The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), with the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), conducted an anti-doping webinar on Tuesday with the aim of raising awareness on anti-doping matters through an educational programme. The event, which is a-first-of-its kind to be organised by the WAFF, commenced with opening remarks …
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FIFA has implemented a robust anti-doping testing programme for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with 2,846 tests being conducted overall and every player in the squads of the eight quarter-finalists being tested on average four and a half times since January 2022. FIFA developed a test distribution plan (TDP) based …
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India and ATK Mohun Bagan defender Ashutosh Mehta is the first footballer playing in the Indian Super League to be handed a doping ban as he has been suspended for two years by the NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel for flunking a dope test. Ashutosh Mehta has tested positive for morphine …
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India and ATK Mohun Bagan defender Ashutosh Mehta is the first footballer playing in the Indian Super League to be handed a doping ban as he has been suspended for two years by the NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel for flunking a dope test. Ashutosh Mehta has tested positive for morphine …
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The player Wisdom Niayitey Quaye July has been suspended for a period of 18 months due to an anti-doping rule violation. Mr Quaye July, a 24-year-old player from Honduras, tested positive for clostebol following a qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar played on February 2, 2022. …
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a four-year period of ineligibility on the following two players for anti-doping rule violations at qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: Salvadorian player Erick Alejandro Rivera, who tested positive for clostebol following a match played on September 8, 2021 Djiboutian player …
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UEFA’s comprehensive anti-doping testing programme for UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 matched the overall success of the event – all samples collected by UEFA as part of the programme tested negative. The anti-doping programme – the largest-ever implemented in the UEFA European Women’s Championship – began in January 2022 and lasted …
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed an 18-month period of ineligibility on the Ivorian player Sylvain Gbohouo after he tested positive for the substance trimetazidine (which is included in the WADA Prohibited List 2021 under the S4.4 Metabolic Modulators class) following a 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar qualifying match …
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UEFA has given its full support to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2022 Play True Day for Peace, which underlines the commitment to combating doping and ensuring clean competition. UEFA’s anti-doping activities are embodied in the two pillars of education and testing. Delivering education Awareness and prevention are key elements …
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UEFA’s comprehensive anti-doping activities – dedicated to keeping football clean – have continued to thrive amid the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020/21 season served to reinforce UEFA’s commitment to nurturing and maintaining top-quality performance in tough and unprecedented circumstances. Among the key successes in the anti-doping sector …
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