This week, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board) met in Montreal, Canada, on 16 and 17 November 2023, respectively. The ExCo followed the recommendations from the CRC to allege three National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) and one Major Event Organization (MEO) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and added two other NADOs to the ‘watchlist’. The three NADOs that the ExCo decided to allege as non-compliant with the Code are: Venezuela, Nigeria and Tunisia.

Swiss mountain runner Stéphanie Perriard, already suspended for three years for using of prohibited substances, has been given an additional six-year ban for falsification by Swiss Sport Integrity.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) plans to send the case against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after it disputed fresh sanctions issued last month.

Panam Sports has been staved off the threat of being declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code in a boost to the this year's Pan American Games, due to start in Santiago next Friday (October 20). 

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has warned that it faces higher costs as a consequence of global events and inflation.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice-president Yang Yang has insisted that education should be made a priority for entourages as well as their athletes while speaking at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an online education course targeted at athletes and coaches with hopes of competing at next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed an agreement which will see the bodies work more closely in a bid to tackle doping within sport.

Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adille Sumariwalla is set to launch an investigation after he returns home here from the Asian Games into a race that saw seven athletes withdraw shortly before it started. 

Participating teams at the men's Rugby World Cup have been encouraged to support World Rugby's "Keep Rugby Clean" anti-doping programme.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has revealed its plan to ensure "fair and clean" competitions here as it looks to support an Asian Games anti-doping programme for the first time.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced new consequences against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), following an Executive Committee meeting in Shanghai today.

International School Sport Federation President Laurent Petrynka has said that the organisation aims to expand "education through sport" as the ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2023 came to an end.

Tennis players Mikael Ymer and Sydney Dorcil have been banned from the sport for 18 months and four years, respectively, after breaching anti-doping rules.

Malaysia's Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has vowed to "ramp up" anti-doping awareness programmes for the country's athletes competing at the delayed Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.