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Nigerian sprinter Nwokocha receives three-year ban for positive drugs test at Birmingham 2022

  • Athletics

Nigerian sprinter Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha has been banned for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for the presence and use of two prohibited substances - ostarine and ligandrol.

at the Athletes Village.This defence was rejected with the CGF Court finding her guilty of an anti-doping

ImagesIn July, Nwokocha agreed to enter a case resolution agreement with the AIU and the World Anti-Doping

Agency.In the agreement Nwokocha acknowledged she had committed anti-doping rule violations and agreed


Former IBA Board member to run for World Boxing Presidency against van der Vorst

  • Boxing

Former International Boxing Association (IBA) Board member Elise Seignolle is set to run against Boris van der Vorst for the World Boxing Presidency at the latter body's inaugural Congress.

the World Boxing Executive Board.Chairs of the Committees for Sport and Competition, Medical and Anti-Doping

for the Finance and Audit Committee position.A group of six are then competing for Medical and Anti-Doping




Two gold medallists announced among Hangzhou 2022 drug positives

  • Hangzhou 2022

The International Testing Agency has announced that two gold medallists from the Asian Games in Hangzhou have failed drugs tests.

athletes have the right to request the opening of their B-sample, before the case is referred to the Anti-Doping




Double US Olympian Egan on WADA Independent Observer team at Santiago 2023 Games

  • Santiago 2023

Two-time Olympic biathlete Clare Egan of the United States will be part of the World Anti-Doping Agency

on IO teams at major events provides opportunities for the Council to assess all aspects of the anti-doping

It is very important to me that a robust anti-doping programme is implemented while still respecting

Games and the Parapan American Games that will run from November 17 to 26, raising awareness about anti-doping

organisations to help strengthen the programme.The IO team will observe all aspects of the Games' anti-doping

to enhance athlete and public confidence as to the quality, effectiveness, and reliability of anti-doping


Para powerlifter Dimou hit with three-year ban by IPC over failed drugs test

  • Powerlifting News

Para powerlifter Konstantinos Dimou of Greece has been banned for three years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after failing a drugs test.

last December.Drostanolone and oxandrolone are anabolic–androgenic steroids that are on the World Anti-Doping

announced that Dimou will now be banned for three years until January 26 in 2026 following his anti-doping


Brian Oliver: How Jalood and his IWF team pulled off one of sport's great comebacks

  • Inside the Blogs

The most famous comebacks in sport took place on a football pitch, golf course, boxing ring, cricket pitch or tennis court as far as most fans are concerned.

either banned outright from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games or had lost athlete quotas because of multiple doping

setting up a refugee team, athlete support scholarships, and "street weightlifting" competitions.In anti-doping

New ideas include holding coaches more responsible for doping violations through a licensing project,

made a massive improvement in two of the domains that needed most attention: good governance and anti-doping

made "massive improvement in two of the domains that needed most attention: good governance and anti-doping


North Korea withdraw from Asian Para Games due to ban on flag

  • Hangzhou 2022

North Korea has pulled out of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou as the country's flag was set to be banned at the event in the Chinese city.

The secretive state has been declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which triggers

North Korea's anti-doping agency was declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code in October

programme.As revealed by insidethegames, the country has agreed to open up to foreign visitors from anti-doping

Korea's flag at the Asian Games ©Getty ImagesPreviously, no testers had been allowed in to carry out doping


Sir Craig Reedie and North Korea's Chang among four Olympic Order recipients

  • Olympics

The Gambia's Beatrice Allen, Britain's Sir Craig Reedie, North Korea's Chang Ung and Poland's Andrzej Kraśnicki all received the Olympic Order on the final day of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here.

playing a key role in London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, and was World Anti-Doping

Dear Craig, as the third President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, you had to go through some of the


Ekiru banned for 10 years as sixth fastest marathon of all time scrubbed from records

  • Athletics

Kenyan runner Titus Ekiru - who clocked the joint sixth fastest marathon of all time - has been banned for 10 years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after a case which exposed collusion with a high-ranking doctor.

banned substance in July of this year.He also faced two counts of tampering or attempted tampering with doping

The outcome in this case is testimony to the collaboration between the AIU and Anti-Doping Agency of

Government officials are now working alongside ADAK and the AIU to uncover doping in Kenyan athletics

 "For athletes involved in doping and the entourage who assist them, there is one strong message

win the half marathon at the continental event.A number of athletes in Kenya have fallen foul of the doping


IWF credits governance reforms for saving weightlifting's Olympics place at Los Angeles 2028

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has credited governance reforms under President Mohammed Jalood for salvaging the sport's Olympic berth at Los Angeles 2028 here.

Olympics since Antwerp 1920, but was left off the initial programme for Los Angeles 2028 because of doping

Board yesterday approved its place at the Games in five years' time because the IWF delegated anti-doping


WADA refers fresh Russian anti-doping sanctions to CAS after disputed by RUSADA

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) plans to send the case against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA

Sanctions against RUSADA for the Russian state-sponsored doping scandal, which had required the country's

after the CAS had halved the penalties to two years.RUSADA remained non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping

reinstated until all required conditions are met.North Korea and Gabon are the other National Anti-Doping

Organisations deemed non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code, along with the International Fitness