to UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and/or the Football Association (FA) in relation to

Rule Violation (ADRV) - Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any part of Doping Control.Full judgement

https://t.co/EShMw0jb8e pic.twitter.com/xq9hfUVRM1— UK Anti-Doping (@ukantidoping) March 13, 2020"This

Code and can also be banned from sport for committing an anti-doping rule violation."

charge of weightlifting in Thailand has pledged to lead the nation to success in a clean future, but doping-related

years weightlifting in Thailand - which is banned from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of multiple doping

resigned in late January, three weeks after the broadcast of a German television documentary that claimed doping

name was Rattikan in 2012, was recorded saying she had “a jaw like a man and a moustache” when she was doping

and treasurer of TAWA in the past, elite young weightlifters were tested on their knowledge of anti-doping

procedures by Thailand’s National Anti-Doping Agency (DCAT).Meechai Inwood, director of DCAT, and his

USA Weightlifting (USAW) has struck its first deal with a cannabidiol (CBD) company, partnering with hemp-derived manufacturer Pure Spectrum to support its athletes through to 2023.

found naturally in a cannabis plant, which is also a legal product according to the United States Anti-Doping

Agency (USADA) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), allowing athletes to use CBD in and out of competition

World Athletics have agreed to discontinue the Continental Cup after 13 editions, it was announced here today.

amendments proposed by the Athletics Integrity Unit in order to maintain compliance with the World Anti-Doping

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka has warned that the Rodchenkov Act has the potential

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation last night voted to approve the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping

organisations that are subject to the World Anti-Doping Code.

 "This harmonisation of rules is at the very core of the global anti-doping programme."

As history has shown, US leagues actually enforce their doping prohibitions," he said.

 "When it comes to doping fraud, the IOC has no credibility."

ambassador for the 2022 Asian Games in his home city Hangzhou if he fails to overturn an eight-year doping

gold medallist was found guilty last month by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of a second doping

offence and banned until February 2028.The CAS panel upheld an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency

Swimming Federation (FINA) to let Sun off with a warning, after finding him guilty of tampering with the doping

World Athletics have reinstated the Authorised Neutral Athlete (ANA) process with a cap at 10 athletes, while the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) have been fined $10 million (£7.9 million/€8.9 million) it was announced here today.

years.However, RusAF would have to pay immediately if during that period should a further breach of the Anti-Doping

international one-day events around the world, once they have been granted ANA status by World Athletics Doping

Ministry and Russian Olympic Committee officials, as well as representatives from the Russian Anti-Doping

costs.The Commission will be tasked with drawing up a detailed plan to ingrain a zero tolerance for doping

decision-making.The RusAF has been suspended since November 2015 following revelations of state-sponsored doping