Doping-Athletes' union welcomes WADA's revised recreational drugs list

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Instead of the aiming for the moon, the goal of the Earthshot Prize is to galvanize people around the world to design solutions that will protect the Earth for future generations. It will be awarded every year until 2030. The Earthshot Prize was founded by the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and was inspired by John F. Kennedy’s moonshot project, which catalyzed the technology world to put humans on the moon back in the 1960s.

“Beyond treating disease, the antibiotics are commonly used to avoid illnesses caused by the handling of the animals and the high levels of stress caused by the extreme conditions in which they are confined,” WAP said.

SAO PAULO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock.

Siobhan McLaughlin, 46, was refused the benefit after her partner John Adams died from cancer in January 2014 because the couple, who had four children and were together for 23 years, were not married or in a civil pa

In August, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said that athletes testing positive for recreational drugs out-of-competition would be banned for 1-3 months instead of two years when the policy is changed next year.

India only has about 30,000 elephants left in its forests and reserves, and the huge animal enjoys the highest Schedule 1 species status under the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 besides declared endangered by global body, IUCN.

“This has occurred under the eyes of an international governance system that imposed a very strict and rigid framework which we believe does not respect the fundamental rights of athletes, in terms of the presumption of innocence, in terms of rights for a fair trial, in terms of just and proportionate penalties,” said Schwab during a conference call from Washington D.C.

The final winner is AEM Electrolyser technology made by Germany-based Enapter, which turns renewable electricity into emission-free hydrogen gas. Coral Vita, a winner from the Bahamas, grows coral on land to replant in oceans, giving new life to dying ecosystems. Milan, Italy, was the winner of the waste-free world category, based on its citywide food waste policy that recovers 130 tons of food per year through its three food waste hubs. This year’s winners include the Republic of Costa Rica for its work in doubling the size of its forests, and the Indian social enterprise Takachar, which has created technology that attaches to farmers’ tractors and reduces smoke emissions by 98%.

Senior wildlife officers refused to confirm that the May 1 Nagaon incident points to ‘meat consumption,’ but other experts expressed fears that the ‘newly acquired taste’ could lead to a spurt in elephant poaching.

Brendan Schwab, executive director of the WPA, likened the institutional and state-mandated doping uncovered in Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee investigations to something close to “subjecting athletes to scientific experimentation in pursuit of sporting success”.

Union leaders also made clear that their members needed to be protected from an anti-doping system that is focused on athletes and not on the leagues, federations, countries and owners who might support and encourage the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Dec 14 (Reuters) – The world’s leading players’ associations unveiled a universal declaration of player rights on Thursday designed to give athletes a global voice and protect them from the fallout from corruption and a broken anti-doping system.

The World Players Association (WPA), whose member unions include FIFPro, NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB and which represents more than 85,000 athletes from 60 countries, hailed the declaration as the first comprehensive articulation of athletes´ rights.

“There is reason to be filled with hope and even optimism about our future,” said Kerry. “The finalists and winners that we’ve recognized this evening remind us that we do have an incredible ability to turn the improbable into reality if we work together.”

His announcement was followed by a message from the US special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry.  This year’s ceremony came just weeks before the UK is set to host COP26, the world’s most important climate summit. The next Earthshot Prize ceremony is set to take place in the US in 2022, Prince William said at the end of the event.

Rituraj Phukan of the Nagaon-based Green Guards Organisation told Mail Today, ‘While historically, jumbo flesh isn’t eaten by tribes of Karbi Hills, we were surprised by the May 1 incident and similar ones in the past 10 years.

“I find it somewhat ironic when it comes to the issues of clean sport that there is almost an automatic leap to issues of doping and athlete cheating and virtually no discussion about the corruption that has clearly infected sports bodies, sports leagues and sports owners,” said Smith.

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