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Kenyan marathon runner and US Olympic gold medallist out of World Athletics Championships after doping

  • Athletics

team, are both out of the World Athletics Championships in Eugue due to receiving provisional anti-doping

had been newly banned four months earlier and classified as a prohibited stimulant by the World Anti-Doping

 Ross, who ran in the 4x400m heats at Tokyo 2020, is alleged to have tampered with the doping control

Integrity Unit ©Getty ImagesKenya is one of seven Category A federations deemed to have the highest doping

six countries competing at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene who have faced special anti-doping

World Athletics Championships currently taking place in Eugene, Oregon in the wake of an additional doping



Griner claims drugs found were for medicinal use at trial in Russia

  • Basketball

The United States' double Olympic champion Brittney Griner, who is currently detained in Russia on drug charges, presented a doctor's letter in court prescribing that she can use cannabis to treat pain.

The defence also submitted tests she underwent as part of an anti-doping check which did not detect any



WADA's Beijing 2022 IO Team urges ADOs to prioritise samples of athletes attending Olympics after Valieva controversy

  • Beijing 2022

In its report from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent Observer

(IO) Team has reminded Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs) of "the importance of ensuring that laboratories

follows the controversy surrounding Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was at the centre of a doping

This situation was not only challenging for the IF, NADO [National Anti-Doping Agency], IOC [International

programme implemented for the Games" ©Getty ImagesIt added that a review of Anti-Doping Administration

in Sport.It was tasked with providing an independent review of all aspects of the anti-doping programme

As the report highlights, the IO Team was impressed by the anti-doping programme implemented for the



IWF’s "new chapter" features more dope testing and a focus on finances

  • Weightlifting

The newly-elected Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) put in "a lot of positive energy" at its first meeting, where it took the first steps towards securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.

The governing body will increase out-of-competition testing as it continues to fight against doping,

The International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out the IWF’s anti-doping programme, was commissioned

declaring that Jalood had been "unanimously accepted".The newly-elected IWF Board wants to focus on doping


RusAF suspension set to be discussed by World Athletics Council prior to World Championships

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Council is set to discuss the ongoing suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) at its meeting prior to the World Championships in Eugene.

has been suspended by World Athletics since November 2015 following revelations of state-sponsored doping

October to establish the cultural change that has taken place in Russian athletics with regards to anti-doping


IFAF partners NFL to launch flag football bid for Los Angeles 2028 inclusion

  • American Football

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has joined forces with the National Football League (NFL) to launch a bid for flag football to be added to the programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and a signatory of the World Anti-Doping




Russian sports leaders slam suggestion of possible Paris 2024 ban by Reedie

  • Paris 2024

Russian sporting leaders have reacted angrily to suggestions by International Olympic Committee (IOC) honorary member Sir Craig Reedie that the country could be banned from the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Sir Craig, a former vice-president of the IOC and ex-head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has called



IIHF women’s high performance camp returns for first time in four years

  • Ice Hockey

Female ice hockey players have arrived at the Vierumaki Olympic Sports Institute in Finland for the week-long International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) women’s high-performance camp.

specific sessions, team practices, gym sessions and other drills and classroom events on issues like anti-doping