WADA cancels in-person Europe and Africa symposiums, announces webinar series instead
WADA cancels in-person Europe and Africa symposiums, announces webinar series instead

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that its 2026 Regional Symposiums for Europe and Africa, originally planned for Baku, Azerbaijan, and Cairo, Egypt, will no longer take place in…

Global Observatory Expert Exchange Advances Dialogue on Gender Equality in Sport
Global Observatory Expert Exchange Advances Dialogue on Gender Equality in Sport

The Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport brought together members of its Expert Contributors Network on 15 April 2026 for an online exchange meeting focused on knowledge-sharing, current research,…

Play True Day 2026: The Shared Responsibility Behind Clean Sport
Play True Day 2026: The Shared Responsibility Behind Clean Sport

Marked on 17 April under the theme “Play True. It Starts with You,” this year’s campaign reinforces integrity, individual choice, and collective institutional responsibility as the pillars of the global…

Artificial intelligence in anti-doping: a new peer-reviewed article calls for a rights-based governance model
Artificial intelligence in anti-doping: a new peer-reviewed article calls for a rights-based governance model

A new peer-reviewed article explores how artificial intelligence could reshape anti-doping — and why transparency, athlete rights, and procedural safeguards must evolve just as quickly as the technology itself. IPSEI…

WADA opens registration for its 2026 Regional Symposium for Asia/Oceania and the 21st Asia/Oceania Intergovernmental Ministerial Meeting
WADA opens registration for its 2026 Regional Symposium for Asia/Oceania and the 21st Asia/Oceania Intergovernmental Ministerial Meeting

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce that online registration is now open for its 2026 Regional Symposium for Asia/Oceania and the 21st Asia/Oceania Intergovernmental Ministerial Meeting (AORIM),…

WADA postpones Africa Regional Symposium amid regional uncertainty
WADA postpones Africa Regional Symposium amid regional uncertainty

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has postponed its 2026 Regional Symposium for Africa, originally scheduled for 28–29 April in Cairo, Egypt, citing the ongoing war in the Middle East and…

Women’s health and equality in sport in focus at Council of Europe events
Women’s health and equality in sport in focus at Council of Europe events

On 5–6 March 2026, Dr. Rufat Efendiyev, founder and director of the International Platform for Sport Ethics & Integrity (IPSEI), took part in two Council of Europe events held in…

Council of Europe holds the 70th CAHAMA meeting in Strasbourg to coordinate European positions ahead of WADA Executive Committee in Baku
Council of Europe holds the 70th CAHAMA meeting in Strasbourg to coordinate European positions ahead of WADA Executive Committee in Baku

Strasbourg, France | 4–5 March 2026 — The Council of Europe convened the 70th meeting of the Ad Hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) in Strasbourg, bringing…

Council of Europe convenes the 62nd meeting of the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO) in Strasbourg
Council of Europe convenes the 62nd meeting of the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO) in Strasbourg

Strasbourg, France | 3–4 March 2026 — The Council of Europe convened the 62nd meeting of the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO) in Strasbourg, held in a hybrid…

Conference on limiting access to doping in Europe
Conference on limiting access to doping in Europe

We are pleased to announce the organisation of an International Conference “Limiting the Availability of Doping Substances in Europe: A Shared Responsibility”, organised by the Council of Europe with the…