Middle-distance runner Ilnaz Minigaleyev has become the latest Russian athlete to be banned, it has been announced.

45.14 for 5,000m, has been suspended for four-years following a recommendation from the Russian Anti-Doping

Minigaleyev had been banned because he was found guilty of breaching Provision 2.3 of the All-Russia Anti-Doping

Rules.That means that the 24-year-old either refused to provide a doping sample or missed three-out-of-competition

Maxim Agapitov, the Russian who has been openly critical of weightlifting’s global leadership in recent months, is running for President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) to replace Antonio Urso, who has announced he is not standing again on "ethical principles".

announcement came in the week when the country confirmed it was appealing, through the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency, against a four-year suspension imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) because of a pervasive

doping programme.The WADA Executive Committee voted unanimously nine days ago to ban Russians from competing

I have fought the doping phenomenon as was my prerogative…As early as 2008 my editorials spoke of the

system" in a country where a doping culture was well established in the past.Russia’s weightlifters

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the four-year sanction for American Paralympic athlete Stirley Jones after he failed a drugs test last year. 

 In June, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced an independent American Arbitration Association

International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) have held their first joint education events with the Japan Anti-Doping

The FIG and JADA are both signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code, and FIG works on the global stage

member Nuno Merino was among the presenters at the events.Merino gave a presentation on basic anti-doping

for Manchester City and Bury football clubs has been charged by the Football Association with an anti-doping

was charged by the FA in October with a breach of Rule E25, and the allegation that he "tampered with doping

control in that he provided fraudulent information to an anti-doping organisation, namely the FA and

/or UK Anti-Doping in respect of an application for TUE dated December 1 2018 on behalf of a player".

Russian snowboarder Nikita Avtaneev received a two-year ban from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency after

The 24-year-old failed to turn up to three of his required out-of-competition doping tests within a period

times so they can be drug-tested at random.Missing three tests in 12 months is the equivalent of a doping

 "He had three flags in ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration & Management System) database as he

Ukraine's Oleksiy Torokhtiy has been stripped of his men's 105-kilogram weightlifting title following a positive drug test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.

The Norwegian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (NBFF) attended the Antidoping Norway (ADNO) annual seminar.

It was ADNO's sixth seminar on doping and public health, with more than 300 attendees present at the

 More than 300 people attended the anti-doping seminar ©ADNODelegates were welcomed by ADNO chairman

Crucial reforms to the statutes of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) have stalled after an Executive Committee meeting in China today failed to reach a quorum because of a shortage of members attending.

next year.The forums would feature courses for coaches, referees and judges, medical courses, anti-doping

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) director general Attila Adamfi is confident the organisation's cooperation with the International Testing Agency (ITA) will lead to a "cultural change" in the sport.

Olympic status at Paris 2024.The sport's place at the Games had been conditional because of its poor doping

Taking over such a complex anti-doping programme during the qualification period was a great challenge

meaningful contribution towards ensuring the IWF maintains its position as a leader in the fight against doping

The IWF family continues to work hard to implement robust reforms in its anti-doping programme, and the

to work in close cooperation to support and implement the many steps undertaken by IWF to promote a doping-free

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has claimed cross-contamination could have caused her positive drugs test which has left her facing a four-year ban from the sport.

Getty ImagesAmerican Olympic gold medallist Gil Roberts used a similar defence when he was cleared of a doping

Jack is currently waiting for a hearing date for her case from the Australian Anti-Doping Agency but

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has confirmed it will appeal the decision from the World Anti-Doping

Olympic and Paralympic Games.However, Russian athletes who can prove they had no involvement in the doping

ImagesShould CAS rule in WADA's favour, it will be mandatory for all signatories of the World Anti-Doping

Romania's former rugby sevens captain Stephen Hihetah has been banned for four years after testing positive for anabolic steroids.

The 28-year-old London-born player has been suspended by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) after providing a urine

We are seeing an increasing number of instances where an athlete falls foul of anti-doping regulations

from rugby union and rugby league - mostly from the lower leagues - have been banned this year for doping

 "All rugby players are subject to the anti-doping rules which are in place to protect players and

the integrity of our sport," Rugby Football Union anti-doping and illicit drugs programme manager Stephen

A process to reform the the statutes of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and a decision on an Extraordinary Congress, due to be held in March, are the main topics on the agenda for its latest Executive Committee meeting in China tomorrow.

IOC.AIBA is due to award its Men's and Women's Youth World Championships at the meeting, where anti-doping

The decision from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russia has caused a headache for International

period…any other event organised by a Major Event Organisation (MEO)".MEOs are defined by the World Anti-Doping

upcoming events in Russia will have breathed a sigh of relief at confirmation that the Russian Anti-Doping

start of competition in a city which hosted the event where the effectiveness of the state-controlled doping

that scenario, they will be legally bound to follow the sanctions as signatories of the World Anti-Doping

endorsement of the independent Compliance Review Committee's recommendation regarding the Russian Anti-Doping