World Anti-Doping Agency: Global List Of Offenders
For the third consecutive year, India has topped the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) global list of offenders.
- World Anti-Doping Agency was established in 1999 as an international independent agency to lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport.
- Role is to develop, harmonize and coordinate anti-doping rules and policies across all sports and countries.
- It activities include scientific and social science research; education; intelligence & investigations; development of anti-doping capacity; and monitoring of compliance with the World Anti-Doping Program.
- It is funded equally by the Olympic Movement and Governments of the world.
- Headquarter: Montreal, Canada.
- Governance Structure of World Anti-Doping Agency
- Foundation Board (Board): It is the agency’s highest policy-making body and is jointly composed of representatives of the Olympic Movement (the IOC, National Olympic Committees, International Sports Federations, and athletes) and representatives of governments from all five continents.
- Executive Committee (ExCo): It looks after the management and running of the agency, including the performance of all its activities and the administration of its assets.
