The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has included an expenditure item of RUB₽30 million (£382,000/$479,000/€425,000) in its budget to provide legal protection for the interests of the country's athletes, it has been revealed. 

IAAF ban imposed on the country is lifted by the end of the year ©Getty ImagesIn May, Russian Anti-Doping

year's Olympics.RusAF's suspension begun more than three-and-a-half years ago after the World Anti-Doping

Agency found evidence through an Independent Commission of state-sponsored doping and cover-ups.The

Succession planning is currently low on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s list of priorities. With his first Presidential term not yet completed, there seems every prospect that the good ship Bach will sail on until 2025, perhaps longer.

herself at the coal-face of sports politics last year, as the fallout from the long-running Russian doping

An athletes' lounge and breakout area has been set-up for those competing at the 2019 Pacific Games here as part of the "Voices of the Athletes" (VoA) programme launched by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC).

are also present at the athlete breakout area.Other stakeholders include the Australia Sports Anti-Doping

Authority, Drug Free Sports New Zealand and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency.They are in Samoa to promote

substances are banned shows there is a "lot of work to be done" by the Spanish authorities regarding anti-doping

in domestic football, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

A WADA spokesperson told insidethegames the global anti-doping watchdog would contact the relevant officials

seem to indicate that a lot of work remains to be done by the Spanish authorities in relation to anti-doping

treatment when playing for Sevilla in Spain ©Getty ImagesWADA has previously raised concerns about anti-doping

in Spanish football.In February 2017, it was revealed that there had not been any sanctioned anti-doping

AEPSAD regaining compliance, while La Liga President Javier Tebas made the bold claim that there was no doping

Alexei Kudashov has been appointed to replace Ilya Vorobyov as head coach of the Russian men's ice hockey team.

Athletes from Russia" team owing to the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee as punishment for the doping

Russian athletics coach Vladimir Kazarin has admitted breaching his lifetime ban from the sport and confirmed he had continued working with athletes after he was suspended in 2017.

Kazarin, conceded allegations he was still active in the sport despite being banned for life for multiple doping

Olympic gold medal in the 800 metres at London 2012 before she was stripped of her title because of doping

to disguise his appearance.Kazarin's attempts failed, however, as he was caught by the Russian Anti-Doping

athletes were suspected of working with Kazarin, last month.The organisation, reinstated by the World Anti-Doping

Savinova at London 2012 after she won the 800 metres - a title she was subsequently stripped of for doping

Six-times Olympic champion Viktor Ahn will step up his bid for a place on the Russian short track speed skating team when he competes at qualification events in September.

with the word victory, but was banned from Pyeongchang 2018 after becoming embroiled in the Russian doping

Nishchakov and cyclist Yekaterina Golovastova have become the latest Russian athletes to be banned for doping

Nishchakov has been hit with a four-year suspension by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), while

director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya revealed the body had uncovered more than 100 suspected anti-doping

director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya revealed the body had uncovered more than 100 suspected anti-doping

Integrity Unit for a violation of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Anti-Doping

Suspension against Moroccan long-distance runner Abderrahmane Kachir for a violation of the @iaaforg Anti-Doping

Games issued by the International OIympic Committee (IOC) for his involvement in the state-sponsored doping

participation in all future Olympic Games" by the IOC Executive Board in December 2017 as punishment for the doping

Arbitration for Sport ©Getty ImagesMutko's involvement in the "systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping

among the sanctions given to Russia by the IOC in December 2017 following an investigation into the doping

athletes implicated in the long-running Operation Puerto saga will not be published when the World Anti-Doping

could involve the names of the athletes being shared with International Federations and National Anti-Doping

due to the very significant time taken by the Spanish justice system to provide WADA and other anti-doping

players from tennis, football and other high profile sports are also alleged to have been part of a doping

ring, although this has never been proven.Fuentes, who was found to have facilitated blood doping at

his clinic, was given a one-year suspended sentence on public health grounds.This was due to doping

Representatives from more than 80 countries have inspected preparations for this year's Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in Qatar in the latest test for the recently-established Organising Committee.

Committees (NOCs) to tour proposed venues and receive information on areas including security, anti-doping

More than 100 suspected anti-doping rule violations against Russian athletes have been uncovered by the

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the first half of this year, its deputy director general Margarita

alone, Pakhnotskaya said.Pakhnotskaya revealed RUSADA, controversially reinstated by the World Anti-Doping

year pending the fulfillment of two main conditions, which it completed in June, had conducted 5,703 doping

Former Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion Joyce Chepkirui is one of a further two Kenyan athletes to have been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

ABP).The Unit, which was founded by the International Association of Athletics Federations to combat doping

offence by the AIU.She is facing a second doping ban of her career after testing positive for the banned

a drug test for strychnine – a drug normally used as a rat poison.In 2016, Kenya introduced an anti-doping

act to make doping an offence which could be punished by imprisonment.The country’s recent doping woes

prompted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to investigate, with a report outlining several concerns

World Rugby’s 2018 global testing programme uncovered four anti-doping rule violations, the international

year-on year to maintain strong deterrence and the long-term capacity for the detection of historical doping

to use the Rugby World Cup as "a major vehicle for awareness, education and engagement on key anti-doping

matters".Former Ireland captain Jamie Heaslip has been appointed as a member of World Rugby's Anti-Doping

ImagesFormer Ireland captain Jamie Heaslip was  appointed as a member of the World Rugby Anti-Doping

is a constant over the four-year tournament cycle, World Rugby will partner with the Japanese Anti-Doping