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South Korea calls for IOC investigation into Sochi 2014 gold medallist Sotnikova's doping comments

  • Figure Skating

investigate the comments of Russian figure skater Adelina Sotnikova, who claimed she returned a positive doping

deleted YouTube video on the Tatarka FM channel, the now-retired Sotnikova claimed "they found doping

not comment on Sotnikova's remarks when approached by insidethegames because "there has been no doping

The Korea Anti-Doping Agency is gathering relevant data and information," an unnamed KSOC official said

Retired Russian figure skater Adelina Sotnikova was cleared of a doping charge by the IOC in 2017, and

clear all suspicions".Sochi 2014 was marred by subsequent revelations of a Russian state-sponsored doping



International Weightlifting Federation renews partnership with ITA

  • Weightlifting

In a bid to make the sport clean, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has extended its partnership with the International Testing Agency (ITA) to coincide with its fifth anniversary celebrations.

We are very happy to renew this fruitful co-operation with the ITA, our valuable partner in the anti-doping

This is a guarantee that all aspects of the anti-doping policy are covered and that we are 100% committed

"IWF have vowed to implement stricter anti-doping rules recently ©Brian Oliver Despite recent positive

doping tests from Turkey and Kazakhstan in continental events, IWF officials praised the impact of ITA

The ITA congratulates the IWF for its continued efforts since 2019 to reinforce its anti-doping programme


Sri Lanka NOC hoping for international success with new strategic plan

  • OCA

Plans to set up centres of excellence across the country is among the many features of the new strategic plan presented by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka.

the biggest international events.Athletes, National Federations, Ministry of Sports, Sri Lanka Anti-Doping



North Korea's weightlifters set to return at World Championships - if they turn up

  • 2023 World Weightlifting Championships

North Korea has entered a strong team at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in September, a month after a no-show at an Olympic qualifier ended any hopes of them lifting at Paris 2024.

sudden arrival in Olympic qualifying in early June was unfair because they had not been subject to anti-doping

Nurgissa Adiletuly, Alexey Churkin and Lyubov Kovalchuk from Kazakhstan, all provisionally suspended for doping


Sochi 2014 figure skating champion Sotnikova claims she had doping positive cleared by B-sample

  • Figure Skating

2014 women's singles figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova has admitted she returned a positive doping

gold in the Chinese capital when insidethegames exclusively revealed she was at the centre of a doping

scandal,The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 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

Remembering 2014, when after some time they said that they found doping in me," she said."

Sochi 2014 was marred by revelations of a state-sponsored doping programme, but proceedings against figure


Brooksby seeks arbitration after accepting provisional ban from International Tennis Integrity Agency

  • Tennis

suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after being accused of missing three doping

He plans to go to arbitration with the ITIA, which oversees doping cases in tennis, where his case will

charges the ITIA brought against her after she failed a drug test at last year's US Open.Under anti-doping

lawyer who has been acting for Romania's double Grand Slam winner Simona Halep following her positive doping

And there is also the doping thing, all within this period."Personal issues, too."


UIPM warns Russian pentathletes must not support war or be in armed forces if want to compete in international events

  • Modern Pentathlon

Russian and Belarussian athletes will have to prove to an independent commission set up by the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) that they do not support the war in Ukraine or serve in their country's armed forces if they want to be allowed to compete under a neutral flag in major competitions, it has been announced.

do not serve the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies, and comply with anti-doping


Fifty years since the first World Aquatics Championships

  • The Big Read

This week, the next generation of swimmers have been in action at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade but 50 years ago, the same city was the setting for the inaugural World Championships in aquatic sports.

ensuing years but it was not until the fall of the Berlin wall that the full extent of the East German doping


Anti-doping rules to be implemented from opening of Paris 2024 Olympic Village

  • Paris 2024

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has posted the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Anti-Doping

During the period of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, all athletes shall be subject to doping controls initiated

 After this point, the name of the person who committed the anti-doping rule violation, the prohibited

shall not be required where the athlete or other person who has been found to have committed an anti-doping

rule violation is a minor, a protected person or a recreational athlete," the anti-doping rules read

Kamila Valieva of Russia, with insidethegames exclusively revealing she was at the centre of a doping


Indonesian Sports Minister claims funding was in place for ANOC World Beach Games and blames "other issues" for cancellation

  • ANOC World Beach Games

Indonesia's Sports and Youth Minister Dito Ariotedjo has claimed that funding was in place to host the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games, but that "other issues" were behind the late cancellation of the event. 

 This was due to its anti-doping organisation being suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA



Kazakhstan weightlifters face Paris 2024 ban after latest doping scandal

  • Weightlifting

Five members of Kazakhstan’s team at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in May, including a gold medallist who heads the rankings for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, have been provisionally suspended after their samples came up positive for a banned substance.

violations within a year can be suspended under Article 12 of the sport's anti-doping rules for up to

authorities rather than the ITA.The ITA, which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the IWF, has

violations involving SARMs.Before that, the substances never appeared once in IWF anti-doping records

on Cooperation aimed at strengthening anti-doping discipline and identifying all cases of doping in

Committee “take the initiative to conduct out-of-competition doping controls and anti-doping seminars