Tag: World Anti-Doping Agency
THE BIG PICTURE: No data by 31 December, so what happens to Russia now?
Russia has thrown one of the hottest potatoes in international sport right back into the hands of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
While a WADA team...
LANE ONE: The top Olympic-sport stories of 2018, part II: Nassar overshadows all
As 2018 fades away, what were the top stories of the year in the Olympic Movement, both in the U.S. and worldwide? We found...
THE BIG PICTURE: Russia’s head of anti-doping asks for Putin’s help to resolve WADA...
The drama over access to the Russian doping database in Moscow continues, with discussions reportedly taking place over another visit from the World Anti-Doping...
THE BIG PICTURE: Russia refuses WADA team full access to Moscow lab data; now...
The simmering fight within the anti-doping movement over Russia’s reinstatement by the World Anti-Doping Agency is now getting ready to boil over.
WADA released a...
DOPING: WADA sending “technical mission” to Moscow next week
The World Anti-Doping Agency announced last Friday that “A full technical mission from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be in Russia next week...
DOPING: Russian NOC appeals Moscow decision to ignore Zubkov’s Sochi doping
In a move dripping with political calculations, the Russian National Olympic Committee appealed the decision of the Moscow City Court that invalidated the doping...
LANE ONE: This is the season to be thankful … you are not Yury...
The traditional Thanksgiving holiday in the United States came yesterday, with millions remembering the many blessings in their lives, along with the challenges ahead...
LANE ONE: WADA Board holds the line on Russia, expands internal independence drive
There was no clap of thunder or bolt of lightning which came from the World Anti-Doping Agency Foundation Board meeting in Baku (AZE) on...
LANE ONE: Fasten your seat belt: The Olympic Movement has a rough November ahead
This promises to be a turbulent week for the Olympic Movement with two major off-the-field events taking place in Canada and Azerbaijan and at...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC tells Int’l Biathlon Union they are OK (and starts sending...
One of the international sports federations in hot water over the past several months has been the International Biathlon Union (IBU), which had its...
THE BIG PICTURE: “Emergency summit” rips WADA for Russian reinstatement
An “emergency summit” of national anti-doping agencies and athletes was called by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Civil war among the anti-doping agencies? Yes!
The internal battle in the world anti-doping community is continuing unabated, as the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations (iNADO) is calling for “meaningful reform...
5-RING CIRCUS: Beckie Scott “bullied” at WADA ExCo meeting?
The latest headlines from the reinstatement of Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency came from former Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott, a member of...
LANE ONE: The IOC is slowly – but quite surely – changing, and it...
This is usually a quiet time for the Olympic Movement and for the International Olympic Committee. But not in 2018.
The winter-sports season hasn’t started...
THE BIG PICTURE: WADA issues its annual report for 2017
The annual report (for 2017) from the World Anti-Doping Agency was posted on Friday (5th), with WADA chair Craig Reedie (GBR) noting that “At...
LANE ONE: Remarkable WADA investigation of Kenyan doping finds it “unsophisticated”
There have been entirely too many doping positives coming out of Kenya and its legendary distance-running program, leading to suspensions of stars like 2008...
THE BIG PICTURE: Anger over WADA’s reinstatement of Russia continues unabated
The anger over the reinstatement of Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continues unabated. The latest is from WADA’s own Athlete Commission, released...
THE BIG PICTURE: iNADO rips parent WADA for Russia reinstatement
The fallout from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decision to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) as compliant continued with a fusillade launched by...
LANE ONE: Russia readmitted by WADA, causing it to split apart
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee did a curious thing on Thursday during its meeting in the Seychelles: by re-integrating Russia into its membership,...
LANE ONE: Thursday’s decision on RUSADA reinstatement is now about WADA, not Russia
Strange how politics works, turning one thing into another.
The protest by a small number of National Football League players to kneel during the playing...
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