Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has extended a powerlifter's suspension by eight years. This action was taken because the athlete ordered methasterone—a prohibited substance—whilst already serving a suspension for a doping violation. During a postal inspection, the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) seized a package
A new study, published on 8 July 2026, by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses (LAD), supported by Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI), shows that innovative blood testing methods could make anti-doping controls easier, more flexible, and more effective. At the heart of this progress are RNA-based
“Cross-agency targeted campaign "Peptides 2026" On 22 June 2026, Swissmedic, together with the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS), and Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) conducted a targeted campaign against illegally imported peptides. In the campaign, shipments suspected of containing illegally imported peptides or comparable substances
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has imposed, on 17 June 2026, a three-year suspension upon an amateur ice hockey player for possession and attempted trafficking of prohibited substances and has fined him. During a postal inspection, a package containing the prohibited substances tamoxifen, oxandrolone, stanozolol, and clenbuterol,
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has imposed, on 17 June 2026, a three-year suspension upon an amateur ice hockey player for possession and attempted trafficking of prohibited substances and has fined him. During a postal inspection, a package containing the prohibited substances tamoxifen, oxandrolone, stanozolol, and clenbuterol,
On 22 June 2026, Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) issued a warning to a Swiss LNA (League Nationale A) basketball club for failure to meet its obligations. Doping prevention and education programmes are essential for protecting athletes' health and their right to fair play. They are designed to
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has imposed a 10-month suspension upon the Swiss wrestler, Maurus Zogg, for hydrochlorothiazide contamination due to the presence, possession, and use of the prohibited substance, and has also fined him. Following an out-of-competition doping test, analysis of a sample from the wrestler
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has handed down, on 1 May 2026, a 14-month suspension on a National League A rugby player, due to stanozolol contamination, for the presence, possession, and use of the prohibited substance, and has also fined him. Following an out-of-competition doping control, analysis
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has issued a warning to two parties involved in proceedings for violating the provisions relating to the protection of proceedings and has fined them as well as requiring them to cover part of the legal costs. Whilst proceedings were underway before the
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has published its Annual Report for 2025 on 15 April 2026. SSI is an independent foundation under Swiss Law, with the aims of combatting doping, ethical misconduct and wrongdoing in sport in a sustainable and effective manner. In doing so, SSI is guided