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Nick Ponzio accepts 18-month ban for missing three doping tests

  • Athletics

The Italian naturalised US shot putter, who will not be competing at Paris 2024, blamed a "mistake on his mobile phone" when he was asked to take part in the mandatory random testing of athletes, according to Italian media.

The Italian Anti-Doping Agency (NADO) has imposed an 18-month ban on shot putter Nick Ponzio for failing

to attend three random doping tests.

even if he wanted to return to competition, he would not be able to compete at Paris 2024.The anti-doping

agreed to an 18-month ban.The basis for the sanction imposed on the athlete is Article 2.4 of the Anti-Doping


World Anti-Doping Conference to be held in December 2025

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has set the date for the sixth World Anti-Doping Conference.

South Korea, a coastal city with a population of over 3.5 million people, would host the World Anti-Doping

that year.The first of December was ultimately chosen as the opening day for the important World Anti-Doping

form of interference related to illegal substances or doping.The 2025 edition will engage the anti-doping

during the 2019 WADA World Conference.The declaration urged "all stakeholders in the fight against doping

enhance their cooperation in every way possible; to present a united front in the fight to eradicate doping


WADA urges Bio Passport for Russian athletes; RUSADA calls for its extension to all Olympians

  • Paris 2024

This eligibility is contingent on strict conditions, including compliance with anti-doping requirements

various factors, including “the reassurances at the Olympic Summit by the President of the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) and the Chair of the International Testing Agency (ITA) that doping controls in Russia

The lack of an accredited anti-doping laboratory and the suspended status of the Russian Anti-Doping

Organisation (RUSADA) further fuels skepticism about Russia's anti-doping system.

Some requirements for organizing the doping control procedure are even stricter than those of other anti-doping


WADA confirms fine for Asian Committee for using North Korean flag

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed the fine imposed on the Asian Olympic body for the

On November 17, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced a sanction for the violation of the ban

This ban, imposed in 2021, was due to the failure to implement an effective anti-doping testing program.Despite

non-compliance, consequences and reinstatement conditions against the Nigerian and Venezuelan National Anti-Doping

end of 2022, while the Venezuelan NADO has not addressed various critical requirements for its anti-doping


Fourth Global Forum of the IBA focuses on the mental and physical health of athletes

  • Boxing

The fourth Global Forum of the IBA, held in Dubai, focused its efforts and significance on the necessary mental and physical health of athletes. On the other hand, the need for financial support for boxers to enable their growth and prevent career interruptions is one of the ongoing projects within the organization.

The IBA is strict against doping, and any issues leading to discrepancies will go directly to the Court


New doping appeal for CAS

  • News

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that it has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Norah Jeruto, the former world hurdles champion who was acquitted last month. She is the fourth athlete currently in the appeals process.

competitive advantage.Recently, Kenyan (competing for Kazakhstan) Norah Jeruto Tanui was acquitted in a doping

detected anomalies, suggesting blood sampling irregularities, were not sufficient to conclude blood doping



Weightlifting: Prejudice against IWF athletes dispelled

  • Weightlifting

weightlifters have always been viewed with suspicion, and in the past, they have been involved in some doping-related

success not only in terms of sports but also in the behavior of the athletes in the Middle East, as all doping

tests yielded negative results.A total of 213 athletes from 61 countries underwent rigorous doping controls

the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a source of pride for the Federation both in sports and in relation to doping

"This accomplishment reflects the rigorous anti-doping measures, the commitment of our athletes, and

It is worth remembering that for years, weightlifting was suspected of not conducting doping controls


Luguelín Santos, Olympic silver medallist, banned and stripped of 2012 world junior title

  • Athletics

Luguelín Santos of the Dominican Republic, the 400m silver medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been handed a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for falsifying his age in order to participate at the IAAF World Junior Championships (now known as the World Athletics U20 Championships), Barcelona 2012.

However, unlike with sanctions for doping violations, there was no rule in 2012 that provided for the


Doping Controls Pose Challenge to Milan-Cortina 2026 Games

  • Winter Sports

Committee training centre north of the centre of Rome, and is under scrutiny from the world's anti-doping

deadlines, they must be installed by next summer, if they want to meet the requirements of WADA.If doping

Committee) will need to use a different WADA-accredited laboratory or laboratories to deliver the anti-doping


Valieva wins in Moscow two months before CAS final decision

  • Figure Skating

For almost two years now, the 17-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva has been undergoing an ordeal following her positive test at the end of December 2021, which came to light two months later during the Beijing Winter Olympics, where she played a crucial role in Russia's team gold medal win.

allowed the American sprinter Justin Gatlin to compete back into the Olympics after two previous failed doping





Norwegian Iversen 'misses' the Russians in the competitions

  • Skiing

On March 1, 2022, the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided, with immediate effect and in the middle of the season, that no Russian or Belarusian skier would be allowed to compete at any level until the end of the 2021-2022 season due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

At the time, the Russians were unable to represent Russia due to a doping issue dating back to the 2014