Two of Britain’s best-loved female Olympic icons have "come out" in rather different ways this week.

that she is trans either but she has decided to take up the situation as vigorously as she did over doping

Basketball player Olumide Oyedeji has been re-elected as chairman of the Nigeria Athletes Commission (NAC) at Nigeria Olympic Committee's annual meeting in Abuja by an almost unanimous margin.

was attended by representatives of over 30 sports.Earlier in the week, a seminar had discussed anti-doping

Ali Moradi is out of the running for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Presidential election after being deposed from his own National Federation by a court ruling.

administrative mix-up blighted their qualifying efforts.Iran could send only two athletes because of historic doping

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has asked for Indian help in promoting cricket in Russia as part of "bilateral sports action plan". 

open in Vladivostok on July 27.Matytsin is visiting India for the International Convention of Anti-doping

Volunteers for the Munich 2022 European Championships were invited to the city's Olympiahalle for their "official kick-off" with more tuning in via livestream.

areas with more than 40,000 shifts to be allocated from spectator services and venue management to anti-doping

The figurehead of the world’s most successful weightlifting team has pledged not just to secure the sport’s Olympic future but to work towards recovering the many lost places for athletes at the Olympic Games.

bring people closer to the sport… we strive to make weightlifting a household activity in China".On doping

, Zhou said: "Under my leadership, CWA has established long-term anti-doping governance systems."

There have been zero positive doping cases in Chinese weightlifting for three years."

Doping in sport is now a criminal offence in China.Zhou highlighted his "vision, dedication and perseverance

media presence), putting athletes first (more opportunities to build long and healthy careers), anti-doping

Gazprom's controversial sponsorship has saved the International Boxing Association (IBA) from complete financial collapse, a report published by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren claimed today.

2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro published last September by McLaren, who exposed state sponsored doping

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has extended its anti-doping programme partnership with

Doping control is being coordinated by the ITA at the ongoing FINA World Championships here in Budapest.The

Cohen during the Extraordinary Congress at the Puskás Aréna, delegates further aspects of FINA's anti-doping

that the field of play is equal for all athletes, and forms part of FINA's wider strategy to fight doping

Olympic Federations puts in the ITA as it shows that our focus on delivering the best independent anti-doping

An Aquatics Integrity Unit is set to be operational from January 1, 2023, in place of the FINA Doping

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) Extraordinary Congress has approved the election of 24 officials to the newly-formed Aquatics Integrity Unit here.

individuals.Supporters of the new body argue that it is independent and more effective than the existing FINA Doping

Canada's Elliot Saccucci and Spain's Jordi Lopez.Katarina Fischer of Switzerland heads up the anti-doping

Medals were reallocated after FINA suspended Russian swimmer Artem Lobuzov for doping offences ©Getty

, before medals were reallocated due to the suspension of Russian swimmer Artem Lobuzov for an anti-doping

Ursula Papandrea has used a moment from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships in Mexico to highlight her "athletes first" message in the build-up to the sport’s most-important elections since the IWF was founded more than 100 years ago.

Tamas Ajan, who controlled the IWF for 44 years, was banned from weightlifting for life for covering up doping

The remnants of that culture, supported by decades of corruption and doping, continue to plague the sport

the Board, four of whom cannot stand in the elections in Tirana, Albania on June 25 to 26 because of doping

We made some progress in anti-doping, but we are witnessing cracks and reversals of the good steps taken

integrity, development, member empowerment and financial security.She wants to create an "extensive anti-doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has found that high-level athletes and coaches are very unlikely

Confidential Information Unit has passed on eight intelligence packages to law enforcement and anti-doping

This project was another great example of collaboration in anti-doping."

With less than a month to go until the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, tomorrow's Diamond League Meeting de Paris at the Stade Charlety offers many of the top contenders for gold - including the evergreen 35-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - the chance of getting down to serious business.

but representing Bahrain, was banned on June 30 last year until February 2023 for whereabouts anti-doping

Former International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján has been banned for life by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

International Testing Agency (ITA), acting on delegation from the IWF, for arbitration at the CAS anti-doping

division (ADD) following allegations against the pair.Vlad, a former vice-president of the IWF Anti-Doping

and a previous chairman of the IWF Technical Committee, and Aján were accused of "tampering with the doping

control process".They were also charged with "anti-doping rule violations involving multiple weightlifting

"covering up, delaying and obstructing results management for certain athletes that committed anti-doping

Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) President Ilgar Mammadov has accused some countries of attempting to change the European Fencing Confederation (EFC) statutes in a bid to remove the nation from the continental organisation.

Getty ImagesRussia's name and flag were already banned from the World Championships under World Anti-Doping

Officials are set to begin a three day visit to check arrangements for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games in Solo, Indonesia which are scheduled to start in July.

confirm key decisions on several organisational aspects," Dr Wandee said.These are set to include anti-doping

logistics, transport, including arrival and departures, information technology, media, broadcast, anti-doping