Sport Integrity Blog

Each year the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the Prohibited List, which identifies the substances and methods that are prohibited in sport. It’s your responsibility to stay up to date with any changes that might affect you.

Sport Integrity Australia is proud to launch our Secondary Schools Resource Kit - designed to provide teachers with essential tools related to sport and integrity.

Changes introduced by the Therapeutic Goods Administration in relation to certain sports supplements is good news for Australian athletes.

For the past four years the Education team has been trailblazing a path using technology to deliver award-winning education to Australian athletes.

How a nine-month sanction from sport changed marathon runner Cassie Fien’s life.

Developed in collaboration with Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) and United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Clean Sport 101 is the result of an ongoing global partnership designed to enhance anti-doping education worldwide.

Due to the risk of prohibited substance GW1516, the Sport Integrity Australia would like to again warn athletes about the dangers it poses to your health.

Clinical trials on the Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) Andarine (S4) have been discontinued and it is not approved for human use.

Sport Integrity Australia’s Level 2 2020 eLearning Course is now available online for athletes, support personnel and other members of the Australian sporting community.

Despite being marketed as “natural”, Higenamine is one of the leading causes of positive doping tests in Australia.

ASADA’s long standing advice is that no supplement is safe to use and athletes should not risk their careers by taking a supplement.

Amendments to the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) will assist anti-doping organisations manage cases of potential clenbuterol meat contamination and ensure that cases are managed fairly for all athletes.

Potential doping products often become available to athletes via internet sites with little evidence available as to their action within humans.

Sport Integrity Australia recognises the crucial role parents play in helping children achieve their sporting goals and also in protecting their children from the potential pitfalls.

Blocked nose? Feeling lousy? Thinking of taking a cold and flu tablet? Be careful.

How a popular weight-loss supplement almost cost Matt Whitby his life.

Q&A with Sports Dietitian Australia’s Jessica Rothwell

Promoted as the magic pill for weight loss, weight gain, or as a contributor for maximum sporting performance – while the darker side to supplements is often ignored.

There appears to be an increasing number of athletes linked to the use of the Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) Ligandrol (LGD-4033).

Athletes are blinded by perceived short-term gains and neglect the long-term health impacts, according to Dr David Hughes.