Tag: Doping

20 January 2021, 9:41 PM

26 December 2020, 4:00 AM

Spanish athletes investigated for doping could have their identities protected after Spain’s High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by ...

Sun was banned for eight years by CAS in February after it accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against a decision by swimming governing body FINA to clear him of wrongdoing for his conduct during a 2018 test.

Sun’s doping ban referred back to CAS after appeal

by Bomkazi Malobola

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations referred back to the Court of Arbitration for ...

Russia relieved after Olympic doping ban shortened

18 December 2020, 8:49 PM

The Kremlin said on Friday it regretted Russia was unable to avoid doping sanctions but some officials declared a small ...

The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said the sanctions, which also bar Russia from hosting or bidding for major sporting events, would come into force on Thursday and end on December 16, 2022.

Russia’s Olympic doping ban halved, but flag barred from next two Games

18 December 2020, 2:18 PM

Russian athletes will be barred from competing at major international events, including the Olympics, under the country’s flag until 2022 ...

CAS said it had registered Coleman’s appeal after he was banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit’s (AIU) Disciplinary Tribunal last month and is set to miss next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

World champion Coleman appeals two-year ban for breaching whereabouts rules

26 November 2020, 9:40 PM

World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman has appealed against his ban for breaching anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Court of Arbitration ...

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USDA) Chief Executive Officer, Travis Tygart, attends an interview with Reuters during the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Symposium in Ecublens near Lausanne, Switzerland, March 13, 2019.

US Senate passes anti-doping sports bill

17 November 2020, 1:20 PM

The United States Senate on Monday passed a bill that would allow US justice officials to pursue criminal penalties against ...

Former President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack, wearing a face mask, gestures as he arrives for his trial at the Paris courthouse, France, June 8, 2020.

Diack should serve four years in jail, French prosecutor tells court

18 June 2020, 8:01 PM

French financial prosecutors on Wednesday sought a four-year jail sentence for Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, ...

FILE PHOTO: Christian Coleman of the US before a race. REUTERS

100m world champ Coleman provisionally suspended after whereabouts failure

17 June 2020, 1:44 PM

World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday (June 17) and ...

No corruption, Diack’s lawyer says as the former athletics chief faces trial

8 June 2020, 5:29 PM

Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics' governing body, thanked his supporters especially those in Senegal after coming out of ...

Former President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack in Paris, France, January 13, 2020.

Corruption trial of former athletics chief Diack begins in Paris

8 June 2020, 2:39 PM

Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ governing body, arrived in court in Paris on Monday to stand trial on ...

WADA acknowledged last week that the coronavirus pandemic had created challenges for drug-testers with countries closing borders, cancelling flights, enforcing mandatory quarantines or isolations and the shutdown of the sporting calendar

Coronavirus will not be opportunity for drug cheats says WADA chief

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

28 March 2020, 9:50 AM

26 February 2020, 12:32 AM

World Anti-Doping Agency chief Witold Banka had a message on Friday for any athlete thinking they could take advantage of ...

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said Juan Felipe Solis, Ana Segura and Yenny Sinisterra had all tested positive for banned anabolic steroid boldenone.

Colombia face potential Tokyo 2020 weightlifting ban after positive tests

by Richard Brooks

10 December 2019, 9:21 AM

Colombia's weightlifters could be banned from this year's Tokyo Olympics after three of their athletes failed doping tests and were ...

Russia has been embroiled in doping scandals since a 2015 report commissioned by WADA found evidence of mass doping in Russian athletics.

Russia banned from next Olympics and World Cup soccer

by Celestine Hendricks

Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter ...

In 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) put the country on its Category A list of nations on watch for anti-doping violations.

Kenya eyes jail sentences for athletes caught doping

3 December 2019, 8:49 PM

Kenya plans to impose criminal penalties - including possible jail terms - on athletes caught doping, and it is now ...

Men's elite runner Britain's Mo Farah speaks during a press conference following a photocall for the London marathon at Tower Bridge in central London on April 24, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

I am relieved USADA has completed their investigation into Alberto Salazar

by DigitalNews Generic

1 October 2019, 3:40 PM

British Olympic champion, Mo Farah recently said in a statement that he has no tolerance for anyone who broke the ...

With most countries going into lockdown and closing borders to contain the spread of the coronavirus, WADA said the anti-doping system was facing challenges.

Indian board complies with national anti-doping agency

9 August 2019, 1:37 PM

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has shed its apprehensions about efficiency of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and will come ...

Quah Ting Wen of Singapore and Shayna Jack of Australia.

Australia defends ‘confidentiality agreement’ amid Jack’s doping uproar

by Celestine Hendricks

29 July 2019, 10:10 AM

Australia's peak anti-doping authority has defended its use of "confidentiality agreements" to suppress details of doping cases amid a storm ...

Swimming Australia chief executive Leigh Russell speaks to the media in Melbourne.

Swimming Australia denies cover-up of Jack failed drug test

28 July 2019, 10:04 AM

Swimming Australia insisted Sunday it followed the rules in dealing with a failed drug test by relay world-record holder Shayna ...

The IAAF suspended Russia in November 2015 after the eruption of a vast state-sponsored doping scandal.

IAAF upholds Russia ban over doping

11 March 2019, 4:03 PM