Doping Test

08 January 2021 - 20:18 By Marc Strydom World champion Luvo Manyonga during the arrival of Luvo Manyonga, IAAF World Championship Long Jump Gold Medal winner at OR Tambo International Airport on August 26, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Image: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images SA Olympic long jump silver medallist Luvo…

Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska, a top-30 player who had been expected to compete at next month's Australian Open, has been provisionally suspended after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found a banned substance in an out-of-competition urine sample. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) reported on Thursday that the rising 20-year-old had provided…

US anti-doping body hailed the new Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, signed by US President Sunday.© AFP US Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis T. Tygart on Monday hailed the new Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act as the start of a "new era" for the sport. The legislation, signed into law…

Equestrian Canada and Nicole Walker are in the process of appealing Canada's omission from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in equestrian as their case hearings were concluded at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Walker was disqualified from the 2019 Pan American Games after she tested positives for metabolites of…

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that a Swiss court overturned the verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. The Swiss court ordered the case to be sent back to the CAS, to be dealt with under a different chairman of the…

Updated / Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020 08:23 Christian Coleman was among those sanctioned by the Athletics Integrity Unit World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said reputation will not protect the sport's high-profile athletes from doping raps and warned that it would be harder than ever to get away with taking banned…

When Americans learn about Congress in civics classes, they’re taught that passing legislation can be a lengthy, multi-stage process. Bills are introduced by a member of either the House or the Senate, then sent to committee for mark-up and deliberation, from there proceeding to the floor for amendments and a…

Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) has opted to appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to cut two years off Shayna Jack’s doping ban in a bombshell announcement Monday afternoon.Jack was suspended from swimming for four years after she tested positive for the banned substance ligandrol in July 2019.In November,…

Russian athletes have been banned from participating in the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup under the order issued by the world anti-doping agency. This is a matter that is raising a lot of controversy and questions from football fans. So will Russia accept this truth or not or…

Chi Lewis-Parry will have to wait a long time if he is to ever step foot into the Octagon, as the UFC athlete has been suspended for four years by USADA. USADA announced the suspension Friday after a hearing that took place on Nov. 10. The accomplished heavyweight kickboxer Lewis-Parry…