Several minor changes have been made to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List for 2016,

drowsiness and nausea, is thought to be particularly popular among cyclists.In November, Cycling Anti-Doping

medication Thyroxine, meanwhile, will also remain allowed despite an effort from bodies including UK Anti-Doping

and the United States Anti-Doping Agency to have it outlawed.The medication gained prominence last year

first milestone on January 14 when the second part of the WADA Independent Commission report on Russian doping

Uruguay's Julio Maglione and Mexico's Olegario Vázquez Raña are among six people removed from the official list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members after passing age limits in 2015.

recent years.He has instead played an influential role from the backbenches, chairing the World Anti-Doping

sent shock-waves around the Olympic Movement after confirming reports of systemic and state-sponsored doping

Japan’s Government are reportedly putting together a law to actively discourage athletes from doping

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which emerged when the first part of the World Anti-Doping

Autumn.Should a bill be passed, Japan would become the latest country to make an attempt to tackle doping

by putting measures into law.Japan's strong anti-doping record was viewed as a key reason for Tokyo's

successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ©Getty ImagesA controversial new anti-doping

including Italy, Spain and France, in passing similar laws.Sir Craig Reedie, President of the World Anti-Doping

By many yardsticks, 2015 must go down as a pretty rotten year for sport.

The crises at FIFA and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have put doping

Minister Solomon Dalong has called on the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) to join the fight against doping

countries to have athletes banned from competing at major events in certain sports because of a poor doping

record.In 2001, the International Weightlifting Federation suspended Nigeria for repeated doping offences

banned performance-enhancing drugs could now face prison after the country's controversial new anti-doping

I am convinced that we can tackle doping in sport and the criminal structures behind it more effectively

with this anti-doping law."

but seems to be growing," said Maas.Jan Ulrich is among several German athletes who have confessed to doping

It has several improvements that strengthen the joint effort of the state and sport's fight against doping

," the DOSB said in a statement.Sir Craig Reedie, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has claimed

Antidoping Switzerland has suspended its cooperation with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following the recent drugs scandals which have rocked the sport.

to French police he had asked Russia for €1.5 million (£1.1 million/$1.6 million) to help cover-up doping

(sic) measure to be taken are several reports on the IAAF’s handling concerning their fight against doping

"Whenever the IAAF can be reclassified as being a reliable partner in the fight against doping, Antidoping

steeplechase gold medallist Yuliya Zaripova is among several Russian athletes to have been caught for doping

Just as well, doping controls will be continued equally unaffected."

Triathlete Ivan Lo Ching-hin, who represented Hong Kong at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, has been banned for four years after refusing to take a drugs test.

Incheon 2014, was given the suspension after he appealed against the decision of the Hong Kong Anti-Doping

“The violation occurred during an out-of-competition doping control on May 12, 2015, where the athlete

then exercised his right to attend and testify at a hearing in response to HKADC’s assertion of anti-doping

Disciplinary Panel had carefully considered the case and Lo was found guilty of violating the HKADC anti-doping

The TriHK fully supports the objectives of WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the HKADC, as well as

Last year proved a difficult one for the Olympic Movement, with the challenge of sustaining interest in bidding for major events hardly helped by scandals in FIFA and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which together form the biggest threat to the running of global sport in generations.

Given the staggering allegations of state-supported doping that emerged in the first part of the World

Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission report in November, it would be the only genuine

Release of retested samples from Turin 2006: Russia is clearly not the only country to suffer from doping

retrospectively disqualified ©Getty ImagesTightening up the finances of Federations: Aside from their anti-doping

for his family” seven months before his arrest for allegedly accepting bribes to cover up Russian doping

The New Year offers people across the world the chance to wipe the slate clean and make a fresh start.

never been seen before.Few could quite have predicted what we witnessed in 2015, with corruption and doping

the world’s most popular sports, were supposedly the principle culprits, with alleged state-supported doping

accused of “active” rather than “passive” corruption for his alleged role in covering up systemic doping

the crisis surrounding athletics in particular - with weightlifting also clearly struggling with doping

slightly, the scandals that have engulfed sport in 2015 by putting on a spectacular show bereft of doping

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has accepted the International Golf Federation (IGF) as its newest member - increasing the possibility of the sport one day being added to the Games' programme.

from 138 countries, and has agreed to adhere to the IPC Medical Code, Classification Code and Anti-Doping

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach believes there is a "great opportunity" to further push forward his Agenda 2020 reforms amid the crises which are rocking sport.

have made for shocking reading during 2015 and athletics was then hit by reports of state-sponsored doping

the future of the Olympic movement, set out a number of reforms aimed at fighting both corruption and doping

to protecting the clean athletes, the IOC has strengthened its commitment to making the world’s anti-doping

Svein Arne Hansen, the President of European Athletics, says he doesn’t expect Russia’s ban will be lifted in time for the country to compete at next summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended Russia last month after shocking allegations of state-sponsored doping

were revealed in the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission report.A number of targets

revelations.To have the ban lifted, Russia must meet all WADA requirements as well as the IAAF Anti-Doping

You could understand it if both Louis van Gaal and Lord Sebastian Coe called their respective newsagents and demanded: "Please cancel my papers indefinitely". 

that he did not initially recognise the validity of the well-researched revelations about widepsread doping

As I have written here before I have lost count of the missives received from UK Anti-Doping detailing

Olympic wrestling gold medallist Karam Gaber will miss the Rio 2016 Games after he failed in a bid to have his two-year ban overturned at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

by governing body United World Wrestling (UWW) in August after it was adjudged that he either missed doping