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Georgian powerlifter Iago Gorgodze banned for four years for failing doping test

  • Powerlifting News

By Liam MorganGeorgia's Iago Gorgodze has become the latest powerlifter to become embroiled in doping

Nor-Oxandrolon and stanozolol metabolite stanozolol-N-glucuronide, which are included in the World Anti-Doping

The Georgian follows a number of powerlifters who have been charged with a doping offence after Brazilian

to Doping" campaign at every major competition as the governing body aims to educate athletes and teams

2014: Iranian London 2012 silver medal winner becomes latest powerlifter to fail doping testJuly 2014

: Two powerlifters suspended after doping violations


Former UCI President McQuaid claims Lance Armstrong has been made a "scapegoat" for doping in cycling

  • Cycling

President Pat McQuaid claims disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has been made a "scapegoat" in the sport's doping

Thursday (January 29).The 43-year-old American was banned from sport for life by the United States Doping

Agency (USADA) in October 2012 for his systematic doping before he confessed to cheating his way to

Team, who were a part of, what USADA called, "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping


Park Tae-Hwan to face international hearing and being stripped of Asian Games medals after positive drugs test

  • Aquatics

By Liam MorganSouth Korean Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-Hwan is facing an international doping hearing

positive for Nebido, more commonly known as injectable testosterone, which is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping

Because of FINA's regulations on confidentiality on doping tests until the penalties are determined after

shot contained the prohibited substance, he may still ultimately be held responsible under WADA's Anti-Doping


Bubka confirms he will stand against Coe to become IAAF President

  • Athletics

By Duncan MackaySergey Bubka today officially confirmed that he will stand to replace Lamine Diack as President of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), pitting him against Britain's Sebastian Coe.

Prince Ali and Sebastian Coe could lead new sporting era in 2015December 2014: Alan Hubbard: Russian doping


Armstrong slams Cookson for failing to deliver on campaign promises

  • Cycling

By Liam MorganLance Armstrong has slammed International Cycling Union (UCI) President Brian Cookson for failing to deliver on his campaign promises, and added he thinks controversial team Astana should have had their World Tour licence revoked.

Armstrong was found guilty of systematic doping throughout his career and was banned for life by the

United States Doping Agency in 2012, before he confessed in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January

took over from former President Pat McQuaid in 2013, has not done enough to pull cycling out of the doping

drugs tests in a five-month period last year.Artur Fedosseyev became the latest to be embroiled in a doping

controversy and Armstrong feels their World Tour licence should have been revoked ©Getty ImagesTheir doping


Armstrong claims former UCI President Verbruggen "must have known" about his doping

  • Cycling

International Cycling Union (UCI) President Hein Verbruggen "must have known" about his systematic doping

stripped of his record seven Tour De France titles that he won between 1999 and 2005 after he admitted to doping

continually denied allegations of cheating but was banned from cycling for life by the United States Doping

all offered reduced bans as a result of them giving evidence about the US Postal team's systematic doping

Lance Armstrong confessed to doping during his career in a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey in

If you take me back to 1995, when doping was completely pervasive, I would probably do it again."


Olympic gold medal winning swimmer fails drugs test

  • Aquatics

MorganSouth Korea's Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-Hwan has become the latest athlete to be embroiled in a doping

extremely careful about what he takes, and he hasn't even taken cold medicine so that he wouldn't fail doping

double silver at London 2012 in the 400 and 200 metres freestyle events respectively but is now facing a doping

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesNovember 2014: Chinese Olympic swimming champion served three month ban for doping


Nick Butler: FA Cup upsets show sport still has the power to inspire after another week of bad headlines

  • Inside the Blogs

few signs of progress so far.Yet even this pales into insignificance when compared with the raft of doping

I wrote last week about doping and concluded, slightly unnecessarily, with a prediction that we would

it is that you can never be absolutely sure that anyone is clean regardless of what they say about doping

in Monte Carlo last month when it was emphatically - and rather pointlessly - declared that tackling doping

not doing enough to combat the problem.The case of Lance Armstrong taught us to be skeptical about doping


Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee President Lewis embraces marathon pain to launch funding initiative

  • PASO

By Michael PavittTrinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis completed the Trinidad and Tobago International marathon today, as he aimed to raise awareness and funds for the newly launched #10gold24 Athlete Welfare and Preparation initiative.

athletes in several ways from direct financial support and health insurance, to medal bonuses and anti-doping


World Cup of Hockey set for 2016 return after 12-year absence

  • Ice Hockey

By Liam MorganThe National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) have announced that the World Cup of Hockey will return in 2016 following a 12-year hiatus.

@insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJanuary 2015: Swedish ice hockey star avoids ban following failed doping


Another Russian Olympic champion accused of doping - with IAAF verdict imminent

  • Athletics

By Nick ButlerA high-profile Russian athlete has been embroiled in yet another doping crisis, with 3,000

deep-rooted problems within the sport, Dominguez has herself been embroiled in the Operacion Puerto doping

scandal in Spain, being arrested and accused of being involved in a doping ring and supplying athletes

London 2012 Olympic champion Yelena Lashmanova, has also been accused of competing while serving a doping

squad are complicit.A three-man investigatory Commission has since been convened by the World Anti Doping

crisisJanuary 2015: New Russian Government post to be introduced to tackle doping crisisJanuary 2015


Head coach of Russian athletics team resigns amid doping crisis

  • Athletics

OsborneValentin Maslakov, head coach of the Russian athletics team, has resigned from his role amid a series of doping

of resignation today in the aftermath of the German television documentary that reported systematic doping

Even though Maslakov has nothing to do with anti-doping policies of the Russian athletics team, he could

since German television station ARD released a three-part documentary last month claiming systematic doping

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has also expressed concerns over the number of Russian doping

Agency also opened an investigation into allegations of widespread doping and corruption in the sport



New Russian Government post to be introduced to tackle doping crisis

  • Athletics

By Nick ButlerA new Government ministerial position is to be introduced specifically to combat doping

today, will see the post-holder working beneath Mutko, taking responsibility for all affairs involving doping

, including the independence of the Russian Anti Doping Agency.This comes following a crisis period for

Russian sport ever since a German TV documentary reported systematic doping within Russian athletics

We will see a Government job that will concentrate exclusively on the fight against doping, Mutko said

In part, it will answer for the independent Russian Anti-Doping Agency."


Tallent calls for blanket ban on Russians as IAAF expresses "major concern" over doping

  • Athletics

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has expressed "major concern" over the recent spate of Russian doping

Tallent, who claims he has been effectively denied two Olympic golds in the 50km race walk due to doping

the 30-year-old from Ballarat - who has been backed by Athletics Australia - is that the Russian Anti-Doping

The number of Russian doping cases in athletics generally, and in race walking specifically, is a major

concern for the IAAF and we are fully investigating recent doping allegations in Russian athletics,

"The IAAF hasn't done enough, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency hasn't done enough.