https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday lifted life bans on 28 of the 43 Russians accused of doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, meaning some could still compete at this month's Pyeongchang Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180201/sports-court-in-switzerland-lifts-life-bans-of-28-russians-accused-of-doping Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:39:58 +0100 sports-court-in-switzerland-lifts-life-bans-of-28-russians-accused-of-doping Dozens of Russian athletes banned by the International Olympic Committee for life over doping began an appeal against their suspension on Monday at the world's top sports court. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180122/appeal-begins-in-geneva-for-russian-athletes-suspended-in-doping-scandal Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:59:44 +0100 appeal-begins-in-geneva-for-russian-athletes-suspended-in-doping-scandal Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, the source of revelations about state-sponsored doping in Russia, is expected to testify next week at a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing involving the appeals of 39 Russians banned for doping. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180118/doping-whistleblower-to-testify-in-geneva-as-athletes-appeal Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:47:29 +0100 doping-whistleblower-to-testify-in-geneva-as-athletes-appeal Russia were banned from the 2018 Olympics on Tuesday over state-sponsored doping but the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Russian competitors would be able to compete "under strict conditions". https://www.thelocal.ch/20171205/russia-banned-from-2018-winter-olympics Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:08:58 +0100 russia-banned-from-2018-winter-olympics Disgraced ex-IAAF president Lamine Diack's son Papa Massata Diack, former Russian athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichev and coach Alexei Melnikov lost their appeals on Monday against life bans imposed over corruption. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170822/athletics-trio-embroiled-in-russian-doping-scandal-loses-appeal Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:22:12 +0200 athletics-trio-embroiled-in-russian-doping-scandal-loses-appeal Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova was banned by the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday for doping and stripped of her 2011 world title, effectively handing the crown to Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161130/ennis-hill-gets-world-gold-as-russian-heptathlete-stripped-of-title Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:15:23 +0100 ennis-hill-gets-world-gold-as-russian-heptathlete-stripped-of-title The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has hired Russian doping whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov as a consultant and is helping his runner wife Yuliya in recognition of their efforts, a spokesman said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161025/ioc-hires-russian-whistleblower-as-consultant Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:17:15 +0200 ioc-hires-russian-whistleblower-as-consultant Russian competitors will not compete in next month's Rio Paralympics after the country lost an appeal on Tuesday against a suspension issued over a vast, state-run doping programme. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160824/swiss-sports-court-upholds-russia-ban-from-paralympics Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:35:16 +0200 swiss-sports-court-upholds-russia-ban-from-paralympics IOC executives have pushed for a major anti-doping overhaul and have floated the idea of WADA taking over the entire system. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160730/genetic-doping-the-sea-serpent-of-olympics-cheating Sat, 30 Jul 2016 20:30:43 +0200 genetic-doping-the-sea-serpent-of-olympics-cheating The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has temporarily relocated to Rio so it can make rulings over Olympic doping from the scene. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160727/swiss-sports-court-heads-to-rio-olympics Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:41:31 +0200 swiss-sports-court-heads-to-rio-olympics The International Olympic Committee reported 45 new doping failures on Friday from the 2008 Games in Beijing and London 2012, bringing the total number of positive drug test to 98 since a retesting programme was launched. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160722/ioc-reports-more-doping-failures-pre-rio Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:39:24 +0200 ioc-reports-more-doping-failures-pre-rio The international sports tribunal on Thursday rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes seeking to overturn an IAAF doping ban on them competing at the Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160721/swiss-sports-court-upholds-ban-on-russian-athletes Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:00:04 +0200 swiss-sports-court-upholds-ban-on-russian-athletes The International Olympic Committee barred Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from the Rio Games and withdrew backing for international events in Russia over a state-run doping programme, but delayed ruling on a complete ban on the country until after a key court case on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160720/ioc-bans-putin-ally-from-rio-games Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:17:01 +0200 ioc-bans-putin-ally-from-rio-games The Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, said on Monday it has put back its ruling on the two-year doping ban for Maria Sharapova for two months to September, ruling the tennis superstar out of the Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160711/swiss-sports-court-puts-sharapova-out-of-rio Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:58:58 +0200 swiss-sports-court-puts-sharapova-out-of-rio The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday it will decide whether to overturn the ban against Russia's athletics programme by July 21st, two weeks before the start of the Rio Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160704/cas-to-rule-on-rio-hopes-of-russian-athletes Mon, 04 Jul 2016 19:15:54 +0200 cas-to-rule-on-rio-hopes-of-russian-athletes Roger Federer had no sympathy for Maria Sharapova, saying on Thursday he backs a "zero tolerance" stance against doping. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160610/federer-tennis-should-have-zero-tolerance-for-dopers Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:16:15 +0200 federer-tennis-should-have-zero-tolerance-for-dopers Olympic medallists from the Beijing and London Games will be targeted as a priority as the reanalysis of old samples is reinforced, the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160602/ioc-doubles-anti-doping-budget-ahead-of-rio Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:12:46 +0200 ioc-doubles-anti-doping-budget-ahead-of-rio Professional boxers can compete at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the sport's governing body AIBA ruled in a landmark decision on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160601/pro-boxers-given-green-light-to-compete-in-rio Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:41:34 +0200 pro-boxers-given-green-light-to-compete-in-rio The Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday reported 23 new doping failures from retests on 265 samples from the 2012 London Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160527/london-olympics-athletes-fail-new-doping-tests Fri, 27 May 2016 17:32:03 +0200 london-olympics-athletes-fail-new-doping-tests Thirty-one athletes from 12 countries failed doping tests after new analysis of samples taken from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and could be banned from the Rio Games, the IOC said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160517/ioc-looks-to-ban-31-drug-cheats-from-rio Tue, 17 May 2016 18:42:46 +0200 ioc-looks-to-ban-31-drug-cheats-from-rio