A new minimum age limit has been approved for the short track speed skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

revealed that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was 15 at the time, was at the centre of a doping

scandal.The World Anti-Doping Agency wants a four-year ban for Valieva, and an appeal to the Court of

Arbitration for Sport for further sanctions than those imposed by a Russian Anti-Doping Agency Disciplinary

Maxim Agapitov is celebrating a court decision to overturn a ruling by the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

behaviour amounted to an abuse of office.Agapitov had also posted a video on YouTube, titled Say No Doping

Ten years ago, to the day I was there in the Buenos Aires Hilton as Thomas Bach made his first public utterance as Olympic boss - a less than presidential but very human “Ouffff!”

individuals such as former International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven, former World Anti-Doping

When news emerged this weekend of Tatiana Kashirina’s loss of three world titles because of a doping

She was 15 years old at the time.Teenage girls of similar age and even younger have been caught up in doping

We must be more scientific, we must change the culture of some coaches who believe only in doping," the

It is all change in weightlifting as science replaces doping, officials hope ©IWFA significant first

VIP area of the venue on Thursday Jalood spoke again about a future where coaches use “science, not doping

"This course helps us to clean weightlifting, to go for science not doping."

between the lifts in Riyadh ©Giorgio Scala/DeepbluemediaAn IWF and International Testing Agency anti-doping

Tatiana Kashirina’s "biggest ever" lifts by a woman weightlifter have been scrubbed from the record books by a court ruling that disqualifies all her results in a four-year period.

The Russian super-heavyweight, who has been banned for eight years for a doping offence, loses three

appearance money," a statement said.CAS ruled on the case after appeals were lodged by the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against a tribunal’s decision to clear Kashirina

use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method”.Eight months later, RUSADA’s Disciplinary Anti-Doping

because of Russia’s absence from IWF events or a seven-month provisional suspension related to the doping

Madagascar finished off its most successful IWF World Championships to date when Tojo Andriatsitohaina made a huge jump in the Olympic rankings in the men’s 73 kilograms, from 35th place to 12th.

competitions, and two of those ahead of him in the rankings vulnerable to exclusion because of multiple doping

China’s three-time Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang is hoping to compete at Paris 2024, despite a doping

200 to 1500 metres, was initially suspended for eight years in 2021 for refusing to give a sample to doping

use a hammer to smash the casing of a blood vial so it would not be valid for testing.The World Anti-Doping

posted anti-China comments on social media.Sun was also banned for three months in 2014 for a separate doping

Cricket remains on course to be added to the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028, along with flag football, despite a surprise decision to postpone an official announcement, insidethegames can reveal.

pentathlon may have helped secure its place at Los Angeles 2028 ©UIPMWeightlifting, whose historical doping

The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) has submitted former gymnast Kim Bui as a candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission at next year's election alongside the Paris 2024 Olympics.

the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following revelations about the country's state-sponsored doping

The French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) Sanctions Commission has claimed that it is being subjected to an

"attempt at pressure" by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) before next year’s Olympics in Paris.

of "not being tough enough" and ruled that it was "clearly not conforming either to the World Anti-Doping

WADA is the global governing body for anti-doping in sport and a significant part of our job is ensuring

that all Signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code implement it consistently and fairly for all athletes

Without that consistency across the world there can be no harmonised anti-doping system.

Swimming Australia is searching its fifth President in three years following the resignation of Michelle Gallen, who is leaving to take on a new role with less than a year before the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Tribunal (NST), an organisation that provides independent sports dispute resolution, including in anti-doping

This is a big week for teenager Celine Delia, an Italian who goes straight into the big time on Wednesday (September 6) in the women’s 55 kilograms A Group at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, her debut as a senior.

Olympic Committee (IOC) at the end of 2021 and there has been no update since then.After a series of doping

Unquestionably, yes.Sadly, if you ask the same question about the "doping nations" that caused so much

procedures for the IWF, has announced 40 doping violations since the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

just over two years ago, as well as many more historic cases dating back as far as 2012.Doping is still

As for doping, one social media commentator said last week after the latest suspension was announced

United World Wrestling (UWW) has banned 26 Russian and Belarusian athletes and support personnel from participating at its flagship event this month.

edition had also been set for Krasnoyarsk, but UWW moved it to Serbia's capital in response to World Anti-Doping

China's all-conquering team will be aiming to strengthen their position at the top of the Paris 2024 rankings when the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships are hosted by Saudi Arabia for the first time, starting tomorrow.

athletes have declared their intent to lift rather than just weigh in and present themselves for anti-doping