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Liam Morgan: Cyberattacks a bigger threat to Tokyo 2020 than coronavirus

  • Inside the Blogs

Early last Saturday (February 15) evening, a strange message appeared simultaneously across Twitter accounts controlled by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

As has often been the case with anti-doping, the perpetrators are often way ahead of the protectors,

part of a range of sanctions set to be imposed on the country as punishment for the state-sponsored doping

WiFI to ticketing.Other organisations in the Olympic Movement, including the IOC and the World Anti-Doping

Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 15, 2020A month after the conclusion of Pyeongchang 2018, UK Anti-Doping




Boxing World Cup set to be relaunched in Russia

  • Boxing

Nizhny Novgorod in Russia has been awarded the Boxing World Cup, which is set to be relaunched following a 12-year absence.

President Mohamed Moustahsane claimed he was confident the event would not be affected even if a World Anti-Doping


FISU present highest accolade to Vitaly Smirnov

  • Universiade

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has presented the Jean Petitjean Medal, FISU's highest honour, to his fellow Russian Vitaly Smirnov.

 In 2016, he was appointed to oversee a new Anti-Doping Commission in the country.




Weightlifters closer to getting a voice and a vote after groundbreaking IWF meeting

  • Weightlifting

Details of a progressive proposal to give athletes at least one vote on the Executive Board, and the right of veto over decisions that directly impact them, were revealed at an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) “think tank” meeting in Tashkent in Uzbekistan.

recent weeks, in the wake of the German TV documentary that alleged corruption in finance and anti-doping

allegations by Richard McLaren, the Canadian professor of law who did so much to expose state-sponsored doping

Olympic champion in 1980 and a multiple world champion at a time when Bulgaria had a bad reputation for doping

“I think it is critical to have people from those countries [with a bad doping record in the past] involved

be on the agenda for the next Olympiad to focus on cultural change within the sport, not just anti-doping


GAISF to help members with implementation of 2021 Code under ITA agreement

  • News

International Sports Federations (GAISF) has claimed it will provide "expert assistance" on the 2021 World Anti-Doping

absolutely imperative, and we will always endeavour to support our members in their efforts to deliver anti-doping

programmes which comply with the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code," said GAISF President Raffaele Chiulli


Nikitina clinches European skeleton title as Lölling wins overall IBSF World Cup crown

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Russia’s Elena Nikitina claimed the women’s skeleton European title with victory in Sigulda as Jacqueline Lölling clinched the overall International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup title.

with a second run of 52.02, giving her an overall time of 1min 43.87sec.Nikitina, who was banned for doping


Drug Free Sports Fiji holds workshop to outline officials' Tokyo 2020 responsibilities

  • ONOC

Drug Free Sports Fiji has held a workshop for officials expected to represent the country during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

stress importantly enough that officials know the rules and regulations covering drug testing and anti-doping

know where their athletes are at all times, as well as ensuring they become familiar with the Anti-Doping

Agency’s prohibited list.The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee says anti-doping

parts of its Voices of the Athletes outreach programs.Drug Free Sport Fiji currently oversees anti-doping

in the country, under guidance of the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organisation.Fiji are aiming to send


Dukurs earns two skeleton titles at IBSF World Cup as Latvians receive Sochi 2014 medals

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Martins Dukurs claimed his third victory of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season to earn the overall and European Championship titles on a day where Latvian success was celebrated in Sigulda.

claimed gold.Zubkov was also stripped of the two-man bobsleigh title for his role in the state-sponsored doping


Loginov springs surprise with sprint triumph at Biathlon World Championships

  • Biathlon

Russian Alexander Loginov went one better in the men's sprint than last year's Biathlon World Championships as he produced a superb display to clinch gold in Antholz-Anterselva.

Loginov, the 2018 world sprint silver medallist who served a two-year doping ban between 2014 and 2016

year-old came on the same day compatriots Svetlana Sleptsova and Evgeny Ustyugov were found guilty of doping


Beatriz Haddad Maia handed 10-month suspension for failed anti-doping test

  • Tennis

Beatriz Haddad Maia has been suspended for 10 months by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) over a failed drugs test, with the punishment backdated to July 22.

The Tennis Anti-Doping Programme accepted that the Brazilian "bore No Significant Fault or Negligence

 The two substances are selective androgen receptor modulators and are both on the World Anti-Doping


Court of Arbitration for Sport reduce Russian race walker Ivanov ban

  • Athletics

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have reduced the doping ban for Russian race walker Alexander

stripped of his medals after his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) was found to have violated anti-doping

circumstances", becoming a suspension of three years.Due to an appeal by Ivanov against the Russian Anti-Doping