On May 13, the World Anti-Doping Agency will hold a meeting in Montreal to decide if the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory (LBCD) will "receive accreditation in order to conduct anti-doping tests for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games." Brazilian Sports Minister George Hilton "was very confident" in LBCD's accreditation. Hilton: "We will participate in the WADA meeting that will accredit our laboratory. I'm going to Canada very satisfied with what I see here. All of the requirements were met. We're going to forget indefinitely what happened here in 2013, when the license was canceled" (GLOBO ESPORTE, 5/8). ... Despite being the host country for the 2016 Olympics, Brazil "has not yet confirmed that it will compete in the basketball tournament without having to go through" pre-Olympic qualifiers. FIBA "recently announced that the decision concerning the host country's invitation would be in June" (GLOBO ESPORTE, 5/10). ... Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates said that the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, "heavily criticized after a two-year investigation into the use of banned peptides," was being forced to operate "with its hands tied behind its back." Coates said the failure of the government to "enact legislation to coerce athletes to testify to doping authorities was severely hampering their work" (REUTERS, 5/8).
