The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Doping Review Board has granted its approval

is an ongoing process, the IAAF will only make announcements as and when decisions are made by the Doping

athletes seeking neutral status in international competitions in 2019 opened in December 2018.The IAAF Doping

 Robert Hersh chairs the IAAF Doping Review Board ©Getty ImagesA total of 117 Russian athletes have

on the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) in November 2015 remains in place due to the country's doping

scandal.Russia has been accused of an institutional scheme of doping and cover-ups which has seen numerous

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has agreed to hand responsibility for its anti-doping programme

into force immediately.It has been described by the ITA as a "very important step in the FIL's anti-doping

marks a "decisive stance in support of clean sport".The ITA will manage all aspects of the luge anti-doping

a case-by-case basis.They have promised a "robust" programme in full compliance with the World Anti-Doping

Code, leading up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.The FIL will still deliver anti-doping education

in the global fight for clean sport.Several International Federations have since handed their anti-doping

being suspended for six months by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping

Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Japanese city Kitakyushu.This substance is included on the World Anti-Doping

Each athlete is strictly liable for the substances found in his or her sample, and that an anti-doping

As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting

Code to prevent doping in sport for Paralympic athletes, in the spirit of fair play."

The IPC Anti-Doping Code is in conformity with the general principles of the WADC."

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed its role in a project which smashed 17 organised crime

European Union, and involved 33 countries.Described as a "massive crackdown" on the trafficking of doping

operation led to 234 arrests and the closure of nine underground labs.Officials seized 3.8 million illicit doping

opened 839 judicial cases.Almost 1,000 people have been reported for the production, commerce or use of doping

 "The trade in doping substances is normally decentralised and highly flexible, open to anyone willing

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani has issued a decree forming the Higher Organising Committee of the 2019 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in the country. 

Committee and Media and Broadcasting Committee head Yousef Abdullah al-Mullah, Medical Committee and Anti-Doping

Russian bank VTB has renewed its sponsorship agreement with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for 2019, extending financial support that has been in place since 2009.

Lamine Diack, charged in 2015 with accepting millions of dollars in bribes to cover up failed Russian doping

St. Moritz in Switzerland has been awarded the 2023 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships as the governing body revealed Sochi, Whistler and Winterberg had applied to stage the 2024 edition of the event.

to 2020 season.The bid from Sochi comes as Russia continues its rapid rehabilitation following the doping

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has stepped up preparations for this year's World Beach Games in Qatar by holding a technical delegate meeting for officials from the 14 sports on the programme at the inaugural event.

location at Gharafa Sports Complex.Venue services, timing and scoring, accommodation, medical, anti-doping

Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa called for unified efforts to help combat climate change and boost sporting success at the Pacific Sports Ministers meeting in Apia.

Richard Colbeck, was also among the attendees.The Pacific Games Council, the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping

the United Nations (UN) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat were also represented.World Anti-Doping

Agency and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency officials were in attendance, along with the Secretariat of

importance of financing to ensure protection of the integrity of sports, and efforts to fight against doping

well as the need to ensure visibility of the Pacific at key meetings including the World Conference on Doping

Li Wenwen, the world’s most remarkable teenaged weightlifter, caused arguably the biggest surprise during Olympic qualifying when she defeated Russia’s reigning super-heavyweight world champion, Tatiana Kashirina, on the second day of the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic test event.

difficult period, proving to the whole world that we have already ‘healed’ the sins that we had in the anti-doping

promising for Kazakhstan who, like Russia, can send only two lifters to Tokyo 2020 because of past doping

Performances from students and an extravagant firework display marked the start of the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games here as wet weather failed to dampen the Opening Ceremony.

medallist, having been upgraded to a silver medal at Beijing 2008 after two rivals were disqualified for doping

Tatiana Kashirina, Russia’s super-heavyweight world champion, faces one of the biggest tests of her career this weekend when she competes against two formidable Chinese opponents at the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic test event.

finishing behind an American, Wes Kitts.The Kazakhstani lifter, who was stripped of gold medals for doping

The number of rugby players banned for doping in Britain has grown to 30 after UK Anti-Doping suspended

be able to return on October 14 this year.Russell is the latest rugby union player to be hit with a doping

Russell, of Gala RFC, has been suspended from all sport for a period of two years following an Anti-Doping

https://t.co/EJwf5bza5F pic.twitter.com/9zJ7ouEGgY— UK Anti-Doping (@ukantidoping) July 3, 2019According

athletes at all levels of sport are aware of the rules and their responsibilities surrounding anti-doping

Russian long-distance runner Ilyas Nurgaliyev has been banned for two years over violations of anti-doping

domestic results.An IAAF ban issued on RusAF in November 2015 remains in place due to the country's doping

scandal ©Getty ImagesAn IAAF ban issued on RusAF in November 2015 remains in place due to the country's doping

scandal.Russia has been accused of an institutional scheme of doping and cover-ups which has seen numerous

American-born double Olympic snowboarding champion Vic Wild has confirmed he will continue to represent Russia following confusion over his medical clearance.

citizenship and represented the country at Sochi 2014, a Winter Olympics tainted by the state-sponsored doping