Tengrinews.kz – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Witold Bańka, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
15 October 2025 12:53
Eight weightlifters who previously served doping bans have won medals at Rio, while others have been sent home for failed tests.
15 August 2016 15:25
Germany's weightlifting coach has called for seven countries, including Kazakhstan, to be banned from international competition/
11 August 2016 17:51
Overshadowed by the Russian Olympic doping scandal, the sport of weightlifting has been waging its own battle against drug cheats.
02 August 2016 17:04
Kazakhstan's double Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin and three other gold medalists banned for failing dope tests at the 2012 London Olympics
16 June 2016 17:15
The head of Kazakhstan's national anti-doping centre has pledged to crack down on drug cheats ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
18 January 2016 17:33
Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry into allegations of "state-supported" drug abuse in athletics that have left Russia facing a possible Olympics ban, but insisted any punishment should be individual and not collective.
12 November 2015 14:44
Kazakhstan's Cycling Federation considered dropping Astana Cycling Team after several doping scandals last year.
20 March 2015 14:27
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has requested the withdrawal of the World Tour license of Astana Pro Team following the completion of the team's audit.
04 March 2015 13:48
Kazakhstan’s boxer Almat Serimov who represents Astana Arlans boxing club has failed a doping test.
16 January 2015 12:37
A doping scandal has erupted after The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships that was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on November 8-16.
14 December 2014 13:35
Kazakhstani Astana Pro Team has been granted a provisional license for 2015 races.
11 December 2014 19:58
Kazakhstani cycling team Astana is not competing in the Tour of Beijing because of positive doping tests.
12 October 2014 15:07
Kazakh cyclist of Astana Proteam Valentin Iglinsky has been fired by the Kazakhstan club after his testes returned positive on erythropoietin (EPO).
12 September 2014 17:01
The Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation has fulfilled all the obligations towards the International Weightlifting Federation and the International Anti-doping Agency by toughening doping control in Kazakhstan.
11 March 2014 21:58
A champion weightlifter of the Summer Universiade in Kazan Farkhad Kharki has been charge with committing a doping-related offence.
11 March 2014 21:51
Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation has been charged with a fine of $500 thousand for doping violations of several Kazakhstan athletes.
15 November 2013 18:07
The International Weightlifting Federation has disqualified nine weightlifters from Kazakhstan.
06 November 2013 00:40
German cycling racer Jan Ullrich, who admitted using blood-doping, might lose the medals he gained at the 2000 Olympics.
11 July 2013 12:39
Kazakhstan's Olga Tsykunova (Tereshkova) has given birth to a baby girl and has already resumed her training sessions.
13 February 2013 17:31