Olympic 100 metres breaststroke gold medallist Rūta Meilutytė was given a two-year ban by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) for missing three drugs tests in a 12-month period last July, it has emerged.

after it was revealed that she had failed to appear for three drugs tests in a 12-month period, an anti-doping

raises a serious suspicion that the athlete was trying to avoid being available for testing," the FINA Doping

It is the FINA Doping Panel’s position that the athlete was very slack with the management of the information

Gabriel Da Silva Santos has succeeded in his effort to overturn a one-year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) deemed the swimmer to have shown no fault or negligence for a positive test.

circumstances of this case, no fault or negligence should be attributed to the athlete for the ADRV [anti-doping

“In view of this finding, the Panel applied Article 10.4 of the FINA Doping Control Rules, which sets

“Accordingly, the one-year period of ineligibility imposed by the FINA Doping Panel on Gabriel Da Silva

Swimming League (ISL) last year due to the sanction, with the event stating it has a “zero tolerance” anti-doping

Ustyugov - both of whom won Olympic gold medals during their careers - have been found guilty of anti-doping

Ustyugov and Russia are set to be stripped of Sochi 2014 relay gold as a result.The IBU's Anti-Doping

 An IBU statement said Ustyugov had "committed an Article 2.2 ADRV [anti-doping rule violation]

under the 2012 IBU Anti-Doping Rules" by using the prohibited substance oxandrolone, while Sleptsova

had also "committed an Article 2.2 ADRV under the 2012 IBU Anti-Doping Rules" by using the prohibited

Russia completed a clean sweep of the sprint titles as the hosts made a commanding start to the International Luge Federation (FIL) Luge World Championships in Sochi.

Tatiana Ivanova, initially stripped of her Sochi 2014 Olympic bronze medal before being cleared of a doping

to be held when the Championships resume tomorrow.Sochi is hosting the event despite the World Anti-Doping

Moscow Laboratory.The competition came too soon for the sanctions to come into force as the Russian Anti-Doping

A Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Working Group will oversee all track and field competitions until the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is reinstated by the Sports Ministry, ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has confirmed.

governing body after RusAF was suspended for a month by the Russian Sports Ministry following anti-doping

elected.Shlyakhtin resigned after he was among the seven RusAF officials charged with obstructing an anti-doping

Dmitry Shlyakhtin's successor as President is due to be elected ©Getty ImagesThe AIU, which handles anti-doping

body.It came after the AIU accused RusAF of failing to accept responsibility for several "serious anti-doping

European champion, was appointed to the Working Group last month.The panel also includes Russian Anti-Doping

Russian double Olympic gold medallist Evgeny Ustyugov has been charged with an alleged anti-doping rule

The BIU, which handles anti-doping issues for the International Biathlon Union (IBU), confirmed the retired

who quit the sport after his home Winter Olympics in Sochi, is the subject of a case at the IBU Anti-Doping

In accordance with the IBU Anti-Doping Rules, the charge will now be heard and determined by an independent

June last year in connection with the LIMS data.Svetlana Sleptsova, also implicated in the Russian doping

scandal, and Ustyugov wrote a letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency in December asking for their own

A much-publicised hearing in the protracted Russian doping scandal looks set to be held in public following

a request from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) last week.

The noises from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), which is taking WADA to the Court of Arbitration

critics no excuse for being deliberately disingenuous, as some have been during the fallout to the doping

everyone - journalists, lawyers, athletes and others interested in the fascinating mechanism of anti-doping

ImagesRussia has rightly been cast as a sporting pariah as a result of its manipulation of the anti-doping

athletes understand any decision which is rendered by CAS and may lead to increased confidence in the anti-doping

Crowds in Sigulda will witness International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup and European Championship titles earned, as well as the awarding of Olympic medals.

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

Alisher Usmanov has become fluent in Olympic speak making him a valuable asset for Russian sport in its hour of need.

attitude and spirit of sportsmanship and fair play”.A week later, just before that crunch World Anti-Doping

strongly-worded open letter to then WADA President Sir Craig Reedie urging him not to turn the fight against doping

response has been sent to the World Athletics regarding the Russian Athletics Federation’s (RusAF) alleged doping

former RusAF President Dmitry Shlyakhtin and six other officials in November with obstructing an anti-doping

AIU recommended last month that Russia’s track and field body – whose original ban in 2015 on anti-doping

damning report the AIU accused RusAF of failing to accept responsibility for several "serious anti-doping

maintained.The ANA process has allowed Russian athletes who have been able to show a record of proper anti-doping

An independent review into UK Athletics has been commissioned by UK Sport following a turbulent period for the national governing body.

in the wake of controversial American distance running coach Alberto Salazar receiving a four-year doping

has been created at the Université de Sherbrooke in Québec under a partnership with the World Anti-Doping

According to WADA, the chair will help develop "globally-recognised expertise in the field of anti-doping

WADAWADA director general Olivier Niggli claimed the establishment of a research chair dedicated to anti-doping

strategies and interventions; and, informs more effective doping prevention strategies," said Niggli

We are confident that it is well positioned to bring unique expertise and a perspective to the anti-doping

by research; and, in so doing, contribute to making Montreal a global centre of excellence for anti-doping

International Fistball Association (IFA) President Jörn Verleger has been nominated as a candidate to become Alliance of Independent recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) secretary general.

Tennis Championships.Verleger is the current chair of the International World Games Association Anti-Doping

Paenl, as well as the anti-doping-officer for World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).He also serves as

warned Kenyan athletes to be more responsible for what they put into their bodies following a spate of doping

interview with international news agency Reuters, Jeptoo claimed competitors who fall foul of anti-doping

We were naive then and had very little knowledge on matters doping," Jeptoo said.Rita Jeptoo was banned

Super-heavyweight weightlifter Aleksei Lovchev had his best result since serving a four-year doping disqualification

athlete is out of the testing pool, Kosov’s suspension was extended by the IWF to 2022.There were 26 doping

disqualifications at the 2015 IWF World Championships, the highest in the sport’s history.Russia had dozens of doping

Russia, which can send only one male and one female to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of its past doping