Kamloops after he was awarded it retroactively following Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich's lifetime ban for doping

Beijing, but after Mikhnevich was stripped of all the medals he has won since 2005 following the second doping

medal Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich was banned for life stripped of all results post 2005 for a second doping

It was also the second time the Canadian had been given a medal following Mikhnevich's doping misdemeanours

By Nick Butler at the InterContinental in AlmatyAlmaty 2022 are yet to confirm plans to insert a permanent roof on the iconic mountainside Medeu Ice Rink, vowing instead to wait and listen to the advice of both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the general public.

story at [email protected] storiesFebruary 2015: Almaty 2022 defends use of former doping

layer of smog pictured above Almaty ©ITGA third issue, and one that does appear more controllable, is doping

sporting legend in Kazakhstan, he is synonymous with a tainted era of cycling everywhere else, and, with doping

defended the use of Alexander Vinokourov, the cyclist who served a two-year ban after being caught blood doping

Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali.But in a global sense his reputation is synonymous with the doping

2022 vice-chairman Andrey Kryukov insisted that, as there is no evidence he is currently involved in doping

"His title is Olympic champion in London," Kryukov, a World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation Board member

Cycling Union President Brian Cookson said the team "can be considered very much to be on probation".Doping

During the presentations at the decisive IOC Session in Buenos Aires, questions on doping were asked

By Michael PavittThe Czech Republic's Martina Sáblíková won her seventh consecutive 5,000 metre world title on a day which saw two track records broken at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Speed Skating Distance Championships at the Thialf Stadium in Heerenveen, The Netherlands.

Germany's Claudia Pechstein, who is controversially seeking damages from the ISU after serving a two-year doping

By Daniel EtchellsThe International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is calling on its supporters to help fight for the sport to be reinstated at Tokyo 2020 following the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) decision to exclude it.

where the sport is regularly practiced, quadrennial competition programme, athlete classification, anti-doping

water swimming world champion Vladimir Dyatchin has become the latest Russian athlete to be banned for doping

substance must have entered his body accidentally.But in a brief statement, posted on the Russian Anti-Doping

crown in 2007 ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe news marks a further blemish on Russia's already appalling recent doping

month, a new Government post was also introduced under Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko in order to tackle doping

banJanuary 2015: New Russian Government post to be introduced to tackle doping crisisJuly 2014: Russian

testJanuary 2014: Swimming world record holder Efimova and a dozen other Russians latest caught up in doping

disqualification - most controversially when US athlete Jon Drummond, recently banned for eight years for doping

now, in the light of the disturbing recent signs in Russia which appear to evidence a systematised doping

By Daniel EtchellsThe Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with both the Hungarian Olympic Academy (HOA) and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in order to strengthen international sporting relations and share best practices.

educational programme that utilises outstanding experts, including coaches, judges, doctors and anti-doping

By Michael PavittThe French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) hosted their first ever French Athletes' Forum, with the event in Paris being co-chaired by three-time Olympic canoe champion Tony Estanguet and gymnast Isabelle Severino.

the athletes' statutes and dual careers.Additionally, the Forum discussed medical information on anti-doping

By Mike RowbottomEddy Merckx, five-times winner of the Tour de France and acknowledged by many of cycling's cognoscenti as the most accomplished rider the world has ever known, described it as "the hardest ride I have ever done."A fortnight ago Australia's professional rider and double gold medallist at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Jack Bobridge, described it as "a bit like dying."What are these two champions talking about? Challenging for the world hour cycling record, that's what.

credibility of Sosenka's achievement was seriously undermined given that he suffered a second, career-ending doping

By Liam MorganGeneral Fernando Azevedo e Silva, head of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for Rio 2016, has quit his post just 18 months before the start of the Games.

2012 by providing "Olympic experience"January 2015: Rio in "final stretch" of constructing new anti-doping

By Nick ButlerA new website has been launched by World ParaVolley as the organisation continues its ongoing marketing and modernisation drive.

documents regarding getting started in the sport, relating to issues such as classifications and anti-doping

By Michael PavittThe 2015 World Rugby Under-20 Championships have been launched at Rome's iconic Stadio Olimpico, with Italy set to host the tournament in June.

and, crucially, they will also receive education on issues facing the game as a whole, such as anti-doping

By Michael Pavitt Prosecutors have charged the doctor accused of administering a banned substance into South Korea's Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-Hwan for negligence.

The swimmer is facing a two-year doping ban after testing positive for Nebido, an injectable testosterone

risks associated with the drug administered, and believe, that by altering his hormone level through doping

latest development in the case could have wide ranging ramifications as Article 10 of the new World Anti-Doping

If suspended for doping for for any length of time Park Tae-Hwan will be unable to compete in Rio 2016