Law changes expedited following Wada doping ban

The draft amendments to Thailand’s anti-doping law have been finished in an effort to end a ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said on Tuesday.

Thailand was declared non-compliant by Wada in October after failing to fully implement its 2021 anti-doping code and barred from hosting international football tournaments.

Thai athletes will be allowed to compete in regional, continental and world championships but the national flag will not be flown at any such events, excluding the Olympics and Paralympics.

As a result, the Badminton Association of Thailand flag was raised instead of the Thai national flag during the award-presentation ceremony after mixed doubles stars Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai won their first mixed doubles world championship title at the BWF World Championships in…