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Athletics can learn from us claims USA Weightlifting boss

  • Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting chief executive Phil Andrews believes athletics could learn from his sport, following the recent scandal involving Alberto Salazar.

Salazar was found guilty of doping violations and given a four-year ban after an investigation by the

United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) found he had been "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited

doping conduct" while head coach of the Nike Oregon Project (NOP).The NOP was attended for some years

multiple athletes.Salazar was also said to have tampered, or attempted to tamper, with NOP athletes' doping

omission from the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if it did not address doping


RUSADA chief claims Russia made "thousands" of changes to Moscow Laboratory data

  • News

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yury Ganus has suggested "thousands" of changes

were made to the Moscow Laboratory data before it was handed over to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA

data, would notice any changes and called for Russia to hand over the original database to global anti-doping

agency TASS, Kolobkov claimed they had responded to all 31 questions sent by WADA after the global anti-doping


Egypt Weightlifting Federation suspended by National Olympic Committee

  • Weightlifting

Egypt's Olympic Committee (EOC) has suspended its Weightlifting Federation after five more Egyptians tested positive for drugs, including an Olympic medallist, in August.

2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships at short notice, for previous doping

EOC, but after the latest news, the National Olympic Committee has set up a five-man inquiry into the doping

2012 has come up positive in the IOC retesting of samples.All three medallists were disqualified for doping


Alan Hubbard: Running commentary over Salazar is bad for the image of the sport

  • Inside the Blogs

More years ago then I care to remember I was working as a young sub-editor on a British broadsheet newspaper when an agency reported that a spectator had been shot and wounded, thankfully not fatally, during a competition at Bisley, the famous UK shooting venue. 

formerly mentor to Sir Mo Farah and revered as a guru by UK Athletics, had been banned for four years for doping


Klishina concerned over Russian participation at Tokyo 2020

  • News

Darya Klishina, the only Russian track and field athlete cleared to compete at Rio 2016, has become the latest to voice concerns over the nation's participation at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

follows allegations Russia tampered with data from the Moscow Laboratory, handed to the World Anti-Doping

country will be banned from Tokyo 2020.WADA has given Russia's Sports Ministry and the Russian Anti-Doping

would be a repeat of the lead-up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, dominated by the Russian doping

scandal.The IOC opted not to impose a blanket ban on Russian athletes at Rio 2016 following state-sponsored doping


Black to leave role as UK Athletics performance director at end of month

  • Athletics

Neil Black will leave his role as UK Athletics performance director at the end of this month, after controversial American coach Alberto Salazar was given a four-year ban.

this weekend's Chicago Marathon".Black's departure was widely expected after the United States Anti-Doping

Agency (USADA) banned Salazar for "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct" during

Oregon Project (NOP).Salazar was also said to have tampered, or attempted to tamper, with NOP athletes' doping

Sir Mo to all four of his Olympic titles, and for his unwavering support for him.After allegations of doping

suspension.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach last week called on the World Anti-Doping


World Sailing award The Ocean Race Special Event status

  • Sailing

World Sailing has announced that the 2021-2022 and 2025-2026 editions of The Ocean Race have received Special Event status.

Racing Rules of Sailing and Regulations, with the international governing body administering the anti-doping


BBC renew IAAF World Championships deal after attacked by Coe

  • Athletics

The BBC has secured broadcast rights to the 2021 and 2023 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, it announced following the conclusion of this year's event here last night. 

Sir Mo Farah's former coach Alberto Salazar had been banned for four-years by the United States Anti-Doping

Agency for "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct".Salazar was head coach of the


CAS confirm seven International Federations have signed up to Anti-Doping Division

  • News

A total of seven International Federations have agreed to hand over their doping matters to the Court

of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Anti-Doping Division (ADD) and its new offices have been inaugurated,

and the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation have all since agreed to hand over their anti-doping

Testing Agency and offer a choice of options for parties who make appeals.Previously temporary anti-doping


IWF claims #iLiftClean education contributes to culture change at World Championships

  • Weightlifting

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján has claimed the recently-concluded World Championships have shown the results of the world governing body's work to ensure that the sport is a clean one.

The IWF maintained its emphasis on educating athletes about anti-doping, and in particular their rights

Championships, #iLiftClean in the Thai city included both a booth made in the framework of the World Anti-Doping

comprehensive e-learning course developed in partnership with USA Weightlifting and the United States Anti-Doping


World Rugby praise "superb" support for anti-doping drive

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby's anti-doping general manager Mike Earl has described the support from sides at the ongoing

matches across the past two days have seen players wear pink t-shirts, designed to highlight an anti-doping

every team has been described as "superb" ©Getty ImagesThe campaign is recognised by the World Anti-Doping

 World Rugby say they operate a robust anti-doping scheme, and every World Cup team has been subjected


Defiant Hassan completes world double as Kovacs wins shot put for the ages

  • Athletics

Sifan Hassan completed her golden double in defiant fashion here at the International Association of Athletic Federations World Championships, following up her 10,000 metres win with the 1500m title on a pulsating night that also contained the greatest shot put contest ever seen.

severely affected by the fall-out from the latter’s four-year suspension by the United States Anti-Doping


Coe backs proposed Kenya bid for 2025 IAAF World Championships

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has offered encouragement to Kenya's proposed bid for the 2025 World Championships.

2018, 138 Kenyan athletes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a World Anti-Doping


Michael Pavitt: IOC take important step in anti-doping effort and host elections

  • Inside the Blogs

Thomas Bach’s comments on the Alberto Salazar case were unsurprisingly the leading item from his press conference last week after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting in Lausanne.

The German called for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to follow up on investigating athletes associated

the Nike Oregon Project.This followed Salazar being banned for four-years by the United States Anti-Doping

Agency, who ruled the American coach had been "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct

were looking into the anyway, which I certainly hope they would.Perhaps, however, the biggest anti-doping

immediate aftermath of an Olympic Games when public interest may be at a high point.Storage of pre-Games doping