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China's weightlifters on course for top spot at Tokyo 2020 - and early starters show why

  • Weightlifting

An array of Olympic and world champions from North Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Indonesia will line up at the World Cup Olympic qualifying competition here in Fuzhou over the next five days - but collectively they are unlikely to upstage the host nation's formidable team.

Tokyo 2020.While many of the sport's leading nations will send reduced teams to Tokyo because of past doping




Nigeria reinstated by WADA after period of non-compliance

  • News

Nigeria has been reinstated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following a short period of non-compliance

The Nigerian National Anti-Doping Committee (NNADC) was declared non-compliant by WADA in November because

WADA after the country failed to address problems with its drugs-testing programme.The Russian Anti-Doping



"No way cheats can make it to Tokyo 2020" says IWF director general as weightlifting focus turns to Olympic qualifying

  • Weightlifting

The recent spate of doping violations in weightlifting - 22 athletes suspended in the past three months

 "Absolutely, you will be caught if you are doping," said Attila Adamfi, director general of the

increase" the number of samples to be stored, for reanalysis whenever there is an improvement in anti-doping

If you have been doping, you will be caught."

policy and also its Olympic qualifying rules.Many other nations, because of their doping record since

This innovative approach seems to be effective as, aligned with the IWF’s tough anti-doping activity,


Liam Morgan: New athlete-led group has plenty of questions to answer before it can live up to its promises

  • Inside the Blogs

An athlete group hailed as revolutionary by those behind it was launched to much fanfare last week amid what it claims is an "unprecedented uprising" from competitors who have grown tiresome of the status quo and the way the sporting world operates.

those in power at organisations such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping

It has also insisted its focus will not simply be on anti-doping and will expand to athlete welfare,

both of which chose a starkly-different path when responding to the reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping


Diaz officially launches campaign for WADA President

  • News

Dominican Republic has officially launched his campaign to become the next President of the World Anti-Doping

Niggli.Uruguayan Sports Minister Fernando Cáceres presented Diaz's bid for the top job at the global anti-doping

should then shadow the current administration prior to their appointment at the World Conference on Doping





IBU External Review Commission establishes whistleblower portal to help with investigation

  • Biathlon

An External Review Commission established by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to look into corruption allegations made against the previous leadership has set-up a confidential whistleblower portal, it has been announced. 

levelled at the IBU when it was led by Norwegian Anders Besseberg.Criminal investigations focused on doping

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

Agency (WADA) Intelligence and Investigations Department that Besseberg had covered up anti-doping rule


World high jump champion Lasitskene named as first member of RUSADA Athletes' Committee

  • News

European high jump champion Maria Lasitskene has been named as the first member of the Russian Anti-Doping

in Rio de Janeiro because of the IAAF suspension on Russia following allegations of state-sponsored doping

have long planned to create a Committee of athletes, and this idea was supported by WADA (World Anti Doping

IAAF ban on Russia ©Getty ImagesTASS report that active or retired athletes "with strong anti-doping

These are people who have shown that athletic achievements are possible without doping, these are athletes

Pakhnotskaya saidPakhnotskaya added it is important "to listen and hear the voices of athletes" to make anti-doping


If the IOC's problem is with Rakhimov they should be honest with us, urges AIBA executive director

  • Boxing

If Gafur Rakhimov's position as President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) is the main issue preventing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from working with the organisation then they should be honest and admit that is the case, they have been told.

concerns with the sport's governance, financial management, integrity of its competitions and its anti-doping


Ukraine to boycott final FIL World Cup of season in Sochi

  • Luge

Ukraine are to skip the final International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup event of the season in Russia this week, it has been revealed.

in protest of their neighbour's annexation of Crimea in 2014.They also claimed it was because of the doping