The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched a call for candidates to fill a newly created Independent Member seat on its Compliance Review Committee (CRC). The CRC oversees WADA’s efforts…
Recent initiatives involving the IOC, WADA, the Council of Europe, INTERPOL, UNODC and other partners suggest that international cooperation is becoming more than a supporting mechanism. It is increasingly becoming…
The relationship between research and sport governance is changing. The IOC’s recent feature on Olympic Studies Centre research grants highlights how academic work can contribute not only to knowledge, but…
On 30 June 2026, the Council of Europe’s T-DO GEMA group held its next online meeting to continue work on the draft Recommendation on gender mainstreaming in anti-doping, including accompanying…
On 30 June 2026, Baku hosted the Clean Sport in Action Forum 2026, bringing together national institutions, international organisations, anti-doping experts and sport stakeholders to discuss clean sport, fair play,…
World Drug Day is a reminder that doping risks are shaped not only by individual choices, but also by online markets, informal supply chains, organised crime, synthetic substances and gaps…
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has opened a call for candidates to serve as Independent Review Experts under the 2027 World Anti-Doping Code. The new mechanism will apply in exceptional…
On 16 June 2026, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee held a virtual meeting, during which members received updates and took decisions aimed at strengthening the global anti-doping system. One…
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has opened registration for its 2026 Regional Symposium for the Americas, which will be held in Lima, Peru, on 13–14 August 2026. The Symposium will…
The availability of doping substances is no longer only a question for elite sport. It is becoming a wider public health, consumer safety and governance challenge. That was the central…