Tunisia has taken over from South Africa as the continent’s representative on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee.

WADA was established in 1999 as an international independent agency constituted and funded equally by the sports movement and governments of the world. Its key activities include scientific research, education, and development of anti-doping capacities.
Central to […]

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Togo is the latest African country to ratify the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sports.
When Togo’s National Assembly President El Hadji Abass Bonfo recently declared in capital Lome, that they had ratified the convention, they became the 28th African signatory to the convention as at the end of May 2009. Bonfo says the […]

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 FIFA President Sepp Blatter confirms they have signed up to the WADA-lead global anti-doping drive in sport.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter confirmed in Zurich Switzerland that they have ratified the World Anti-Doping Code.
This ends a longstanding perception that the world football governing body is resisting adhering to the global anti-doping program in sports adopted at the World […]

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WADA Director General David Howman says the Athletes Biological Passports will help catch blood doping cheats
A newly introduced Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) comes into use from the beginning of January next year.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) endorsed this blood profiling as a credible mechanism for detecting blood doping during the Third World Conference on Doping […]

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South African Sports Minister and WADA Foundation Board Member Makhenkesi Stofile says UNESCO Anti-Doping Convention has relevance to Africa both in sports and beyond the sports arena.
South African Sports and Recreation Minister Rev. Makhenkensi  Stofile says Africa’s effort at combating drug abuse has a better chance of success by implementing the revised World Anti-Doping Code.
This […]

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