By Zjan ShirinianApril 14 - Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian of all time, has come out of retirement less than two years after bowing out at London 2012.

November, rumours of a Phelps comeback were fuelled when he re-registered with the United States Anti-Doping

Youth Olympics and Commonwealth Games later this year, as well as the fallout from the long-awaited doping

appreciated by fellow panel member Sir Craig Reedie either, who after a busy week preaching the World Anti-Doping

decades and, with customary class, he battled back by describing the many measures taken to combat doping

By Nick ButlerApril 14 - A "Collaboration Convention" has been signed between the International Judo Federation (IJF) and the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in order to promote judo further at a student level. 

Setting up joint educational initiatives to protect judo against the dangers of doping and violence was

By Nick Butler at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 11 - Jamaican Olympic Association (JOA) President Mike Fennell claims he is glad progress has been made in two of the drugs scandals rocking Jamaican athletics following suspensions handed out to sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson.

holder banned for 18 months for dopingApril 2014: Jamaican Olympic champion Simpson given 18-month doping

banJanuary 2014: Jamaican sprinter Powell claims drugs came from trainer as doping trial gets underwayJuly

Trainer blamed for Powell positive denies wrongdoingJuly 2013: Olympic sprinters Gay and Powell fail doping

By Nick Butler at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 10 - Integrity in sport was roundly criticised this afternoon during the final panel discussion of the SportAccord Convention here as the sports world was accused of "over promising and under delivering" by former NBA player John Amaechi.

A panel which also included World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie, International

Chris Easton and President of the European Lotteries Friedrich Stickler, discussed issues spanning doping

Committee (IOC) had put its "money where its mouth is" by setting up WADA in the aftermath of the Festina doping

complicit in the process.Sir Craig joked he was "beginning to think he was glad to have to deal with anti-doping

an 18-month ban after being found guilty of taking banned stimulant oxilofrine by the Jamaica Anti-Doping

world record with a time of 9.74sec in 2007 ©Getty Images At a hearing in January, Powell told the anti-doping

four injections including vitamin B12.He claimed he did not list the supplements he was taking on his doping

banMarch 2014: Jamaican doping whistleblower claims cheating in elite sport "rampant"January 2014: Jamaican

sprinter Powell claims drugs came from trainer as doping trial gets underwayJuly 2013: Trainer blamed

for Powell positive denies wrongdoingJuly 2013: Olympic sprinters Gay and Powell fail doping tests

By Paul Osborne at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 9 - A vision to promote a positive image of Kazakhstan has been launched through the Astana Presidential Professional Sports Club, showcased here today. 

lead by London 2012 gold medallist Alexander Vinokourov (centre), who was banned for two years for doping

controversially, led by Vinokourov who in 2007 was banned from cycling for two years after failing a doping

France.Despite his history as a drugs cheat, Vinokourov insisted he and his team were "400 per cent against doping

Ethics Commission in order to avoid a conflict of interests with his role as President of the World Anti-Doping

head IOC Finance and Marketing CommissionsNovember 2013: Reedie elected new President of World Anti-Doping

By Zjan ShirinianApril 8 - Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Sherone Simpson has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for a banned stimulant.

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel found the 29-year-old, who won 4x100 metres relay gold at

oxilofrine.On the decision to ban Simpson, Panel member Lennox Gayle, said: "Miss Simpson has admitted the anti-doping

bans.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMarch 2014: Jamaican doping

whistleblower claims cheating in elite sport "rampant"March 2014: Jamaican whistle-blower fired by anti-doping

programme set to be investigated by WADAJuly 2013: Olympic sprinters Gay and Powell fail doping tests

By Nick Butler at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 7 - American football and flying disc have been officially confirmed as new members of the the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) following a general assembly here this afternoon.

role of ARISF within other organisations, including the IOC, as well as SportAccord and the World Anti Doping

guest speech by WADA President Sir Craig Reedie, highlighting the role of ARISF in the fight against doping

BelekApril 7 - International Skiing Federation (FIS) secretary-general Sarah Lewis has claimed a series of doping

"But after two very big doping scandals it was realised that either the sport had to reinvent or it was

Spain's Johann Mühlegg was stripped of three gold medals after being one of three skiers embroiled in a doping

By David OwenApril 4 - Richard Pound, the veteran Canadian lawyer and sports administrator, is to return to a key role in Olympic broadcasting, the Movement's biggest money-spinner, at the age of 72.

The former World Anti-Doping Agency chairman is being appointed chairman of Olympic Broadcasting Services

By Duncan MackayApril 3 - Patrick Hickey has told insidethegames that he sees his new role as the Olympics autonomy tsar as "a great challenge".

Thomas Bach believes a big a problem in the Olympic Movement as doping and illegal gambling is autonomy

By Nick Butler April 3 - Belarussian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been handed a four-year ban by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) rather than a life ban because she was notified of her two failed drugs tests at the same time. 

appalling signal'' in the global fight against drugs in sport.But it has been supported by the World Anti Doping

By Gary AndersonApril 2 – Indian weightlifter Monika Devi has been included in the country's provisional squad for this year's Commonwealth Games and Asian Games despite missing a drugs test last December.

But the result from the NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency) came midway into the Nationals but before

Manchester 2002 gold medallist Shailaja Pujar, who was subsequently banned for life as it was her second doping

Melbourne 2006 silver medal winner Vicky Butta escaped a life suspension even though she had failed a doping

ban from Commonwealth GamesNovember 2009: Indian Weightlifting Federation step down after doping scandalsNovember

2009: Angry Gill demands apology from weightlifters over doping scandalOctober 2009: Indian weightlifters