The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has put quality before quantity in its qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

will have only 120 in Paris, which could be its farewell appearance as an Olympic sport.Decades of doping

Samoa, whose team had to remain at home because of COVID-related travel restrictions.As for the anti-doping

all but impossible for cheats to use performance-enhancing drugs without being caught.There were no doping

1 this year until April 28 2024.The International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

"robust" testing missions in and out of competition from August, and will target nations with a bad doping

have been made by the Judicial Police (PJ) in Portugal following a series of raids in connection to a doping

the PJ, which provided details of the operation conducted in collaboration with the Portuguese Anti-Doping

Criminal Investigation Departments of Braga, Vila Real and Guarda, also had the collaboration of the Anti-Doping

Porto sporting director Nuno Ribeiro was stripped of his second Volta a Portugal title in 2009 due to a doping

Anton Abdurakhmanov has been elected President of the Moscow Figure Skating Federation, beating two-time world champion Irina Slutskaya in the vote.

subsidies.Slutskaya pledged to ensure athletes were provided with the necessary equipment, improve anti-doping

from the Games under sanctions imposed on the country in response to the cover-up of a state-sponsored doping

contain the banned substance trimetazidine, but this was only reported as positive by a World Anti-Doping

Agency-accredited laboratory in Stockholm on February 8, after the team event had ended.The Russian Anti-Doping

the initial decision.The United States would be upgraded to gold should Valieva be found guilty of a doping

International Skating Union (ISU) Council member Kim Jae-youl is set to run for President at the Congress in June, with Jan Dijkema stepping down after six years at the helm.

Olympics, where 15-year-old Russian Olympic Committee skater Kamila Valieva was at the centre of a doping

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Board has approved Vietnam, Grenada, Turkmenistan and the United States as its newest members.

Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission and its former President.Michele Verroken, the IMMAF head of anti-doping

the Board on the implications of the governing body last year becoming a signatory of the World Anti-Doping

Code.Verroken discussed the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code, which the International Federation and its

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced a sponsorship agreement with Africa-based broadcaster

I have been very clear that, through our Anti-Doping Solidarity Fund, I want to find alternative revenue

of Champions', recognises the value that comes with being associated with WADA and the broader anti-doping

delivery of education and prevention programs in Africa, with the objective of promoting the practice of doping-free

parents as well as informing viewers and sports enthusiasts of the broader societal importance of anti-doping

Africa and around the world and it is incumbent on SuperSport to help raise awareness of anti-doping

Talha Talib, Pakistan’s best weightlifter in decades and first-ever medallist at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships four months ago, has tested positive for banned substances.

asked for a B sample to be taken by the International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping

since the Games last year after Igor Son of Kazakhstan, a 61 kilograms bronze medallist.There were no doping

presence of prohibited substances" in his body, and that he would "never even think about violating doping

Support for athletes, this year's Commonwealth Games and the approval of a new member all featured at the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC) General Assembly.

and Communications Commission and Nuhu Assoumani was ratified as President of the Medical and Anti-Doping

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has started its Pre-Games Clean Sport Education programme for an estimated 1,300

The anti-doping organisation is working alongside four Commonwealth Games Agencies and Home Country Sports

Committee (GNOC) stepped up its efforts to rid drugs from sport by inviting athletes to attend an anti-doping

The session was delivered by the Guam National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) and aimed to promote clean

be held from June 17 to 26 in the Northern Marianas.Luis Cruz, chairman of GNOC’s Medical and Anti-Doping

Commission, Arania Adolphson, Guam NADO's representative to the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organization

, and Joey Miranda III, lead doping control officer for Guam NADO, spoke to athletes at the session.The

GNOC said the programme saw athletes gain an understanding of anti-doping rule violations, the rights

Russian cyclist Aigul Gareeva, a junior world champion in 2019, has been banned for 18 months due to missing three drugs tests.

Gareeva missed three tests in a 12-month window, which constitutes an anti-doping rule violation.The

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has handed down an 18-month ban in the case, state news agency TASS

eligible to represent Russia at International Cycling Union (UCI) events at present regardless of the doping

Doris Fischl has been appointed as the new secretary general of the European Shooting Confederation (ESC), filling a role vacant since its former occupant, Russian Alexander Ratner, was appointed President of the continental governing body last October.

Olympic Committee), ASOIF (Association of Sumer Olympic International Federations), and WADA (World Anti-Doping

Natalia Gart is set to be re-elected President of the Russian Luge Federation (FSSR) - an organisation which narrowly avoiding being expelled from the International Luge Federation (FIL) earlier his month - un-opposed.

Antonov in finishing runners-up in the team competition at the home Games marred by a state-sponsored doping

scheme.The medals were stripped from Russia after Demchenko and Ivanova were implicated in the doping

The United States Anti-Doping Agency has banned Minnesota State goaltender Dryden McKay for six months

Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping

Policy, and the International Ice Hockey Federation Anti-Doping Regulations, all of which have endorsed

the World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.The 24-year-old received

The International Skating Union (ISU) has reportedly asked National Federations whether they believe Russia should be stripped of hosting rights for a Grand Prix of figure skating in November of this year.

2022 Winter Olympics, Russia's figure skaters won two of the four available golds.However, an ongoing doping

contained the banned substance trimetazidine, although it was only reported as positive by a World Anti-Doping

accredited laboratory in Stockholm on February 8 after the conclusion of the team event.The Russian Anti-Doping