Olympic drone drama: How FIFA sanctioned the Canadian women’s football team for spying

Published Friday, 02 August 2024.

Softball Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Pseudoephedrine

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Mitchell McKay, a softball athlete, received an 18-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in-competition on August 2, 2023, revealed the presence of pseudoephedrine, a prohibited specified stimulant.

In response to the CCES’s notification of the adverse analytical finding, the athlete signed an Agreement on Consequences thereby waiving their right to a hearing and accepting the proposed sanction and all other applicable consequences. Because the athlete accepted a voluntary provisional suspension on September 7, 2023, the sanction ends on March 6, 2025.

During the sanction period, the athlete is ineligible to participate in any capacity with any sport signatory to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP), including training with teammates.

In compliance with rule 8.4 of the CADP, the CCES’s file outcome summary can be found in the Canadian Sport Sanction Registry.

Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada Coalition Against Abuse Calls for The Government of Canada to Launch a National Inquiry

OPEN LETTER: Call for Skate Canada and the Government of Canada to Address Abuse in Figure Skating

Ensuring Fair Process For Players In Sexual Assault Claims - The Jake Virtanen NHL Case

Published Friday, 26 August 2022.

What Tournament Organisers Can Learn From India’s AFC Women’s Cup Exit

Published Friday, 25 February 2022.

A Guide To The Labour Structure Of The US Women's Soccer Team and League (NWSL)

Published Tuesday, 27 July 2021.

Seven new members appointed to CGF Anti-Doping and Medical Commission

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has confirmed seven new members for its Anti-Doping and Medical Commission following an open recruitment process that saw successful candidates appointed from all six regions of the Commonwealth.

NADO Leaders Remain Hopeful for Meaningful Reform of WADA Governance

Key sports law cases and developments of 2020 – North America

Published Wednesday, 23 December 2020.

Sports law in 2020 - key issues to watch in North America

Published Monday, 30 December 2019.

INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 30 July 2019 - 12 August 2019

INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 16 April 2019 - 29 April 2019

Fair, Safe and Open Sport in Canada Receives a Welcome Boost

Powerlifting Athlete Suspended for Presence of Higenamine

Powerlifting Athlete Suspended for Presence of SARM S-22

Racquetball Athlete Suspended

U SPORTS Football Athlete Suspended for Presence of Cannabis

Powerlifter Suspended for Presence of Testosterone and Nandrolone / Athlète de dynamophilie suspendu pour la présence de testostérone et nandrolone

U SPORTS Football Athlete Suspended for Presence of Cannabis

U SPORTS Football Athlete Suspended for Presence of D- and L-amphetamine

A no fault finding for refusing a random drugs test: The exceptional case of UKAD v Ryan Bailey

Published Wednesday, 07 February 2018.

CCAA Soccer Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Cannabis

Powerlifting Athlete Suspended for Presence of D-amphetamine

U SPORTS Football Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Cannabis

Sport And Governance - Annual Review 2023/24

Published Tuesday, 05 March 2024.

Key Sports Law Cases & Developments 2023 - North America

Published Tuesday, 19 December 2023.

Coalition Against Abuse In Sport Statement Following the Canadian Minister of Sport’s Press Conference

The Whyte Review Into British Gymnastics: Key Safeguarding Lessons For Sports Governing Bodies

Published Friday, 21 October 2022.

Weightlifting Athlete Suspended for the Presence of SARM LGD-4033 and Tamoxifen

Key Sports Law Cases And Developments Of 2021 – North America

Published Wednesday, 22 December 2021.

The CCES Completes Testing of Team Canada Prior to Tokyo 2020 Olympics

(Ottawa, Ontario – July 26, 2021) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has successfully completed its Olympic pre-Games testing program and would like to wish all members of Team Canada good luck at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that the Games are a safe and healthy experience for everyone.

WADA welcomes significant additional investment from the Government of Canada

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is grateful to the Government of Canada for its additional contribution of USD 748,390 (CAD 936,108) to WADA, which will be dedicated primarily to the Agency’s scientific research and intelligence and investigations (I&I) activities. In addition, around USD 55,000 of the contribution has been earmarked for education.