The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) today announced a range of anti-doping initiatives to protect the integrity of the 2008 ‘Tour Down Under’ to be held in South Australia from January 22-27.
UK Sport, the National Anti-Doping Organisation for the UK, has today announced the appointment of Andy Parkinson as Head of Operations in its Drug-Free Sport team.
The Union Government of India has constituted the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) under the Societies Registration Act as an autonomous body under the Union Sports Ministry.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has suspended the Indian federation after more doping violations by its lifters.
In this newsarticle, The IAAF, clarififies a number of points regarding positive cases for nandrolone (a recognised anabolic steroid for over 25 years) in athletics and sport in general.
This article is being written at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, where the drug talk is all about the blood-boosting hormone EPO (erythropoietin). For the first time, the IAAF will introduce blood tests at this World Championships. Of the 350 doping tests being conducted here, 15 to 20 percent will test for EPO in an elaborate double positive system whereby an athlete must test positive in both urine and blood samples to incur a doping offense.
Monte-Carlo - The 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics will be subject to the largest anti-doping programme ever conducted by the IAAF - including both drug testing and educational activities.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has decided to leave caffeine off its list of banned substances.
The Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), set up to fight doping in sports in Jamaica, will soon be launched.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Diego Torres Villegas as Director of WADA’s Latin America Regional Office.