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IMMAF partners with ITA to prevent doping in MMA athletes

  • Non-Olympic Sports

agreement between IMMAF and the ITA also includes independent results management for any potential anti-doping

IMMAF is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code.

now manages the entire testing programme for IMMAF, both for in-competition and out-of-competition doping

In addition, it will strengthen IMMAF's anti-doping efforts with a long-term sample retention strategy

 The ITA will also raise awareness of doping, promote the values of clean sport and help prevent

doping among MMA athletes by establishing an education plan in line with WADA's International Standard


Polish Para-shooter Grzegorz Klos receives 12-month ban

  • Paralympics

Committee (IPC) has suspended Shooting Paralympian Grzegorz Klos for a period of 12 months for an anti-doping

rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code.

The substance is included in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List for 2022 under the P1

athlete will be ineligible for competition and other sporting activities (other than authorised anti-doping


Russia's Chief Intelligence Officer calls WADA "USA's watchdog"

  • Russian Sport

Sergei Naryshkin, the director of Russia's foreign intelligence service, accused the "West" through his press office of trying to disrupt upcoming international sporting events in Russia.

Its main hope in this regard is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its president, Witold Banka.

WADA takes no pleasure in asserting non-compliance on National Anti-Doping Organizations or Major Event

"WADA has significant concerns about this from an anti-doping perspective.

We have no information as to what kind of anti-doping programme, if any, will be in place during this

The ExCo asserted non-compliance on four Anti-Doping Organizations.


China and India to host the next two Asian Weightlifting Championships

  • Weightlifting

The 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships began on 3 February in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. The day before, the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) held there its annual congress.

"We will revoke the license of coaches if we find that they are responsible for doping their athletes


USA skaters want the 2022 gold medal ceremony at Paris 2024

  • Olympics

The US figure skaters, who won the gold medal after Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics, want a ceremony at the Paris Olympics. 

 The medals have yet to be awarded because the teenager failed a doping test before the Beijing

 After a Russian anti-doping investigation found Valieva "without fault or negligence", CAS upheld

an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

nbsp;Japan moved up to silver, while Russia, who were not disqualified because Valieva did not fail a doping


International Testing Agency Clean Sport Education Guide for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and with the support of the World Anti-Doping

Athletes and their supporters must be equipped with the knowledge they need to protect themselves from doping

 NOCs, in cooperation with the National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) and National Federations

 "As the body charged with delivering an independent anti-doping programme in Paris on behalf of

Denmark (ADD), the Azerbaijan National Anti-Doping Agency (AMADA), the Doping Authority of the Netherlands

), NADA Germany, the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) and the Southeast Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organisation


Anders Besseberg's luxuries exposed in IBU leader trial

  • News

The corruption trial of former International Biathlon Union (IBU) chief Anders Besseberg has begun, with allegations that he accepted improper gifts during his tenure as the sport's global leader.

witnesses, including Grigory Rodchenkov, the whistleblower behind the revelations of organised Russian doping

It is worth noting that as the head of the IBU when the Russian doping scandal erupted in the 2010s,

Besseberg was initially accused of covering up Russian doping cases in exchange for various favours.Although

pushed for the 2021 Biathlon World Championships to be held in Tyumen, Siberia, despite the Russian doping


Russians lose team gold to USA after Valieva disqualified

  • Winter Olympics

The International Skating Union (ISU) has issued a statement regarding the case of Russian athlete Kamila Valieva, confirming the disqualification imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As a result, the Russian athlete has lost her results, which have been annulled.

Valieva, following the sanctioning by the CAS panel that heard the case involving the Russian Anti-Doping

Agency (RUSADA), the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).CAS delivered

rule violation, specifically violating Clause 4.1 of the Russian anti-doping rules of 24 June 24 2021

now appeal within 30 days.Valieva was clared by the CAS to compete in Beijing 2022 despite failing a doping

Rules and Article 12.10 of the RUS Anti-Doping Rules, Valieva will be disqualified from all competitions


Global impact following Valieva's sanction

  • Winter Olympics

Russia's Kamila Valieva's four-year ban for a positive doping test has had a major global impact.

of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has handed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva a four-year ban for doping

 "It is determined that Valieva has committed an anti-doping rule violation (...)

https://t.co/nRnGKqtA2e— USOPC News (@USOPC_News) January 29, 2024Meanwhile, the United States Anti-Doping

"Today's decision in the Valieva case has been a long time coming," said United States Anti-Doping Agency


Valieva: Kremlin slams "politicised" decision as WADA says "child doping is unforgivable"

  • Skating

Valieva tested positive for doping at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

It will now go to the United States.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomed the ban but took aim

performance-enhancing drugs to minors. https://t.co/6F0gXaVWXw— Witold Bańka (@WitoldBanka) January 29, 2024"The doping

WADA encourages governments to consider passing legislation -as some have already done - making the doping

of the International Skating Union only provide for collective disqualification in case of positive doping


Malaysia to host Sports Medical Sciences events in April

  • News

The Asian country will host the 18th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine (AFSM) Congress and the 8th National Sports Institute (ISN) Conference on Sports Medicine and Sports Science from 26-28 April 2024 at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the World Anti-Doping

Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), SportAccord, the World Anti-Doping

medicine practitioners, scientists, academics, allied health professionals, athlete delegations, anti-doping


Russian skater Valieva banned for four years for doping

  • Skating

Valieva failed a doping test ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics

Valieva was found to have "committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in accordance with Clause 4.1

of the All-Russian Anti-Doping Regulations of 24 June 2021," of the highest court in sport said.

GETTY IMAGESAfter the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) cleared Valieva, the case was referred to CAS

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) then appealed RUSADA's


WADA: Report on doping among young athletes

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released the report of 'Operation Refuge,' a comprehensive analysis

and investigation into doping among young athletes and the trauma experienced by child athletes following

a detailed insight into the trauma and isolation experienced by child athletes following a positive doping

with minors in the anti-doping process".

WADA firmly believes that education is the best way to prevent doping in sport.

platform of doping activity among underage athletes.

in governance, and possible strategies on how to better address the issue of doping among minors.


Two Zimbabwe cricketers suspended for drug use

  • Cricket

Zimbabwe cricket internationals Brandon Mavuta and Wessly Madhevere have been suspended for recreational drug use. They will be out of competition for four months.

The breach occurred when they tested positive for a banned recreational drug in an internal doping test

Kevin Kasuza tested positive for a banned recreational drug in an internal doping test last week.


EWF sets up a temporary Athletes' Commission

  • Weightlifting

The European Weightlifting Federation has announced the formation of the EWF Temporary Athletes Commission under the new EWF Constitution. The working group, consisting of Mr. Caruana Jesmond (Chairman), Mr. Shai Oren (Legal Adviser), Mr. Osei Forrester (IWF AC Chairman), Dr Mihajlovic Milan (EWF General Secretary), Kt. Conflitti Antonio (EWF President), successfully established a procedure for EWF member federations to nominate athletes for this Commission and to present the proposal to the EWF EB and the EWF Congress.

accordance with the strict standards set out in the EWF Constitution, in particular the absence of any doping