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Russian runner and husband charged by AIU over allegedly using false identity to compete internationally

  • Athletics

Russian middle-distance runner Kseniya Savina and her husband have been charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) over allegations of complicity and tampering with a sample.

erythropoietin.The 29-year-old has now been hit by an additional charge of allegedly "tampering with any part of a doping

against Russian middle-distance runner Kseniya Savina for tampering & complicity under @iaaforg anti-doping

three years.The IAAF's ban on Russia, first introduced in the wake of allegations of state-sponsored doping


IOC claim "many initiatives" raised by German athletes group have already been taken on board

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has claimed it has already taken "many of the initiatives" raised by a group of German athletes on board in response to a position paper sent to the organisation by the independent body.

by granting 25 per cent of revenues directly to athletes and a further 10 per cent to the World Anti-Doping

competitors, largely involving the athlete groups at the IOC and WADA, in the fallout to the Russian doping


IBU appoint Global Sports Investigations to run ethics office and whistleblower portal

  • Biathlon

Global Sports Investigations (GSI) has been appointed to run the International Biathlon Union's (IBU) independent ethics office and its whistleblower hotline, it was announced today.

Keeper AG, will be able to assist the panel in its investigation.Criminal investigations focused on doping

former secretary general Nicole Resch remain ongoing.This includes allegations made by the World Anti-Doping

Agency Intelligence and Investigations Department that Besseberg had covered up anti-doping rule violations


Anti-Doping Denmark chief executive Ask elected chairman of iNADO

  • News

Denmark's Michael Ask has vowed to help improve the standard of anti-doping in less-developed countries

after he was elected chairman of the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO).

Ask, the chief executive of Anti-Doping Denmark, replaces Canadian Doug MacQuarrie, who had served the

the iNADO Annual General Meeting and has taken up the role with immediate effect.Dutch National Anti-Doping

executive Herman Ram was appointed vice-chair at the meeting.Ram steps in for German National Anti-Doping

biggest problem facing iNADO was that there are still "black spots on the map where little or no anti-doping

Although the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has done a good job in promoting “helping programmes” and


AIU and Abbott World Marathon Majors announce "ground-breaking” testing programme

  • Athletics

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) have announced a “ground-breaking” testing programme which they claim will be a “landmark moment in the drive for clean sport”.

“The AbbottWMM races have shown they are not interested in a ‘tick the box’ approach to anti-doping or

invested in catching cheaters, identifying the risk to their races, understanding the root causes of doping

AbbottWMM races are among the very best regulated sporting events in the world when it comes to anti-doping

“The AbbottWMM is proud of its zero-tolerance policy on doping and its proactive work investing in and

supporting anti-doping programmes,” said Tim Hadzima, executive director of AbbottWMM.


Morocco to host inaugural African Para Games in 2020

  • Paralympics

Morocco will host the inaugural African Para Games in January 2020, it has been announced.

 Athlete classification evaluation, anti-doping educational courses and a Proud Paralympian workshop




WADA full of praise as independent expert completes work in Moscow after helping with RUSADA reinstatement process

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has praised the work of independent expert Ieva Lukosiute-Stanikuniene

who has completed her work in Moscow after helping with the reinstatement process of the Russian Anti-Doping

Lukosiute-Stanikuniene, the director of Lithuania's anti-doping agency and a Council of Europe official

We are thankful to her for the improvements within RUSADA and the Russian anti-doping policies, for her

general Margarita Pakhnotskaya thanked Ieva Lukosiute-Stanikuniene, the director of Lithuania's anti-doping

The new RUSADA team has been able to benefit on a daily basis from Ieva’s extensive anti-doping expertise

at the helm of WADA is due to come to an end in November, also called on all those involved in anti-doping


Russian Biathlon Union's first vice-president suggests repaying debts of €60,000 enough to restore full IBU membership

  • Biathlon

The Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) needs to pay a debt of around €60,000 (£51,500/$67,000) to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) in order to regain full membership rights, the RBU’s first vice-president Alexei Nuzhdov has reportedly said.

The RBU has been a provisional member since 2017 following the widespread doping scandal in Russia.And

told it must meet included increased drugs testing and access to raw data from Moscow’s infamous anti-doping

laboratory.The data has since been given to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for analysis.

the first concerns the debts of athletes, including Yekaterina Glazyrina, who was suspended over anti-doping

sum has not been announced yet.”IBU headquarters were raided last year amid allegations of a Russian doping


Tel Aviv to host European Cycling Union annual Congress in 2020

  • Cycling

Tel Aviv in Israel will host the European Cycling Union’s (UEC) annual Congress in 2020.

was held in Rome last month, at which the head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis preached against doping

I am thinking of doping, dishonesty, disrespect for oneself and one's opponents, and corruption."


Putin urges Russian authorities to settle anti-doping issues so country can send full team to Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Vladimir Putin has urged Russian authorities to "settle all remaining issues" to ensure the country can send a full team to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

All voiced requirements regarding the improvement of the anti-doping fight have been implemented and

international organisations," Putin added, according to Russia's official state news agency TASS.The World Anti-Doping

Games in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as punishment for the state-sponsored doping