Tag: World Anti-Doping Agency
Nick Butler: Business as Usual at Olympic Towers – but Will it Prove the...
If last week’s United States Presidential election taught us anything it is that, like with Brexit earlier in the year, pollsters, the media and...
Release Date of Second Part of McLaren Report Pushed Back Until Mid-December
The second part of Richard McLaren’s report investigating accusations of state-sponsored doping in Russia is now set to be released in mid-December.
It had been...
Akaash Maharaj: WADA and the IOC Will Save or Destroy One Another
Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) convened a closed-door summit, to debate the future of the global anti-doping regime. The summit was...
WADA President Calls on Japanese Prime Minister to Boost Contribution to Global Anti-Doping Effort
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has called on Governments to increase their funding to the fight against drugs in sport during...
Putin Claims Athletes With TUEs Should be Excluded From Events and Calls for Sport...
Athletes who have therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) should be excluded from major events because it gives them an unfair advantage over the rest of...
Banned Sharapova Plays in Exhibition Tennis Tournament After ITF All-Clear
Maria Sharapova has been cleared to participate in exhibition matches as this is not against the rules of her doping ban, the International Tennis...
Anti-Doping ‘Not a Priority’ for Sporting Integrity Global Alliance, Says ICSS Chief
International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) chief executive Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros has said here today that anti-doping is not a priority for the...
Beckie Scott: Essential We Support and Strengthen WADA
I was four years old when my Mom put me on cross-country skis for the first time in my life. As she tells it,...
Court of Arbitration for Sport Cuts Sharapova Ban From Two Years to 15 Months
Maria Sharapova's two-year ban for failing a drugs test has been reduced to 15 months and she will be free to return to the...
Clarifications on Use of Asthma Drugs Among Changes to WADA Prohibited List for 2017
Tighter regulations on the use of asthma drugs are among changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for...