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ISU files CAS appeal in Valieva doping case after reviewing RUSADA ruling

  • Figure Skating

(ISU) has revealed that it has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the doping

The ISU has stressed that protecting young athletes against doping "cannot happen" by exempting them

submitted a positive sample in December 2021.The worldwide governing body has followed the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) in taking the case to CAS after reviewing the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) ruling

appeal with CAS.The ISU believes young athletes should not be exempt from sanctions should they commit a doping

offence ©Getty Images"The ISU is of the opinion that all young athletes must be protected against doping


ITA and USADA discuss strategies to tackle doping in run-up to LA 2028 Olympics

  • Los Angeles 2028

The International Testing Agency (ITA) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) met at the USADA

headquarters in the build-up to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics to discuss ways to prevent doping in sport

Building and maintaining effective and trusted partnerships is key to our anti-doping efforts."

United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart said the conversations with the ITA were

other factors that can prevent doping.The ITA and USADA worked together to deliver a successful anti-doping

the future of clean sport and we always welcome these opportunities to work together to advance anti-doping


WADA seeks four-year ban for Valieva after lodging CAS appeal

  • Beijing 2022

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that it is seeking to ban Russian figure skater Kamila

Valieva for a four-year period after lodging an appeal against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA

Championships.WADA said that it considered this ruling to be "wrong under the terms of the World Anti-Doping

Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, who previously blasted RUSADA's

told insidethegames that WADA's appeal has been done to "restore some confidence in the global anti-doping

frustrated" by the fact that the Olympic medals for the team event had still not been awarded because of the doping


Banned sprinter Ujah told he must pay £10,665 debt to gain UK Sport funding

  • Athletics

UK Sport has said that banned British sprinter Chijindu Ujah will not be granted public funding until he has paid them £10,665 ($12,906/€12,115).

4x100 metres relay in the Japanese capital only for the team to be stripped of the medal following his doping

Chijindu Ujah was in automatic breach of the eligibility policy owing to his previous admission of an anti-doping

men’s 4x100 metres relay team were stripped of their Olympic silver medal following Chijindu Ujah's doping

Ostarine and S-23 - both substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency - were found in Ujah’s samples

supplement.While he appealed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Ujah was found guilty of violating anti-doping


IOC says talks continue to define Russian neutrality as Australia join call for clarity

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has welcomed "constructive questions" posed by a coalition of more than 30 countries over the definition of neutrality for athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to international competition.

Charter", meaning they have not actively supported the war in Ukraine and comply with the World Anti-Doping


Russia and Belarus await IOC update after entering 65 weightlifters for European Championships

  • Weightlifting

Russia and Belarus have collectively entered 65 athletes for the European Weightlifting Championships in Armenia in April - but whether or not they will be allowed to compete is out of their hands.

ahead of the Norwegian world champion Solfrid Koanda.Kashirina returned to training last year after a doping-related

against her, based on historic data from the Moscow Laboratory, was dropped by Russia’s national anti-doping


IFMA not allowing National Federations to participate at Southeast Asian Games

  • Southeast Asian Games

The International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) has said that it is not boycotting the Cambodia 2023 Southeast Asian Games but claims it cannot allow its National Federations to participate as muaythai.

Cambodia 2023] but due to the lack of proper jurisdiction of the organisation (non-IOC/non-World Anti-Doping


FIVB confirm latest Russian volleyball player from London 2012 banned as result of Rodchenkov evidence

  • Volleyball

after being caught following evidence provided by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the World Anti-Doping

in Moscow, has provided evidence that has led to several Russian volleyball players being banned for doping

©Getty ImagesRodchenkov exposed the Russian Government's involvement in a state-sponsored doping programme

According to the case resolution agreement, the player admitted that she committed an anti-doping rule

is committed to protecting fair play and clean athletes, and maintains a zero-tolerance approach to doping


Echeverri latest Florida-based cyclist banned for doping offences

  • Cycling

American amateur cyclist Alejandra Echeverri has accepted a 12-month suspension for anti-doping rule

disqualified, and the ban runs from February 7 until the same date in 2024.The GFNY Florida Sebring featured doping

Elias Montañez Barros, who finished fourth in the men's race attempted to avoid United States Anti-Doping

and Paralympic Movement testing, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee's national anti-doping

policies and the International Cycling Union's anti-doping rules.Echeverri was the GFNY North American

Ruiz-Gutierrez became the sixth amateur cyclist competing in the Tour of South Florida to be handed a doping


WADA opens application process for gene doping detection research

  • Olympics

Scientific research projects have been urged to apply for funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (

WADA) to help with the development of gene doping detection methods.

support projects that "optimise and validate" analytical tools to detect nucleic acids used for gene doping

month to express an interest in the funding ©Getty Images"Science is key to driving advances in anti-doping

Innovative research leads to the identification of new doping trends, new substances, new doping methods

projects to develop and optimise analytical tools for the detection of use of prohibited substances and doping

relevant expertise" to issue full applications.Independent experts and members of WADA’s Gene and Cell Doping


Ilinikh becomes third member of Russian 2012 Olympic gold medal-winning volleyball squad banned for doping

  • Volleyball

third member of Russia's Olympic gold medal-winning volleyball team from London 2012 to be given a doping

ban thanks to evidence provided by the former head of Moscow's World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited

Ilinikh been banned for two years for an anti-doping rule violation, although his playing career ended

Grigory Rodchenkov.He turned whistleblower in exposing the Government's involvement in a state-sponsored doping

now tainted after Dmitry Ilinikh became the third member of the squad to be banned for an historic doping

Brazil 3-2 in the final, was not at risk, despite the fact so many of the squad are now tainted by doping

volleyball gold medallist in Dmitriy Muserskiy was banned for nine months until January 2022 for a doping


ITA launches new four-year strategic plan to "cement long-term future"

  • Olympics

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has revealed its new four-year strategic plan with the aim to "cement the long-term future" of the organisation.

established by the International Olympic Committee in 2018, the ITA has taken over the running of anti-doping

procedures at many International Federations.It also managed the anti-doping programmes at the Tokyo

journey", saying the new strategic plan will serve as a "compass" for the ITA.The ITA ran the anti-doping

We are here to serve the athletes and the anti-doping community at large by upholding the values that

in coordination with the World Anti-Doping Agency, anti-doping organisations and public and law enforcement


IWF's new communications chief aims to raise profile of weightlifters

  • Weightlifting

Raising the global profile of weightlifting, and especially its athletes, is the aim of the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) newly-appointed communications manager, Pedro Adrega.

the Games programme.It has been removed from the Los Angeles 2028 schedule because of governance and doping


Klitschko accuses Bach of representing Russian interests, rather than Olympic values

  • Paris 2024

Ukrainian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko has accused International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach of "not representing Olympic values but the aggressor" in response to a move that could see Russian and Belarusian athletes be allowed to compete at Paris 2024, despite the war in his country. 

Charter", meaning they have not actively supported the war in Ukraine and comply with the World Anti-Doping