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WADA upholds suspension risking Russian Olympic boycott

WADA is maintaining Russia's suspension from most international sports, all but ruling out participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics, and threatening a Russian boycott of the next Summer games.

16/11/2017

Sport

Carter appeals Olympic disqualification

The Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter who was retroactively found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics has attended his appeal hearing

15/11/2017

Sport

Russia stripped of two Sochi 2014 medals after doping revelations

Four Russian cross country skiiers failed doping tests leading the IOC to slap them with lifetime Olympic bans.

09/11/2017

Sport

2018 Winter Olympic athletes launch anti-doping campaign #MyMoment

Top athletes launch #MyMoment campaign

03/11/2017

Monaco

‘We need a strong sport’: Paula Radcliffe on restoring athletics' glory

"If we don’t have faith in what we are watching... then we don’t have a strong sport," says the British marathon champion and anti-doping campaigner.

25/10/2017

World News

Anti-doping agencies call for Russia Winter Olympics ban

The IOC was also criticised by the agencies who expressed concern about the 2018 Games being clean

14/09/2017

Sport

She's back!: Sharapova gets wildcard for US Open

It will be the first Grand Slam appearance for the former world number one in over 18 months, after her return from a doping ban

15/08/2017

Sport

Contador to retire from cycling

Twice Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will hang up his racing bike in September, bringing an end the career of one of the world's greatest cyclists

07/08/2017

Sport

IAAF warns cheats will face tough scrutiny at World Championships in London

The IAAF's new watchdog, the AIU, promises tough doping checks and more for the London World Championships, which start on Friday.

03/08/2017

Cinema

'Icarus': documentary uncovers truth about Russian doping

26/07/2017

Russia

FIFA investigating Russia's entire 2014 World Cup squad for alleged doping

Russia's state-sponsored doping scandal reaches football as FIFA investigates entire 2014 World Cup squad.

25/06/2017

Sport

Sharapova denied wild card to French Open

Maria Sharapova, twice a champion at Roland Garros, is denied a wild card invitation to this month's French Open

16/05/2017

Germany

Sharapova set to return after 15-month doping ban

Maria Sharapova is back on court on Wednesday in the Stuttgart Open.

26/04/2017

Sport

Olympic gold medalist Jemima Sumgong EPO positive

Olympic gold winner Jemima Sumgong tests EPO positive

07/04/2017

Sport

Sky cycling team slammed for not keeping records at doping investigation

Doubts continue to swirl around Team Sky as the cycling outfit answers questions about why it failed to keep proper medical records that could have answered the questions about Bradley Wiggins' myster

01/03/2017

Sport

Putin admits sports anti-doping system broken in Russia

Putin promises new anti-drugs body for Russian sport to replace "broken" system for which Russia only has itself to blame.

01/03/2017

USA

Lance Armstrong faces uphill struggle in US fraud trial

Lance Armstrong to go to trial in US fraud case

14/02/2017

Sport

IOC disqualify three athletes from 2012 London Olympics

Russia’s female 4×400 metres relay team from the London 2012 Olympics has been disqualified after one of the athletes returned a positive dope test for a banned…

01/02/2017

Sport

Olympic bobsleigh champion Trunenkov banned for four years

Dimitriy Trunenkov, a member of Russia's four-man Bobsleigh gold medal winners at the Sochi Olympics, has been banned for unspecified doping offences for four years.

31/01/2017

Sport

Sprint legend Bolt loses 2008 Olympic relay gold after team mate Carter tests positive

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals and his perfect triple treble of Games’ sprint victories after team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing…

25/01/2017