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RUSADA declared non-compliant with WADC for 4 years

Executive Committee (ExCo) of WADA declared RUSADA to be declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) for a period of four years.

IOC will support the toughest sanctions for those responsible for WADA Data manipulation

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemns in the strongest terms the actions of those responsible for the manipulation of the Moscow Laboratory data before it was transferred to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in January 2019.

Dane convicted in large case of smuggling of doping

Cooperation between authorities across countries has led to Danish Jacob Sporon-Fiedler on 14 November being sentenced to five years and four months imprisonment for smuggling doping substances into the UK in a case known as the world's largest.

New Zealand joins Global DRO

The international network of anti-doping organizations that powers Global DRO has welcomed Drug-Free Sport New Zealand as the latest licensee of the free platform, which allows all athletes to easily search the status of ingredients prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List at any time.

Salazar and Brown appeals against USADA

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered the appeals filed by Mr. Alberto Salazar and Dr. Jeffrey Brown against the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

IOC president announces USD 10 million action plan

IOC President announces USD 10 million action plan and calls for tougher sanctions against entourage members to strengthen protection of clean athletes

WADA’S WORLD CONFERENCE ON DOPING IN SPORT FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENED RULES’ BENEFITS TO ATHLETES

Katowice, 6 November 2019 – Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) World Conference on Doping in Sport – being held from 5-7 November in Katowice, Poland – primarily focused on the International Standards of the global anti-doping program, which will be put before WADA’s Executive Committee tomorrow for approval. A Conference session was devoted to each Standard with experts on hand to explain some of the technicalities of each and the positive impact that they will have on clean sport.

The UCI explores new avenues in bid to step up fight against doping in cycling

In its capacity as a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is responsible for the fight against doping in cycling. As a result, it is obliged to consider all available means for ensuring and enhancing protection for clean cyclists.

WADA UPDATE REGARDING RUSADA CODE COMPLIANCE

Montreal, 28 October 2019 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) can confirm it has received further responses from the Russian authorities to a list of detailed and technical questions, including follow-up questions, raised by WADA’s Intelligence and Investigations Department (I&I) and the independent forensic experts concerning the data that WADA I&I retrieved from the Moscow Laboratory in January 2019.

WADA LEADS EXCITING COLLABORATION ON DRIED-BLOOD-SPOT TESTING

Montreal, 3 October 2019 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce that, over the past weeks, it has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with seven Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) regarding the development and implementation of dried-blood-spot (DBS) testing. The Agency is collaborating with ADOs around the world to further research the development and implementation of this exciting method for drug testing in sport.

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