Global Athlete calls on the International Olympic Committee to immediately suspend the Belarus National Olympic Committee and allow all Belarusian athletes to compete as neutral athletes under the Olympic flag.

Global Athlete is pleased to announce an exciting expansion in our efforts toward athlete-driven change across the world of sport- a new athlete-led podcast seeking to broaden the conversation about power, accountability, and athlete rights in international sport.

Global Athlete is thrilled with today’s launch of International Swimmers’ Alliance, an athlete association that will stand for athletes and provide international independent representation.

Global Athlete and the United For Navid Campaign welcome the decision of the International Judo Federation (IJF) to ban the Iran Judo Federation for a four-year period. This sanction is a result of Iranian Athletes being forced into a scheme to withdraw or throw matches to prevent them from competing against Israeli athletes.

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) archaic approach to limiting athletes’ rights to freedom of expression is another sign of an outdated sport system that continues to suppress athletes’ fundamental rights. The competitors are humans first, athletes second.

Athletes welcome the opportunity provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to be a part of WADA’s efforts toward further structural reforms.

Global Athlete calls on the International Paralympic Committee and the World Para Swimming to Immediately Revoke Paralympic Athlete Disqualifications Resulting from Mid-Cycle Rule Changes

Today we are calling on all International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) TOP Sponsors to demand that the IOC and IPC respect athlete freedom of expression and rescind Olympic Charter Rule 50.2 and IPC Section 2.2.

Russia Continues to Make a Mockery of Both the Anti-Doping System and the Judicial Powers in Place to Enforce It. The decision taken by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), released today, has dealt yet another damaging blow to clean sport and the athlete community.