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WADA receives additional $390,000 through IOC scheme and Government donations Wednesday, 27 January 2021 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has received almost $400,000 (£292,000/€331,000) in extra funding for its Intelligence and Investigations Department through additional donations from the Governments of France, Cyprus, Greece and Poland. The donations, which come on top of the nations' annual contributions, amount to a little more than $195,000 (£142,000/€161,000) but are being matched by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of a funding pledge made at the fifth Worl...

WADA claims CAS panel failed to fully explain why Russia sanctions were reduced Thursday, 14 January 2021 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has claimed the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel has failed to fully explain why it significantly reduced sanctions imposed on Russia in its decision published today. WADA had imposed a four-year package of punishments on Russia in December 2018 after it found data from the Moscow Laboratory had been tampered with and manipulated. A three-member CAS panel last month cut the period of sanctions to two years following an appeal by the Russian A...

  WADA publishes the Court of Arbitration for Sport's full reasoned decision regarding the non-compliance of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency 01/14/21 Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS’s) 186-page full reasoned decision regarding its 17 December 2020 ruling in favor of WADA to declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for a period of two years and to impose a range of associated consequences. This publication, which was also made today on the CAS website, is in keeping with Ar...

Tributes pour in for retiring WADA Board member and Founding President Richard Pound On 31 December 2020, the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA's) Founding President and longstanding advocate for clean sport, Richard Pound, came to the end of his final term on WADA's Foundation Board (Board), having served the Agency with distinction in various capacities since its inception in 1999. The positive contribution made by Mr. Pound to the world of sport in general and anti-doping in particular cannot be overstated. A lawyer by profession, he was instrumental in the establishment of WADA nearly 22 y...

Top Story Replay: CAS Upholds Olympics Ban on Russia 12/19/20 CAS cut the length of the WADA ban in half. (CAS) (ATR) A Court of Arbitration for Sport panel unanimously agrees that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code but reduces the penalties imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for the violations. The three-person CAS panel, in handing down its ruling on Dec. 17, cut the length of an international sports ban on Russia in half, from four years to two. The shortened ban still means Russia’s flag and anthem will not be allowed a...