Tag: WADA

  • Veronica Campbell-Brown cleared rule violation

    Lausanne, 25 February 2014 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in an urgent arbitration brought by the Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown against the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The CAS has upheld the appeal filed by Veronica Campbell-Brown and has set…

  • The CAS partially upholds WADA’s appeal

    The CAS partially upholds WADA’s appeal

    Nov 22, 2013: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedure between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Australian professional motorcycle rider Anthony West and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The appeal filed by WADA has been partially upheld, the FIM decision to suspend the rider…

  • WADA Foundation Board Announces Outcomes

    Johannesburg, Nov 15, 2013: WADA’s Foundation Board elected its next Chairman and Vice Chairman at this afternoon’s Foundation Board Meeting at the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sir Craig Reedie, the IOC Vice President, was, as a representative of the sport movement, appointed WADA’s next Chair, and is set to…

  • IOC President calls for smarter, more targeted

    Johannesburg – South Africa, Nov 13, 2013: Smarter, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach today called for the common fight against doping to be stepped up and strengthened to protect the “majority of athletes who are clean”. Speaking at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg, South…

  • The World Anti-Doping Conference

    Johannesburg – South Africa, Nov 13, 2013: Abby Hoffman, an IAAF Council Member and a Member of the IAAF’s Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, delivered a strong statement about the IAAF view of the new WADA Code to the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport organised by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Johannesburg on…

  • Decision in the case of Nuria Llagostera Vives

    London, Nov 11, 2013: The International Tennis Federation announced today that Nuria Llagostera Vives has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (presence of a Prohibited Substance in a Player’s Sample). Ms Llagostera Vives, a 33-year-old player from Spain, provided a urine sample in association…

  • Zimbabwean player suspended for prohibited

    Zurich, Oct 15, 2013: Substance, The FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided on 10 October to sanction the Zimbabwean international player Chafa Devon Taitamba, who had been provisionally suspended in August for an anti-doping rule violation following a doping control conducted after the match of the preliminary competition of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ played in…

  • 4th World Conference on Doping in Sport

    Montreal, Oct 15, 2013: There are just four weeks to go until the fourth World Conference on Doping in Sport, which will be held in Johannesburg from November 12 – 15, 2013. With the approval of the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code set to take place, the World Conference is the must-attend event on the anti-doping…

  • IPC and WADA join forces to promote clean sport

    Germany, August 6, 2013: As the buildup to the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships continues, the IPC, WADA, and some of the world’s leading swimmers have announced they will host a day dedicated to promoting clean sport. Say NO! to Doping Day, which takes place on day two of the Championships (Tuesday 13 August), aims…

  • Four powerlifters suspended after anti-doping rule violations

    Germany, July 31, 2013: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that four power lifters – Nigeria’s Ivory Nwokorie, Iraq’s Huda Ali and two Moldovan athletes Stefan Rosca and Verginiu Arapu – have committed anti-doping rule violations. Each athlete has been suspended for two years and fined EUR 1,500. All results obtained on the date…