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FIFA claims attempt to contact doping whistleblower Rodchenkov

London - Muslimchronicle

FIFA tried to contact Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov over accusations of doping in Russian football and will do so again after samples have been re-tested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), world football's governing body told AFP. In an interview to the Associated Press, Rodchenkov's lawyer said his client had information that could be of interest but claimed FIFA hadRead more

WADA 'to clear 95 Russian athletes of doping charges'

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is set to clear 95 Russian athletes investigated over involvement in the country's alleged mammoth doping programme, the New York Times reported Wednesday. A leaked internal WADA report published by the newspaper Tuesday said the agency found it could not gather enough evidence against 95 out of 96 Russian athletes who it has been probing.Read more

Sports, youth min. heads for Switzerland

Cairo - Arab Today

Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel Aziz left here Sunday heading for Switzerland to attend the international anti-doping conference which is organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday. Abdel Aziz will head the delegation of the Egyptian Anti-Doping Organization to the event. He will meet with WADA officials and officials from the international federations of weightlifting, basketball,Read more

Fair cop in battle on doping, says WADA boss

London - ArabToday

Police work like that which led to the downfall of shamed cycling cheat Lance Armstrong is pivotal to the battle against doping, says World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Director General Olivier Niggli. Niggli, who is also an advocate for ensuring proper law enforcement security is in place for whistleblowers, said the police can do things beyond the reach of nationalRead more

Russia's doping ban extended by IAAF

Paris - ArabToday

The doping ban on the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) was extended at least to November 2017, after an IAAF taskforce recommendation was approved by the world athletics governing body's council on Monday. The taskforce, chaired by Rune Anderson, was set up to oversee Russia's reintegration into international athletics. According to its report to the IAAF council, the taskforce does notRead more

Denials thwart Russia's anti-doping efforts

Moscow - Arab Today

Russian sport is bracing for more pain after a bruising year that has seen its athletes turfed out of the Olympics over revelations of state-run doping. Further revelations are expected Friday when the final report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russian doping is released. In anticipation, the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday extended sanctions imposed onRead more

WADA Figures Show Rise In Positive Tests

Montreal - Arab Today

The number of positive doping tests in 2015 has risen marginally compared to the previous year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said. Releasing is 2015 report, WADA said that 303,369 doping tests were conducted worldwide last year, up 7.1 per cent from 283,305 in 2014. Of those, 3,809 tests (1.26 per cent) were positive in 2015, up from 3,153 (1.11Read more

WADA apologises for timing of Qatar lab suspension

Doha - Arab Today

WADA head Craig Reedie apologised Wednesday to Olympics officials furious at the timing of an announcement that Qatar's main drug testing analysis laboratory was suspended. The World Anti-Doping Agency revealed on Monday that the laboratory’s work would be suspended for four months -- just as more than 1,000 officials descended on Doha for the annual meeting of the Association ofRead more

WADA suspends Doha test lab for four4 months

Montreal - Arab Today

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials have suspended the drug testing analysis laboratory in Doha, Qatar for four months for failing to meet tougher new guidelines, WADA announced Monday. The suspension, which began on November 7, prohibits the laboratory from any anti-doping measures, such as analysis of urine or blood samples. Those must now be transported to another WADA-accredited lab. ARead more

Anti doping agency hits back at Russia 'manipulation'

Lausanne - Arab Today

The World Anti-Doping Agency hit back Friday at Russia's claims of "manipulation" by the global body and warned that Russia is still not at international doping norms. WADA was infuriated after Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov told an International Olympic Committee meeting this week that the drug agency was "an instrument for manipulation" as he pleaded for Russia's dopingRead more