World Anti Doping Agency

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sebastian Coe backs calls to review marijuana's status on banned substances list

Speaking to news agency journalists in Tokyo at the Olympic Games, Coe said it was "sensible" to look at the question of whether marijuana should remain on the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 5,000 samples to be collected to tackle doping in Games

For Tokyo Games, both the testing and the sanctioning components of the anti-doping system will be independent of the IOC. The ITA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport Anti-doping Division (CAS ADD) will handle these respectively.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson to miss 100m after admitting to marijuana use

Speaking on US Olympic telecaster NBC's "Today" show, 21-year-old Richardson said she took marijuana to cope with "a state of emotional pain" after learning of the death of her biological mother from a reporter at the US Olympic trials last month in Eugene, Oregon.

Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov cleared of doping charges in 'genuinely exceptional' case, says AIU

The 2015 world champion in the 110m hurdles had tested positive for acetazolamide, a masking agent, in an out-of-competition test in December 2020.

Testing dried blood spots 'very important step' in anti-doping, says WADA scientific director

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Friday approved an innovative method of screening dried blood for banned substances which will be trialled for the Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Senior IOC member Richard Pound says Summer Games 'a go'

Japanese public sentiment is against the mega event, with polls showing a majority in the country want the Olympics delayed further or altogether cancelled.

Russian Olympic champions Natalya Antyukh, Andrey Silnov receive four-year bans for doping, says CAS

Antyukh and Silnov were both charged last year with anti-doping violations stemming from the report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency that alleged a system of state-sponsored doping had existed in Russia.

US Olympic, doping chiefs call for major WADA reforms with focus on greater transparency

The US groups call for an independent governance structure for WADA with no sport official being allowed to serve on WADA's executive committee, with that body to include "independent athletes and be empowered to discuss change impacting them and their colleagues."

Tokyo Olympics 2020: World champion Salwa Eid Naser gets court date for doping rules case

Naser ran the fastest women’s 400 since 1985 to win the world title 18 months ago in Doha, Qatar, while she was under investigation.

World Anti-Doping Agency to look into claims of UKAD permitting British Cycling to undertake private testing

WADA's investigation is likely to examine whether either of these explanations were established as the cause, and what further action may have been taken by UKAD.