The Winter Olympic Games must scale down after Beijing 2022 in order to survive, according to Gian-Franco Kasper, President of the International Ski Federation.
The World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Compliance Review Committee (CRC) will convene in Montreal tomorrow, two weeks after a deadline for the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to hand over data from their Moscow Laboratory was missed.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has been urged to immediately declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) non-compliant again as global condemnation continued after a crucial deadline to hand over data from the Moscow Laboratory lapsed.
At least no one could argue with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s point of view this time.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), widely criticised over its decision to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and the alleged "bullying" that took place during the Executive Committee meeting which reached that decision, claims its programme is being destabilised by a "small, politically motivated group of detractors".
Australia’s four-times Olympic race walk medallist Jared Tallent has declared the governance of the World Anti-Doping Agency, which last month controversially decided to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), as "not fit for purpose".
The Kremlin has called the reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) as a "positive step" as criticism of the decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continues to pour in from the rest of the world.
Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, has accused International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach of "throwing in the towel" after he conceded that sport's battle against drugs cannot be won.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) jointly hosted a Young Olympians forum with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) at the Moscow Sport Technologies Centre.
Dmitry Shlyakhtin, President of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), has claimed five Russian walkers whose Authorised Neutral Athlete (ANA) status was revoked today are "partially guilty" of bringing the ruling upon themselves.
It has been announced that the School of Business and International Proficiency at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have created an educational programme to tackle doping in the country.
The question of whether to lift the current ban on Russia’s track and field athletes tops the agenda here for this weekend’s 212th International Association of Athletics Federations Council (IAAF) meeting – and the indications are it will remain in place.
Russia’s Ekaterina Sharmina has been banned until 2022 by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after failing a drugs test six months after being handed another suspension.
Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said he does not think athletes from the country should compete under a neutral flag at International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) events – including the World Championships.
Double Olympic women’s pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been appointed to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Supervisory Board.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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