The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that a "full technical mission" will visit Russia next week to collect data from the Moscow Laboratory.
International Boxing Assocation (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov has responded to calls for him to resign from England Boxing by accusing chairman Caspar Hobbs of a "shocking" lack of respect for his fellow members within the governing body.
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee member Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona faces a war crimes trial after being arrested by French authorities.
An Austrian police investigation into Russian biathletes and officials is considered part of the ongoing probe into the International Biathlon Union (IBU).
International University Sports Federation (FISU) are in talks with the International Testing Agency (ITA) over an agreement for doping controls at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.
Aggreko Events Services have become the latest sponsor for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, with the company given the category temporary electricity generation.
Teenage weightlifter Dayana Dimitrova has reportedly been banned from the sport for life after a second doping offence.
Morocco have said they will not stage the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt now emerging as a potential host.
Manchester, Singapore, Tokyo and Turin have been shortlisted to join London in the bid to host the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals from 2021 to 2025.
World Olympians Association (WOA) have announced the second edition of their Forum will be held in Lausanne next year.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has signed up global bank Citi as an international partner.
Ariarne Titmus achieved a world record to double her gold medal tally at the International Swimming Federation World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou.
Hosts France beat The Netherlands 27-21 to earn a place in the final of the European Women’s Handball Championships on Sunday (December 16), where they will face Russia, who won their semi-final against Romania 28-22.
Double Olympic champion Jade Jones upset the Chinese crowd with victory over home favourite Zongshi Luo at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in Wuxi.
Unified pair Jang Woojin, of South Korea, and Cha Hyo Sim, from North Korea, have earned a historic victory in the mixed doubles semi-finals of the International Table Tennis Federation's World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future well-being of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom.
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