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US holding $2.93 million, still seeking reforms from WADA By EDDIE PELLSMay 17, 2021 GMT The U.S. government is holding on to nearly $3 million earmarked for the World Anti-Doping Agency, with plans to pay only if it sees “real progress and a path for more substantial future reforms” out of the global drug-fighting organization. The White House drug-control office delivered an updated report to Congress on Monday in advance of WADA meetings scheduled for later this week. The report comes some 11 months after the U.S. first threatened to withhold its 2021 payment to WADA, which normally wo...

U.S. holding onto nearly $3 million, still seeking reforms from World Anti-Doping Agency The U.S. government is holding on to nearly $3 million earmarked for the World Anti-Doping Agency, with plans to pay only if it sees "real progress and a path for more substantial future reforms" out of the global drug-fighting organization. The White House drug-control office delivered an updated report to Congress on Monday in advance of WADA meetings scheduled for later this week. The report comes some 11 months after the U.S. first threatened to withhold its 2021 payment to WADA, which normally would ...

WADA publishes global testing figures showing return to normal levels despite COVID-19 05/06/21 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to note that the number of samples collected by Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) around the world is quickly returning to normal despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The latest testing figures, outlined in the tables below, reveal that in March 2021, 22,649 samples were collected by 145 ADOs, the highest number of samples recorded since the pandemic started in March 2020. While sample numbers were considerably down in the early months of the pandem...

WADA'S 2021 PLAY TRUE DAY CAMPAIGN REACHES OVER 87 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE 04/19/21 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is proud to announce that its 2021 Play True Day Campaign – centered around the theme “What does Play True mean to you?” – reached over 87 million people around the globe. The campaign, which took place on 9 April, once again saw athletes, National and Regional Anti-Doping Organizations, Sports Federations, governments, Major Event Organizers and other stakeholders from the global anti-doping community unite in celebration of the Play True message. Since 20...

WADA signs MOU with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 02/24/21 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has signed today a far-reaching memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN agency mandated to help member countries guard against the serious threats posed by drugs, crime and terrorism. The MOU formally establishes and facilitates a mutual framework for cooperation and information-sharing between the two agencies in the broad area of sports doping. WADA President Witold BaÅ„ka said: “Following on from the MOU that WADA signe...