Four members of the leadership at the under-fire Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have resigned following

the explosive reports of state-supported doping within the country's athletics programme.

RUSADA was heavily criticised in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report, which

Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined a tough stance on doping today ©Getty ImagesRUSADA was suspended

Rio 2016 Olympics in doubt.The country's President Vladimir Putin today outlined a tough stance on doping

Russia must and will be open for a joint fight on doping," he said.

leave "no room for doubt" says IAAF President CoeDecember 2015: Britain's UKAD to help Russian Anti-Doping

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced it has referred Luca Paolini’s doping case to their

Anti-Doping Tribunal.

the case was resolved.The 38-year-old’s case is now set to be heard by the UCI’s independent Anti-Doping

further comment on the case.”While the stimulant cocaine is banned in competition under the World Anti-Doping

teammates and the fantastic Team Katusha.”Paolini has been the only cyclist to date to be implicated in a doping

scandal at this year’s Tour de France, where a total of 656 doping controls were carried out, including

482 blood and 174 urine tests.Related storiesOctober 2015: Total of 656 doping controls carried out

The doctor of South Korean Olympic swimming gold medallist Park Tae-hwan has been fined KRW 1 million (£568/$847/€780) for injecting steroids into her patient, who was handed an 18-month ban after testing positive for testosterone before last year's Asian Games in Incheon. 

four-time Olympic medallist’s management team.Park Tae-hwan made a public apology over his failed doping

himself selected injections and I thought both his agents and Park were well in control (of any potential doping

problems)", she said in her final testimony last month.Park’s positive doping test was only revealed

medallist place at Rio 2016 in jeopardy after given 18 month banFebruary 2015: Doctor in Park Tae-Hwan doping

The UK Government intends to widen anti-doping education to all levels of sport as part of a new strategy

help 10 to 14-year-olds learn about clean sport, by the British Olympic Association (BOA), UK Anti-Doping

Anti-doping is one of the most important fights in the battle for sport’s integrity," reads the document

"UKAD is one of the world’s leading national anti-doping agencies.

both UKAD and the UK Government to exert its influence internationally to improve the fight against doping

, through both the European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency

Russia’s suspension from athletics competition will cost the country a total of eight Olympic medals if it is still in force during Rio 2016, according to Infostrada Sports’ Virtual Medal Table (VMT).

voted 22-1 to ban Russia after the revelations were revealed in an explosive report by the World Anti-Doping

medallist tested positiveNovember 2015: Russian Sports Minister "committed fully" to recommendations on doping

, WADA claimsNovember 2015: Russia will not appeal against IAAF suspension after doping allegationsNovember

2015: Russian whistleblowers face legal action from athletes named in World Anti-Doping Agency Independent

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) says it expects to announce a final decision on Bulgaria’s appeal against an Olympics ban on its weightlifters by the end of January.

month that the country’s athletes would not be able to compete at Rio 2016, owing to multiple positive doping

been fined $500,000 (£334,000/€460,000) after 11 of its athletes were found to have committed anti-doping

strongest sport at the Games behind wrestling.The BWF was temporarily stripped of its licence due to doping

London 2012 under 62 kilogram champion Un Guk Kim is among seven athletes who have been suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) following positive drug tests at last month's World Weightlifting Championships.

Group B athlete lifting a total of 203kg.Aligulizada was also one of 18 Azeri lifters sanctioned for doping

period until September 9 of this year.Valentin Hristov is one of three Azeri lifters to be suspended for doping

the IWF Executive Board decided to ban Bulgaria from competing at Rio 2016 due to multiple positive doping

appeal at CAS against Rio 2016 expulsionDecember 2015: Daniel Etchells: As weightlifting gets tough on doping

Bulgaria’s team are stripped of three gold medals and sent home in shame for doping violations.Athens

in force and are compliant with the IWF Constitution, Technical and Competition Rules and IWF Anti-Doping

Cyprus, a coaching seminar attracted 36 participants.Over two days, subjects covered included anti-doping

talent and selection for weightlifting, technical practices for beginners, training planning, anti-doping

gave information about traditional weightlifting training and strength and performance, while anti-doping

to train four hours a day while housed in double rooms.Seminars were also conducted for them on anti-doping

Renowned whistle-blower Betsy Andreu has told the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that athletics could

be facing doping problems on a level worse than cycling faced post the Lance Armstrong era.

titles and being handed a lifetime ban from competition, with the cyclist eventually admitting to doping

Andreu reflected on the problems facing athletics following allegations of widespread state-supported doping

Stepanova, a whisteblower in the German television documentary which led to Russia suspension for doping

using banned performance-enhancing drugs.Andreu praised the work of WADA and the United States Anti-Doping

at a young age, while she called upon high profile clean athletes to be more vocal in criticising doping

Key stakeholders of men’s professional road cycling have agreed to International Cycling Union (UCI) reforms following a two-day seminar with the governing body in Barcelona.

requirements, which the UCI have developed in an effort to strengthen the integrity of teams and boost anti-doping

found" for clean athletes to compete at major competitions when their countries have been banned for doping

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) last month following allegations of widespread state-sponsored doping

if other athletes and administrators from their nation have rightly been found guilty of violating doping

"Perhaps athletes from banned countries that have a perfect anti-doping record could undergo extraordinary

Bouzou added that the WOA supported proposals for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to run independent

I finally got around to reading a book vital for any disciple of the Olympic Movement on a long-haul flight last week: Richard Pound’s Inside the Olympics: A behind the Scenes Look at the Politics, the Scandals, And the Glory of the Games.

his ilk were out of touch with the world at large, with their largely ambivalent attitude towards doping

the record in recent weeks who have attempted to smear him following his chairing of the World Anti-Doping

Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission investigation into Russian doping.

New challenges have materialised, as well as new sporting corruption and doping scandals and, as has

Turkey's Ali Kaya and Dutch racer Sifan Hassan took the men's and women's honours respectively at the European Cross Country Championships in Hyères in France today.

first missed by Russia after their suspension from athletics due to allegations of state-sponsored doping

in a report released by the World Anti-Doping Agency Independent Commission.Athletes in Hyères were

About half of Summer Olympic International Sports Federations now publish financial accounts every year, according to exclusive insidethegames analysis conducted this month.

in sport in wake of "upsetting" sporting scandalsNovember 2015: ASOIF to set-up governance and anti-doping