The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has resumed legal action against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), after rejecting a request for a five-month extension from the global watchdog.
An audit of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Intelligence and Investigations department has described the unit’s lack of resources as "acute" and urged the hiring of three people "as soon as possible".
Outgoing World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Sir Craig Reedie described the Russian scandal as an "egregious" threat to clean sport but claimed the organisation was "clearly stronger now than any time in its history" in his end of term message.
A third prominent law firm in Switzerland has been hired as part of the appeal by Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to get a series of sanctions proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) overturned.
Outgoing World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has claimed the organisation will defend its decision to impose a range of sanctions on Russia with the "utmost vigour" at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Italian athletes were responsible for comfortably the most confirmed anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) in 2017, according to new statistics made public by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has sent formal notice to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it will appeal the range of sanctions imposed on the country for manipulating the Moscow Laboratory data.
Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer have been appointed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to lead its appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a ban that could prevent the country from competing under its own flag at next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, it was revealed today.
Preparations for the 2020 Luge World Championships in Sochi are continuing "unabated", despite the decision to ban Russia from hosting major events for four years, according to International Luge Federation (FIL) executive director Christoph Schweiger.
An analytical method known as gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) has emerged as one of the most potent weapons in the anti-doping police's armoury, in new testing statistics published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The decision from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russia has caused a headache for International Federations (IFs) across the Olympic Movement and beyond.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has confirmed it will appeal the decision from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to restrict the country's participation at major events, as punishment for the manipulation of the Moscow Laboratory data.
The Supervisory Board of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) will "most likely" decide to appeal against the range of sanctions from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to deputy director general Margarita Pakhnotskaya.
Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) President Vladimir Drachev is hopeful sanctions imposed on the country by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will not come into force before the World Championships in Italy in February.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general Olivier Niggli has admitted there is a "great polarisation of athlete views" following criticism from Victoria Aggar, who resigned from the organisation's Athlete Committee yesterday.
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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