doping control

Poroshenko passes VADA alcohol and drug test at Olimpiiskyi Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the process of medical tests being taken by VADA experts is an important procedure for the nation to be sure that the president is not a drug or alcohol addict. 10.04.19 18:29 14 593 496 Previously in trend: Poroshenko Zelenskyi debates

"Russia is a country with no moral, no shame. Unfortunately I am Russian," - WADA whistleblower Rodchenkov Grigory Rodchenkov, former head of the Moscow-based anti-doping laboratory who fled to the USA and contributed to the probe into the Russian government sponsored doping system was interviewed by English version of the Deutschlandfunk-Sportgespräch. 31.01.18 13:21 16 964 123 Sport

International Paralympic Committee says Russian athletes still have chance to take part in PyeongChang 2018 On Sunday, Jan. 29, the Governing Board of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) unanimously turned down a request from the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) for it to enter athletes into upcoming qualification events for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. 30.01.17 22:34 7 534 47 Incidents

Russia should be banned from 2018 Winter Olympics, Ukad chairman says U.K. Anti-Doping (Ukad) Chairman David Kenworthy says Russia should be banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics after a report into state-sponsored doping in the country. 08.01.17 12:20 19 519 142 Sport

Russians no longer deny doping charges, - The New York Times Over several days of interviews with The New York Times, Russian officials said they no longer disputed a damning set of facts that detailed a doping program with few, if any, historical precedents. 28.12.16 09:58 21 671 71 Sport

IOC may consider suspension of Russia from 2018 Winter Olympic in Pyeongchang International Olympic Committee (IOC) may consider the suspension of Russian athletes from participation in 2018 Winter Olympic in Pyeongchang (South Korea). 10.12.16 16:55 9 865 44 Sport

Russia's Olympic Committee chief says unrealistic criteria bar many Russian athletes from Olympics Many Russian athletes have been denied participation in the Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro as they faced criteria that could not be met under any circumstance. 02.08.16 19:01 52 085 96 Sport

19 European countries demand suspending Russia from Olympics Ministers of culture and sport of 19 European countries signed a letter supporting Russia's exclusion from all international competitions. 01.08.16 23:58 46 084 179 Incidents

"It could take up to a week to decide whether to ban Russia from 2016 Olympics", - IOC International Olympic Committee will decide whether to ban Russia from the Rio 2016 Olympics next week. 31.07.16 11:29 28 891 132 World

Opportunity to cast out cheats from Rio Olympics wasted through pitiful wrongheadedness of IOC, - The Times The International Olympic Committee told Yuliya Stepanova, the whistleblower who lifted the lid on Russia’s shocking state-sponsored doping regime, that she is not eligible to compete at the Rio Olympics unlike the majority of the Russian athletes. 25.07.16 17:56 25 749 88 Incidents

IOC to ban entire Russian team from competing at Rio Olympics today, - The Daily Mail The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce the decision today, July 24, after an emergency meeting. 24.07.16 12:05 162 852 676 Sport

Russian Sports Ministry, supported by FSB, entered 643 positive doping tests as negative between 2012 and 2015, - WADA report The report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) reveals that the Russian Ministry of Sport manipulated the doping control process of the 2014 Sochi Games; the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow; the 2013 World University Games in Kazan; and put measures in place to circumvent anti-doping processes before the 2012 London Games. 19.07.16 11:41 57 533 237 Sport

WADA urges that Russia be banned from Rio-2016 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has called on the international sports society to ban Russian athletes from taking part in all international athletic competitions, including the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil. 18.07.16 22:26 52 241 175 Sport

Russian athletes banned from representing their country in international competitions, - IAAF The International Association of Athletics Federations has published a set of guidelines for athletes seeking exceptional eligibility for International Competition today, June 23. 23.06.16 23:39 51 374 198 Sport

World athletics ex-head Diack said to conceal doping results of Russian athletes The international athletics federation's former chief Lamine Diack has been put under formal investigation in France. He received payments from Russia in return for not revealing the doping of Russian athletes. As certain reports suggest, in recent years, Russia has won 80 percent of medals at the Olympic Games and world championships with the help of doping. 04.11.15 17:22 20 048 65 Sport