Australian swimmer Mack Horton, an Olympic gold medallist, has unexpectedly announced his retirement from competitive swimming just six months before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He cited a lack of motivation as the reason for his decision.

Sun Yang was later banned for eight years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for tampering with doping

The main protagonists will be the 10,500 athletes competing for glory, most of whom will live in the Olympic Village. It is estimated that there will be 15 million visitors, including two million from abroad, with an average of 40,000 agents a day providing security.

will welcome and seat spectators, provide information, assist athletes and help with the 6,000 anti-doping

With just over six months to go until the start of the 33rd Olympic Games of the modern era, in which more than 10,000 athletes will take part, the Olympic year has begun and the focus is on the stars who will be shining in the French capital.

 Her country, whose status as a sporting superpower has been tarnished by a series of doping scandals

Australian weightlifter Andrew Ciancio has been banned for 12 years by the Australian Weightlifting Federation for the presence of a metabolite of a prohibited substance and the use of a prohibited substance.

Ciancino returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an Out-of-Competition doping control test

  The athlete's anti-doping rule violation, related to his out-of-competition test on 5 September

 Ciancio is now banned from participating in any sport that has adopted an anti-doping policy that

complies with the World Anti-Doping Code until 5 September 2034.

With the registration period for the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar from 2-18 February 2024 now closed, the Russian athletes have decided not to take part, despite the option to do so as neutrals.

Ukraine, refraining from playing national anthems, not displaying national flags and specific anti-doping

Ukraine, refraining from playing national anthems, not displaying national flags and specific anti-doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appointed Dr.

strengthened the Agency's presence in Asia/Oceania, but also made a significant and lasting impact on anti-doping

Yamamoto has led the education and the 'PLAY TRUE 2020, Sport for Tomorrow' project for the Japan Anti-Doping

In this role, she has successfully fostered collaborations and partnerships with governments, anti-doping

sports organisations in the Asia/Oceania region, as well as various stakeholders in the global anti-doping

Mayumi YaYa Yamamoto has extensive experience in sport and anti-doping, having started her career in

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines allow accredited athletes to post audio and video recordings of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) of up to two minutes per post.

to one hour before the start of the event or after the athlete has left the mixed zone and the anti-doping

suspended shooting Para athlete Saeed Mohammed Abdulla Alblooshi for two years for committing an anti-doping

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

 Jude Ellis, IPC Head of Anti-Doping, said: "This case serves as a timely reminder that athletes

 Jude Ellis, IPC Head of Anti-Doping."

This case also highlights the importance of anti-doping education.

 As a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code, the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting

While the IPC continues to find ways to support anti-doping education at the local level, athletes are

The Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (CELAD) has hit back at accusations of wrongdoing, saying in a statement

complaint alleging "irregularities in the use of public funds and in the control and sanctioning of doping

 Spanish media outlet Relevo said last week that the country's anti-doping agency had exploited

 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) also criticised CELAD and said it was carrying out a full investigation

, while threatening "significant consequences for Spanish sport" if doping cases were not properly handled.Comunicado

respecting national and international regulations and maintaining honest communication with the World Anti-Doping

(IBU), Anders Besseberg, is charged with 'aggravated corruption' for allegedly covering up Russian doping

the IBU, Anders Besseberg, is charged with 'aggravated corruption' for allegedly covering up Russian doping

alleged crime of 'aggravated corruption,' as outlined in the charges regarding the cover-up of Russian doping

for 25 years, is technically charged with "aggravated corruption" for allegedly covering up Russian doping

 The Nordic was questioned about alleged interference in anti-doping cases and faced allegations

In return, he allegedly covered up several doping cases and lobbied hard for Russia.

dispute with the world's major sporting institutions, has just appointed three former athletes banned for doping

Russia has been at loggerheads with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ever since it topped the medals

taken action with a challenging decision by appointing three former athletes, all under the shadow of doping

 Sergei Kirdyapkin's past is tainted by doping.

universe at his headquarters in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia, with around 30 athletes banned for doping

As such, they are free to return under the terms of the World Anti-Doping Code.

Spain's leading government sports authority has demanded the director of its anti-doping agency (CELAD

) to resign following allegations of malpractise by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The High Council of Sport said it had sent a report on the anti-doping agency to Spanish prosecutors

It alleged "irregularities in the use of public funds and the control and sanctioning of doping".

WADA criticised Spain's anti-doping agency on Friday, threatening potential "significant consequences

for Spanish sport" if doping cases are not handled properly.

 "We are well aware of the deep-seated problems within the Spanish anti-doping system," said WADA

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday that it is aware of reports in the media reports regarding

allegations that the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (CELAD) has been involved in anti-doping testing malpractice

repeatedly through the results management process and that some are still pending," the World Anti-Doping

bodies.We issued a statement following recent media reports on allegations concerning the National Anti-Doping

"We are well aware of the deep-seated problems in the Spanish anti-doping system.

organisations - adhere to the highest standards in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code, including

system, particularly regarding the implementation of the country's 2021 Anti-Doping Law.

The UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) announced the final decision on Tuesday.

banned for four years for using prohibited substances, specifically an anabolic steroid, the UK Anti-Doping

consistently claimed that he had not taken any prohibited substances like Boldenone, listed in the World Anti-Doping

Three months later, the verdict is decisive, imposing a four-year ban for doping.

Richard Riakporhe last January, which he lost by technical knockout, making him subject to UK anti-doping

According to an investigation carried out by 'Relevo', the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allowed Spain

In addition, the National Anti-Doping Agency, CELAD, used various methods to avoid sanctioning these

investigation by ‘Relevo’ exposes the lack of transparency in a matter as sensitive as the fight against doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) took no action to impose sanctions, even though the positive result

In the latest chapter of this investigative journalism, 'Relevo' reveals that the Spanish anti-doping

Agency".Spain has been under international fire for decades for its complicity in doping.

In 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency sanctioned Spain for failing to comply with international anti-doping