Mixed martial arts (MMA) and sambo legend Fedor Emelianenko has been elected as President of the Russian MMA Union (RMMAU).

January.The organisation, competing neutrally under its own name instead of Russia due to the country's doping

Yousef Al Mana, President of the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF), has declared his intent to take over the leadership of the sport’s global governing body and to make it a "trusted, reliable and modern organisation".

competitions are presented, promoting the sport better in the media, and generally moving away from the doping

obvious reasons, the IWF has in the past several years been very focused on issues like governance and doping

probably find many good excuses - like the need for focusing a lot of attention and resources on anti-doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee hosted a meeting yesterday with 60 registrants

discussions on WADA governance reforms, the new WADA Athlete Council and recruitment of an athletes' anti-doping

the world, to respond to their questions, and listen to their views on how to improve the global anti-doping

 "Now more than ever, it is important to engage athletes in the area of anti-doping and put them

 "If you are an athlete and are passionate about improving athlete representation within anti-doping

organisations are being urged to implement six "guiding principles" in a bid to strengthen efforts for doping-free

creditability of the anti-doping community"."

, United Kingdom Anti-Doping and the United States Anti-Doping Agency.The other NADOs are the Canadian

Anti Doping Agency of Germany, Sport Ireland, Doping Authority Netherlands, Drug Free Sport New Zealand

, Anti-Doping Norway and Anti-Doping Sweden.Under the first guiding principle, the athletes' voice should

doping-free sport and a level playing-field globally."

resources to conduct scientific research is threatening to undermine the ability of the World Anti-Doping

Anti-doping is all about collaboration.

 "This poses a clear risk to the global anti-doping system."

Since day one, the response of Anti-Doping Organisations has been quick and effective.

The anti-doping landscape continues to evolve – as does WADA and the anti-doping community," he said.

, and securing additional funding to further enable doping-free sport."

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka has revealed that they are keeping "an open line

currently banned from competing in international competition because of the war but the country’s anti-doping

But it is important that we keep an open line of communication with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA

It is important that we continue to support them and include them in the anti-doping process."

WADA recently asked 19 National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs), in countries where elite Ukrainian

But it has brought out the best in the global anti-doping community."

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) visited the European University Sports Association (EUSA) headquarters in Ljubljana, with both parties looking to formalise their existing working relationship in the future.

Two WFDF representatives - secretary general Volker Bernardi and anti-doping officer Jörn Verleger -

International Sports Federation (BISFed) chief medical officer and chair of the organisation's Anti-Doping

medical officer at Rio 2016, London 2012 and Beijing 2008.BISFed will have a new chair of its Anti-Doping

Committee for the first time since 2013 ©Getty ImagesThe Anti-Doping Committee chair role was previously

European Olympic Committees (EOC) President concluded the General Assembly here, insisting that "we need to find a sustainable way forward that will lead to reconciliation and unity within the European sports family".

well as updates on next year's Games of the Small States of Europe in Malta and from the World Anti-Doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to hold its Symposium from tomorrow after a three-year hiatus,

June 12) at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne in Switzerland.It will focus on advancing anti-doping

but it was pushed back due to COVID-19 concerns.International Federations, national and regional anti-doping

all our participants" ©Getty ImagesSome of the sessions set to take place include "Leading the Anti-Doping

follow on day one.Other topics from day one include engaging anti-doping programmes with professional

for younger athletes, intelligence and investigations, National Governments' roles in preventing anti-doping

Sabina Allen has been sentenced to a four-year period of ineligibility by the United States Anti-Doping

in a case which is the first example of an athlete being banned in part through the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping

The legislation, named after former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory turned whistle-blower Grigory

Rodchenkov, allows the US to prosecute individuals for doping schemes at international sports competitions

June 24 last year, when she was first suspended, and will expire on June 23 2025.The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping

Act was named after Grigory Rodchenkov, who was at the heart of the Russian state-run doping programme

RADA is a controversial piece of legislation and the World Anti-Doping Agency has expressed concern it

New International Skating Union (ISU) President Kim Jae-youl has said Kamila Valieva's B sample is yet to be tested and the case remains "a work in progress".

drugs test.When asked whether he or the ISU had received any further information from the World Anti-Doping

Committee President Thomas Bach was among those left "very disturbed" by what they saw.The Russian Anti-Doping

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld appeals filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA

to charge Russian trio Aleksandr Dyachenko, Nikolay Lipkin and Aleksandra Dupik with breaking anti-doping

trio, which includes a London 2012 gold medallist in Dyachenko, were all found to have committed anti-doping

been disqualified.The ICF agreed with WADA that Russian authorities had conducted an institutionalised doping

was insufficient evidence to bring individual cases against these athletes and would not pursue anti-doping

used to mask the presence of performance-enhancing drugs in urine.The ICF decided not to pursue anti-doping

 "Underlining our commitment to the fight against doping in sport, our ICF Board has recently agreed

Bali has been selected as the host of the 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games.

Games at the ANOC General Assembly last year, but could not be awarded the event as its National Anti-Doping

Organisation (NADO) had recently been declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will develop a new project to expand the intelligence and investigative

capabilities of Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs) across Europe after winning a grant from the European

and investigations department.It will also aim to grow awareness within law enforcement of how anti-doping

the police and ADOs, and among Europe’s decision-makers and wider society about the ongoing threat of doping

In its role as the global leader for doping-free sport, WADA knows how important intelligence and investigations

View this post on InstagramA post shared by World Anti-Doping Agency (@wada_ama)In a multi-phase approach