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,
Lausanne, 8 June 2026 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport has partially upheld an appeal by football player Boris Cespedes (Bolivia) against a FIFA decision, concerning an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Mr Cespedes’ suspension from any football-related activity has been reduced from a period
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
Sport Integrity (SSI) issued the following Media Release on 27 February 2026: “Swiss Sport Integrity has handed down on 27 February 2026 a three-year suspension to an amateur kickboxer for the presence, possession, and use of testosterone and has fined him. A sample taken from an amateur
By Kim Gamboni, Attorney, VALLONI Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich, Switzerland Facts of the Case In an award, handed down on 27 November 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports (FINCIS) & Miro Sihvonen
The 2027 World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and International Standards (Standards) have been approved on 5 December 2025 by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board and Executive Committee respectively, at the WADA Sixth World Conference on Doping in Sport held in Busan, Republic of Korea. The 2027 Code and Standards
The fight against doping in sport seems to be never ending and sports governing bodies - at the national and international levels - are committed to providing clean sport, whereby sportspersons can compete fairly and healthily. In Switzerland, anti-doping matters are regulated by the Swiss Olympic