The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that it has entered into a case resolution agreement in the case of Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner, with the player accepting a three-month period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation that led to him testing positive for clostebol, a prohibited substance, in March 2024.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has provisionally suspended Gonçalo Oliveira, a 29-year-old Portuguese-born tennis player who currently represents Venezuela.
Jannik Sinner’s doping case has ignited debate over how sporting authorities handle accidental ingestion claims. With trace amounts of Clostebol found in his system, the Italian tennis star insists he is innocent. But with past cases yielding vastly different outcomes, all eyes are now on the Court of Arbitration for Sport as it prepares to rule on his fate.
The Canadian Ice Hockey Player Dane Fox have tested positive for Cannabis. The club has taken him out for the next two games.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para athletics athlete Prawat Wahoram of Thailand for a period of one year for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code.
Clostebol, a mild steroid, has sidetracked more than 70 athletes according to our database. Sanctions spans from less then two years and up to four years.
In cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited Anti-Doping Laboratories in Cologne and Kreischa, the National Anti-Doping Agency of Germany (NADA) has re-analysed all long-term stored samples from 2014 and 2015. All 339 samples were negative.
UK Anti-Doping and four other National Anti-Doping Organisations has established a Data Analytics working group. The goal is to enhance global anti-doping efforts through the power of data.
The International Testing Agency (ITA) reports that a sample collected from swimmer María José Ribera Pinto (Bolivia) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding¹ for the specified prohibited substance furosemide.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced its decision in the case of Mario Vuskovic. The appeal by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA Germany) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was upheld.