A recently released ASOIF report discloses that a total of 80% of international summer sports federations’ anti-doping expenditures are undertaken by only six federations.

In this comment, Antoine Duval from the Asser Institute lays out a set of key orientations for a comprehensive reform of the world anti-doping system in the wake of the Russian doping scandal. In a nutshell, it’s time to focus WADA’s resources on compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

Race walker Alex Schwazer has lost an appeal against a provisional doping ban. He denies having knowingly doped and believes he has been set up.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) falls ‘considerably short’ in meeting the requirements of the WADA code, a London magazine claims.

The U.S. Department of Justice opens investigations into alleged Russian doping regime. WADA appoints investigative team to look into possible Sochi 2014 doping offenses.

New allegations of Russian medal winners at the Sochi Olympics being on steroids further damage Russia’s image as a sporting nation on the way to the Rio Olympics. WADA calls the new information “a real cause for concern”.

Belgian runner Ria Van Landeghem was banned for doping prior to the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Now, doping researchers claim that the ban was given on false grounds.

The second report from WADA’s Independent Commission discloses extensive corruption, nepotism and abuse of power in the IAAF as well as an undermining of the anti-doping structure in the association.