Anti-doping chiefs WADA consider taking cannabis off prohibited list following Sha’Carri Richardson ban WADA commits to cannabis review following Richardson ban The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) is to a review cannabis as a prohibited substance after criticism surrounding Sha’Carri Richardson’s Olympic ban. WADA says the scientific review will be used to determine whether cannabis should remain a banned substance. The discussion around cannabis gained momentum after US sprinter Richardson was forced to miss this year’s [...]
Russian boss of Gazprom-backed boxing body AIBA turns to man who lifted lid on Russian state-sponsored doping to lead corruption probes Russian boxing chief hires investigator who exposed Russian doping Richard McLaren, the Canadian law professor and sports investigator, is best known for exposing Russia for state-sponsored doping. So eyebrows were raised this week when it emerged that McLaren had been hired by one of Russia’s most powerful sports administrators. Umar Kremlev has called on McLaren Global Sports Solutions as part of his bid to [...]
Sportradar tap fintech veteran to chair global board Sportradar tap fintech veteran to chair global board Betting services company Sportradar have raided the world of fintech for the new head of their global board. Jeff Yabuki, who oversaw fifteen years of growth at Nasdaq-listed Fiserv, will take on the role immediately. Fiserv tripled its revenue over the period and delivered nearly 1000 per cent returns to shareholders. Sportradar now employes more [...]
Paula Radcliffe “categorically denies” cheating after parliamentary meeting on doping references athletes “with links to London Marathon” September 8, 2015 Paula Radcliffe has "categorically denied" cheating in a response to a parliamentary select committee meeting which she said "effectively implicated" her in The Sunday Times' investigation into blood doping in athletics. Read more: Paula Radcliffe backs Wada stance on blood data The three-time London Marathon winner said: "I categorically deny that I have resorted to cheating [...]
Paula Radcliffe backs Wada stance on blood data August 19, 2015 Britain’s Paula Radcliffe has backed the stance of anti-doping agencies in recommending athletes do not release their blood data into the public domain as it is impossible for competitors to prove they are clean. Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey have both chosen to publish their blood test data, [...]
Anti-doping expert Michael Ashenden says Lord Coe and IAAF don’t have dedication to clean up athletics August 12, 2015 An expert at the centre of the athletics doping storm hit back at Lord Coe yesterday and accused world governing body the IAAF of lacking the necessary rigour to oversee a clean sport. Read more: Anti-doping chiefs deny blood data leak Michael Ashenden was one of two experts enlisted by the Sunday Times to analyse leaking [...]
London Marathon chiefs turn on athletics bosses over anti-doping August 9, 2015 London Marathon bosses have criticised the IAAF and admitted to fears over the effectiveness of anti-doping measures implemented by athletics’ world governing body. Read more: Anti-doping chiefs deny blood data leak as Coe says: this is war It follows allegations yesterday that the men’s and women’s races were won by seven athletes over a [...]
The World Anti-Doping Agency is “very alarmed” after leaked files show extent of suspected doping August 2, 2015 A leak of test data from the International Association of Athletics Federation has led to new allegations of doping, which the World Anti-Doping Agency has said they are “very alarmed” about. The Sunday Times and German broadcasted ARD/WDR have been given access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012. [...]
eSports introduces random drug testing to combat doping in professional video gaming July 24, 2015 Professional video gaming is serious, competitive sport. And to prove it, leading organisation The Electronic Sports League (ESL) will begin randomly drug testing players at its competitive tournaments. Read more: Can professional video gaming take off in the UK? The European organisation will team up with the World Anti-Doping Agency to draw up an anti-performance enhancing [...]
Ignore furore over doping, Bolt tells Mo July 23, 2015 WORLD’S fastest man Usain Bolt has given his backing to Britain’s Mo Farah and urged the double Olympic champion to ignore the furore which has emanated from doping allegations against his coach. Somali-born Farah has faced escalating scrutiny since his American trainer Alberto Salazar was accused of violating anti-doping rules and providing banned substances to [...]