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26.09.2023

Russian doping in focus as Valieva case heads to court

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case, a scandal that rocked the sport and cast a shadow over her country's already embattled anti-doping system, will start to be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday.

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25.09.2023

Asia Olympic body backs North Korea flag at Hangzhou despite WADA ban

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said it was happy for the North Korea flag to keep flying at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over the country's non-compliance with global anti-doping rules.

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13.09.2023

Paul Pogba could face ban of up to four years after failing drug test in Italy

Juventus midfielder tested positive for testosterone

Paul Pogba could be banned from football for up to four years after testing positive for testosterone.

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11.08.2023

The Enhanced Games: letting athletes use drugs could lead to worse problems than cheating

What would sport be like if performance-enhancing drugs were allowed? How fast could the fastest athletes run? How high could they jump? How heavy could they lift? The Enhanced Games seeks to answer these questions by removing all restrictions on doping.

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09.08.2023

IOC will not investigate Sotnikova doping comments, South Korean official claims

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not investigate comments by Russia's Sochi 2014 Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova despite calls to do so in South Korea, it has been claimed.

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02.08.2023

Australia's Bol cleared of doping after false positive test

Australia's anti-doping authority has dropped its investigation into athlete Peter Bol in the lead-up to the world championships after finding his positive test for synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) was wrong.

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26.07.2023

Banned blood booster a challenge for anti-doping authorities, expert says

An anti-anaemia drug is making the fight against doping much harder, a top Swiss expert said on Thursday, although he added that there was currently no miracle product on the testers' radar.

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21.07.2023

Kenyan authorities seize illegal shipment of doping materials

Kenyan authorities seized a smuggled shipment of medication that can be used by athletes as performance-enhancing drugs, the country's national anti-doping body said on July 17th.

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13.07.2023

Caster Semenya wins European Court of Human Rights appeal over ‘discriminatory’ testosterone limit

Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic champion runner, has won her appeal which she had submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to end “discriminatory” testosterone limits imposed on female athletes, the ECHR said on Tuesday.

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11.07.2023

Korea seeks to confirm Russian figure skater's doping admission

The top Korean sports body said Tuesday it will ask the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to investigate a recent doping admission by a Russian figure skater who beat Korean star Kim Yu-na for the controversial gold at the 2014 Winter Games.

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06.07.2023

Kazakhstan weightlifters face Paris 2024 ban after latest doping scandal

Five members of Kazakhstan’s team at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in May, including a gold medallist who heads the rankings for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, have been provisionally suspended after their samples came up positive for a banned substance.

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27.06.2023

Enhanced Games: audacious plan for sporting event without drug testing

Australian Aron D’Souza wants to stage first event next year

An Olympic-styled competition for drug-taking athletes is being launched by an Australian entrepreneur.

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24.06.2023

CAS to hear Russian figure skater Valieva's case in September

Kamila Valieva's doping case hearing involving the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), International Skating Union (ISU) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be held from Sept. 26-29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday.

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22.06.2023

Term of World Anti-Doping Agency President set for extension to nine-years

The President of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) could now lead the organisation for up to nine years after officials approved changes to its regulations.

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27.05.2023

Doping-Education first but drug-testing in gamers' future, says WADA

Gamers who use stimulants could be frozen out of competitions after the World Anti-Doping Agency and Global Esport Federation said they will work on an education programme that could lead to signing onto the WADA Code and open the door to the Olympics.

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19.05.2023

World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping

10km record holder faces four-year ban if found guilty

The world 10km record holder, Rhonex Kipruto, has been suspended for suspected doping offences in yet another serious blow to the reputation of Kenyan athletics.

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09.05.2023

US law passed to stop doping nets its 1st guilty plea

A man charged with providing banned substances to Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare and another athlete pleaded guilty Monday, marking the first conviction under a landmark U.S. law designed to target wide-ranging doping schemes across the globe.

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01.05.2023

Ukraine faces Olympic weightlifting ban after world champion’s doping violation

Ukraine has had a third weightlifting doping violation since the end of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and faces expulsion from Paris 2024.

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09.04.2023

What went wrong in Peter Bol’s doping case? A sport integrity expert explains

Lawyers for Australian 800-metre star Peter Bol say allegations the runner engaged in doping should be dropped after two independent labs found no evidence he used a banned substance. Bol has always strongly denied the allegations. So what went wrong?

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05.04.2023

Amir Khan handed two-year ban from all sport after doping positive

Former world champion tested positive for ostarine in 2022 Positive test followed bout against Kell Brook in Manchester

Amir Khan, the former world champion boxer, has been banned from all sport for two years after he was found guilty of having ostarine, a banned performance-enhancing drug, in his system on the night he lost to his bitter rival Kell Brook last year.

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The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan

This Championship was pretty amazing! And it showed that without Russians it didn’t become less interesting. The public doesn’t need quads by 15 year olds to enjoy the competition

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Elena Anikina: "We hope, especially considering the position and strategy which IOC has now, that very soon the situation will be changed"

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Alexander Tkachev: "We make sure that our athletes get the most important thing - the opportunity to compete"

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Israeli gymnastics hit by allegations parents were asked to bribe judges

A great case, it seems tha now we need an analogue of WADA, who will investigate attempts to bribe judges, etc. It will be very interesting.

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Sport and politics: my experiences as an athlete

Все это лишь еще раз доказывает, что спорт должен оставаться вне политики. К сожалению, чаще всего это просто слова.

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Olympian, Nassar survivor Tasha Schwikert Moser on USA Gymnastics' board of directors

Очень круто, когда человек уверен, что именно он может что-то изменить, а особенно когда человек знает спорт изнутри. Уважать!

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Disqualified for running in a hijab, Noor Alexandria Abukaram turned pain into action

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Suni Lee finds support at Auburn after Olympics 'impostor syndrome'

Случайно, я знаю об этой спортсменке, сделал один вывод, что она точно не блещет, она очень солнечный человек. Жаль, что кто-то не был счастлив, когда она заслужила золото для свое

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'Anesthetic injections are....' - WADA chief on doping accusation on French Open winner Rafael Nadal

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Give us a chance

Yes, I think athlets from foreign countries understand that all Championships and tournaments are not competitive enough without Russian athlets. I think one day when the situatio

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Sport and Politics. Instead of afterword

The question of connection between Sports and Politics was always "exstra burning". So I am interested in your opinion: where should be the border between sport and politics and wh

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“Oh, come on, where’s the medals?” or Do the media force athletes too hard?

I am pleased to announce that the British duck has been broken. Team GB will win at least one silver by the end of the Games on Sunday following their win in the Men's Curling semi

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