The United States' Olympic women's 100 metres hurdles champion, Brianna Rollins-McNeal, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for alleged tampering of doping control.
Athletics South Africa President Aleck Skhosana is confident world champion long jumper Luvo Manyonga can clear his name before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after he was provisionally suspended for missing three tests in a 12-month period.
Former world junior 800 metres champion Alfred Kipketer of Kenya has been banned for two years after he missed four drugs tests within a 12-month period.
South Africa's Olympic and World Championships silver medallist Luvo Manyonga is the latest high-profile athlete who could face a suspension following an anti-doping violation for missing three tests in a year.
A Grenadian sprinter who is serving a four-year ban for avoiding a drugs test has been suspended for another three years for whereabouts failures.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has reported that 60 per cent of its planned out-of-competition testing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 went ahead.
Sofia Marathon winners Youssef Sbaai of Morocco and Viktoriia Khapilina of Ukraine have received provisional suspensions from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping violations.
Pan American Games triple jump champion Omar Craddock has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after women's 400 metres world champion Salwa Eid Naser was cleared on whereabouts charges last month.
Kenya’s 2017 world 1500 metres champion Elijah Manangoi has been banned for two-years after missing a series of drugs tests.
European cross country champion Robel Fsiha will be stripped of his title after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed a four-year doping ban.
Jon Brown was one hell of a performer for British athletics. European cross country champion in 1996, he missed out on the Olympic marathon podium by one agonising place at both the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games – on the latter occasion in temperatures above 30C.
Many outraged voices were heard within athletics last month when the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal dismissed anti-doping charges brought against Bahrain’s world 400 metres champion Salwa Eid Naser for alleged whereabouts failures.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) officials Elena Orlova and Elena Ikonnikova for eight and six years, respectively, over their role in obstructing an anti-doping investigation into high jumper Danil Lysenko.
The World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed whereabouts charges brought against women's 400 metres world champion Salwa Eid Naser by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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