Russia was among six countries declared "non-compliant" by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today following a Foundation Board meeting in Colorado Springs, while six others were warned they face the same action next year if improvements are not made.

A top international boxing official has denied an allegation that he “would not permit” a Togolese boxer to undergo a routine anti-doping test at the recent All-Africa Games in Brazzaville. 

Olivier Niggli will replace David Howman as director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), it was decided at the organisation's Executive Committee meeting in Colorado Springs.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission chair Richard Pound has claimed it is "pretty clear" there is a lot of performance enhancing drug use in Kenya, suggesting it should be a "major concern" for the authorities as they aim to clean up problems within athletics.

There was one dominant topic of conversation in the lobby of the freshly re-opened Hôtel Royal Savoy in Lausanne during last week’s SportAccord International Federations Forum.

As regular readers probably know, I am sceptical about sport’s ability to bring doping by top-level athletes under anything resembling control.

Russia will not boycott next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro if the country's athletes are banned following allegations of "state-supported" doping, the country's Sports Minister has promised.

This week, in the wake of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report which confirmed and amplified the worst fears about systematic doping and corruption within Russian athletics- and by extension called into question the legitimacy of the overall system in which these abuses were allowed – the voices have been heard of those directly harmed within the field of competition.

All-Russia Athletics Federation President Vadim Zelichenok today promised they would send their response to the allegations of corruption and doping cover-ups published in the World Anti-Doping Agency Independent Commission but insisted they were not guilty of "systemic violations" and should not be banned from the sport.

The head of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory has resigned, hours after it was stripped of its right to test samples, it has been announced. 

Claims that Russia were involved in "state-supported" doping are groundless and not backed up by evidence so far, the Kremlin claimed today. 

Sebastian Coe is under the cosh. More so than at any time in his career, on or off the track.

Russia's Ministry of Sport has urged the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to focus on "real facts and evidence" in an attempt to deflect accusations presented in today's Independent Commission Report, leaving the country facing the prospect of being banned from next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Russia have been given until the end of this week to respond to the publication of today's report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that recommended the country's athletes be suspended from international competition, which could include next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Russia's Federal Security Service are accused of having played a major role in the covering up of "systemic doping" in the country, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission Report published here today.