Colorado Springs, CO – October 24, 2011 – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today that Dr. Richard W. Cohen has been named Chair of the organization’s Board of Directors. Cohen succeeds founding board member and previous Chair, Dr. Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., who is retiring after serving the organization for 11 years, including one as Chair. Cohen, who is also a member of USADA’s founding board, has served as Vice Chair since 2003.
A total of 42 Australian athletes recorded anti-doping rule violations in 2010–11, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) revealed today when announcing its annual results.
FIFA would like to express its satisfaction with the decision taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to withdraw its appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the decision not to sanction five Mexican footballers who tested positive for clenbuterol during the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2011.
International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Forum recommends lifetime bans for ‘deliberate and aggravated doping offences’ and tougher action on coaches and doctors involved in illegal practices.
WADA has announced the statistics from Anti-Doping Organizations and Laboratories.
According to the Phoenix Weightlifting Club there has been 14 doping cases in Weightlifting. The federation however, has not disclosed any.
The Football Association in England published on September 12, 2011 information about their Anti-Doping Program:
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its decision in the arbitration between the Norwegian walker Erik Tysse and the Norwegian Athletics Federation & the International Athletics Association (IAAF):
Daegu, Korea – Clean sport received a tremendous boost this week in Korea, as the 202 national teams and the 1945 athletes they represent, who are competing at the IAAF World Championships, Daegu, Korea, which begin here today, gave their full support to IAAF’s unprecedented anti-doping campaign.
The FIS Doping Panel has issued its decision in the case of the Estonian Cross-country skier Andrus Veerpalu (EST) and has found that he committed an anti-doping rule violation contrary to article 2.1 of the FIS Anti-Doping Rules.