Minister Vitaly Mutko has "committed fully" to the process and changes required of the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA) to achieve compliance status, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) claims.

necessary testing programmes required to ensure that Russian athletes would be subject to a robust anti-doping

Commission report, which was published on November 9, accused Russia of widespread "state-supported" doping

It is imperative that Russia’s anti-doping programme be overhauled in order to protect the rights of

Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.The IAAF has set-up a five-member inspection team led by Norwegian anti-doping

on March 27.Related storiesNovember 2015: Russia will not appeal against IAAF suspension after doping

Sebastian Coe's decision to finally give up his ambassadorial position with sportswear company Nike should allow him to drown out what he described as the "noise" which had become "intolerable and a distraction" from concentrating on sorting out problems at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

attention because at that time the governing body organised no events, had no sponsors and the anti-doping

organises a year-round worldwide competition programme, earns millions in sponsorship and has an anti-doping

by Primo Nebiolo, an Italian who once compared himself to Hitler and Mussolini and was involved in doping

Agency Independent Commission, which already exposed the level of doping within athletics in Russia.

to do about Russia when its studies the findings of its independent task force led by Norwegian anti-doping

Two weightlifters have been given four-year bans for breaching anti-doping rules as the Russian Anti-Doping

Azamat Dzhioev, a Russian junior silver medallist, has received the second doping ban of his career,

by the International Association of Athletics Federations following the report by the World Anti-Doping

Additionally, the Russian Biathlon Union yesterday accepted a fine after three doping cases involving

their athletes in recent months, while concerns over doping at the Sochi 2014 Olympics and Paralympics

scandalNovember 2015: Kremlin claims doping allegations in WADA report are "groundless"

A new values-based education programme titled “Get Set for the Spirit of Sport” which will be designed to help 10 to 14-year-olds make the right decisions on and off the field of play has been launched with the help of the British Olympic Association (BOA). 

Launched in partnership with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and British Paralympic Association (BPA), the programme

series of free resources.Each resource will aim to support the objectives of the 2015 World Anti-Doping

Code and UKAD’s 100% me anti-doping education programme, while linking into the National Curriculum

“For the first time we are bringing vital anti-doping education into the school environment, which is

If we can help just one child make the right choice then we are winning the fight against doping.”The

Sebastian Coe announced here today he is stepping down from his role with sportswear company Nike to avoid accusations of conflict of interest with his position as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

allegations of serious corruption involving Coe's predecessor Lamine Diack and accusations of widespread doping

Brussels in 1981 ©Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesA new integrity unit to oversee several matters, including doping

 "The integrity unit will look at anti-doping but not exclusively anti-doping," revealed Coe, who

corruption scandalNovember 2015: Diack son among group facing disciplinary action over Russian doping

Grigory Rodchenkov, the former Moscow Laboratory director described as an "aider and abettor" of doping

The Russian was identified in the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent Commission (IC) report

as a key player in promoting systemic doping within athletics, recommending he should be "permanently

FIS anti-doping expert Rasmus Damsgaard reportedly admitted the revelations in Russia "did not come as

resources on doping controls in Russia and remain "confident" in the work they have done. 

scandalNovember 2015: Kremlin claims doping allegations in WADA report are "groundless"November 2015

damage to the interests and the reputation" of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) after three failed doping

re-analysis of samples taken the previous year also showed traces of EPO.The fine, based on the IBU Anti-Doping

has no reason and no intention to appeal" the latest fine.The news comes amid growing concerns over doping

at the Sochi 2014 Olympics following the publication of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent

 Russian biathletes facing extended bans after samples re-analysedNovember 2014: German biathlete's doping

cut to six months after it's found she's not to blameJuly 2014: Russian biathlete handed eight-year doping

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following allegations of state-supported doping

All-Russia Athletics Federation have sent to the IAAF accepting the suspension imposed on them following doping

The ARAF were suspended earlier this month by the IAAF following the recommendation of the World Anti-Doping

found evidence that Government officials were involved in helping Russian athletes avoid detection for doping

nbsp;WADA also stripped of the laboratory in Moscow of its accreditation and declared the Russian Anti-Doping

 The IAAF has set-up a five-member inspection team led by Norwegian anti-doping expert Rune Andersen

British Rowing has appointed Helen Rowbotham as their new director of innovation.

stories November 2015: British Rowing "incredibly disappointed" after duo are given two-year bans for doping

Dimension Data are among six further teams to be awarded International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour licences by the governing body’s Licence Commission, taking the total number to 18 for the 2016 season.

were also granted a WorldTour licence after proceedings to see their status revoked after several doping

Two new taskforces related to sports governance and anti-doping are to be set-up by the Association of

The anti-doping body will be in charge of conducting a study on current activities and related expenditure

Suspicions over widespread doping across the sports world have increased in recent weeks following publication

of the WADA Independent Commission's report, which confirmed allegations of systemic doping within Russian

Lamine Diack was also arrested last month by Interpol after accusations he accepted bribes to cover-up doping

body, claims PoundOctober 2015: International Federations to appoint designated anti-doping contacts

The technical director of the Para-athletics Federation of Nigeria (PFN) has urged athletes to increase their training ahead of Rio 2016.

82.5kg.Kasunmu also encouraged athletes to shun drugs, suggesting they should learn from the ongoing doping

"The issue of doping is a disgrace not only to the athletes, but the country involved and the international

"Extra effort" must be taken to improve anti-doping programmes ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, International

 "I would really encourage you all to make an extra effort into your anti-doping programme before

can win all the medals you were dreaming, but if one of these victories is tinged with scandal for doping

Thomas Bach pictured with ANOCA President, Lassana Palenfo ©Getty ImagesSuspicions over widespread doping

has increased in recent weeks following publication of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent

Commission's report, which confirmed allegations of systemic doping within Russian athletics.Greater

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has declared itself "satisfied" after Spanish athlete Marta Domínguez

David Howman welcomed the CAS decision ©Getty Images"The World Anti-Doping Agency notes with satisfaction

Domínguez being banned for three years for blood doping; and, having all of her competitive results annulled

“Not only does this outcome demonstrate that anti-doping organisations are ‘going to bat’ for the clean

arrested in 2010 as part of Operación Galgo, an investigation by Spanish authorities into an alleged doping

in court over drugs trafficking allegationsDecember 2010: Video evidence set to be used in Spanish doping

Chancellor George Osborne has defied expectations by announcing a 29 per cent increase in Exchequer funding to UK Sport, Britain’s elite sports agency, as part of the Government’s comprehensive spending review.

get more people involved in sport and promote clean sport in the UK and beyond”.Meanwhile, UK Anti-Doping