Tag: World Anti-Doping Agency
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...
LANE ONE: Behind-the-scenes compromise has WADA poised to reinstate Russia on Thursday
After multiple indications last week that the World Anti-Doping Agency would maintain its suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency at this coming Thursday’s meeting...
USADA survey: U.S. athletes believe doping is being better controlled
TSX HEADLINES – for August 10, 2018: There was a time when, sadly, American athletes were at the forefront of doping in Olympic sports....
USADA survey: U.S. athletes believe doping is being better controlled
TSX HEADLINES – for August 10, 2018: There was a time when, sadly, American athletes were at the forefront of doping in Olympic sports....
Are we making progress? Doping tests up, positives down in 2017
TSX HEADLINES – for August 6, 2018: The World Anti-Doping Agency has published its report on worldwide testing for performance-enhancing drugs and, at least...
Are we making progress? Doping tests up, positives down in 2017
TSX HEADLINES – for August 6, 2018: The World Anti-Doping Agency has published its report on worldwide testing for performance-enhancing drugs and, at least...
The IAAF shows an iron hand to Russia on doping … and it’s working
TSX HEADLINES – for July 30, 2018: The president of the International Olympic Committee said he was ready to welcome Russia back into the...
The IAAF shows an iron hand to Russia on doping … and it’s working
TSX HEADLINES – for July 30, 2018: The president of the International Olympic Committee said he was ready to welcome Russia back into the...
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