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Anti-doping body hails Yemeni drugs seizure
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» PARIS - The seizure of a large amount of performance-enhancing drugs in a raid by Yemeni law enforcement agents is “a landmark moment”, the head of investigations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has told AFP.
Athlete surveillance warnings cloud China's Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» BEIJING: A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home.
Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» SAO FELIX DO XINGU (BRAZIL) - Something is wrong.
Wada confirms Bangkok Laboratory accreditation reinstated
Sports, Published on 29/08/2021
» The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has approved the reinstatement of the accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory at the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok in accordance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL).
WADA lifts Bangkok anti-doping lab's suspension
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday the lifting of the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok's suspension, imposed in November 2019 for failing to conform with international lab standards.
Russia handed two-year doping ban in 'catastrophic blow to clean sport'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» LAUSANNE: Sport's highest court on Thursday banned Russia from the international stage for two years, including the Tokyo Olympics next year and 2022 Beijing Winter Games, but the halving of the initial punishment was blasted as "a catastrophic blow to clean athletes and the integrity of sport".
Russia takes four-year doping ban battle to court
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» LAUSANNE - Russia will attempt to overturn its four-year ban from international sport this week in the latest chapter of a long-running and controversial saga over state-sanctioned doping.
WADA seeks four-year Russia ban over false doping data
AFP, Published on 26/11/2019
» MONTREAL: A key World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) panel has recommended Russia be barred from all sporting competition for four years after accusing Moscow of falsifying laboratory data handed over to investigators, the global anti-doping watchdog said on Monday.
Anti-doping lab in Thailand shut down
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2019
» MONTREAL: The only authorised anti-doping laboratory in Southeast Asia has been forced to suspend operations, leaving a gap in coverage for much of the region.
No 800m, no worlds says defiant Semenya
AFP, Published on 01/07/2019
» STANFORD: Caster Semenya said Sunday she will not take part in this year's World Championships if she loses her legal battle with the IAAF over new rules governing testosterone levels in female athletes.