Russian race walker Sergey Bakulin, stripped of his 2011 world title for doping, has been handed an eight-year

old.Bakulin trained under notorious race walking coach Viktor Chegin, who has been linked to more than 30 doping

I’m afraid my hackles were raised this week by an item on social media.

inconsistency of the policies adopted by different event organisers towards storage and reanalysis of anti-doping

regarding what substances to test for and when to test for them.More money has to be invested to catch the doping

for storage and eventual retesting over the subsequent decade.Consulting the report of the World Anti-Doping

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has confirmed it will invite International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe to its 40th anniversary celebrations of the Moscow Olympics next year.

when the IAAF initially banned the Russian Athletics Federation in November 2015 due to the country's doping

this sanction extended for an 11th time in June.Russia has been accused of an institutional scheme of doping

British sports ministers come and go, like English batsmen on a bad day against the Aussies.

expresses the hope that Adams can get to grips with a number of pressing sporting issues, including doping

A hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case involving controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will be open to the public and the media, it was announced today.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the CAS after the International Swimming Federation (

Former Latvian Athletics Federation (LVS) President Ineta Radēviča has been banned for two years following her positive retest from the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 

The retired 37-year-old was disqualified from the long jump at London 2012 after she was caught doping

Canada's multiple world champion Laurence Vincent-Lapointe has been ruled out of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Championships after failing a drugs test.

have strong reason to believe that Laurence has taken all of the necessary precautions from an anti-doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have announced their independent observer (IO) and athlete outreach

tomorrow and run until August 31 in Rabat.The IO team will observe aspects of the African Games anti-doping

control, sample collection procedures and results management.Anti-doping consultant Sophie Berwick has

of the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport and Issoufou Aliou of the African Regional Anti-Doping

in an informal and fun environment.The team, staffed by anti-doping experts from across Africa, will

and athletes' rights and responsibilities under the World Anti-Doping Code.Athletes who visit WADA's

A deal designed to fight all forms of corruption in sport has been signed by the Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) and the Directorate General for National Security (DGSN) in the country.

against the corruption that affects the national sports sector" under the partnership, which covers doping

National Olympic Committees of Africa, sparked controversy last November when he claimed widespread doping

for major international sports events.He also alleged that he had previously raised concerns about doping

A further seven Russian weightlifters, including two who were stripped of Olympic medals for doping,

have been charged this week after the governing body received evidentiary packages from the World Anti-Doping

banned pending further investigation.Nadezda Evstyukhina, stripped of her Beijing 2008 bronze medal for doping

this week, the IWF claimed it had imposed the decisions "in view of the severity of the asserted anti-doping

provisionally suspended.Chen and Albegov had their provisionally suspensions, imposed on suspicion of doping

not hesitate to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if they choose not to act.The global anti-doping

Last month, Uzbekistan wrestler Artur Taymazov became the 60th athlete retrospectively disqualified from the London 2012 Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) sample retesting programme.

The IOC’s figure of doping offences at the Games leading to sanctions currently stands at 69 with the

The reanalyses programme shows the determination of the IOC in the fight against doping,” an IOC spokesperson

for one-and-a-half years, with the onus placed upon International Federations (IFs) or National Anti-Doping

been passed somewhat to IFs and NADOs.At a time when IFs are being pressured to separate their anti-doping

A focus on retesting high-risk sports and athletes’ countries with a doping history is understandable.But

Organisers of Continental Games are currently storing doping samples for a maximum of four years, while

cycle.Reanalysis of samples has led to 60 cases from the London 2012 Olympics ©Getty ImagesA World Anti-Doping

OCA should also consider the ability for samples to be transferred to applicable IFs or National Anti-Doping

While, in accordance with both the World Anti-Doping Code and the EOC Anti-Doping rules, any adverse

Likewise, individual IFs - such as those with a high risk of or past doping concerns - can request that

Under the World Anti-Doping Code’s statute of limitations, analysis on stored samples can occur within

In a bad week for Russian weightlifting, two new doping suspensions have been announced.

testing positive out of competition.The policing and punishments were carried out by the Russain Anti-Doping

Tuesday (August 13) when provisional suspensions for historic cases based on evidence from the World Anti-Doping

the IWF World Championships last year and 13th in the Olympic rankings.Mstieva had been suspended for doping

nations that will be able to send only two weightlifters to Tokyo 2020, because of the high incidence of doping

The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has held a sports administration course for the country's martial arts federation.

martial arts bodies were also present.Background on the Olympic Games, ethics, harassment in sport, anti-doping

Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships next month - despite its self-imposed exile for multiple doping

of the final suspension announced on April 4 - by which date Thailand had a total of 12 unresolved doping

Committee (IOC), which put weightlifting "on probation" for nearly two years until May because of past doping

weightlifting the all-clear for inclusion at Paris 2024 and beyond, after the IWF adopted a tough new anti-doping

Board, said, "If the Executive Board makes any decisions that can be interpreted as lenient towards doping