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  • World Anti-Doping Agency.

    Concern raised over new doping control bottles, Wada says

    Two samples are taken during a doping test but generally the B sample is frozen and only analysed if the A sample has been found to contain a prohibited substance, Wada said.

    1573 days ago
  • FILE: US sprinter Justin Gatlin reacts after winning the final of the men's 100m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on 5 August, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Shocked Gatlin sacks coach after doping claim

    World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin said on Tuesday he was “shocked and surprised” at doping allegations made against his coach Dennis Mitchell.

    1613 days ago
  • People stand before a sign for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic games in the town of Hoenggye, South Korea on 31 October 2017. Picture: AFP

    Russia banned from Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

    US Senator John McCain, a frequent critic of the Kremlin, praised the IOC announcement.

    1627 days ago
  • FILE: Kenya's Jemima Jelagat Sumgong raises her arms in victory as she crosses the finish line of the Women's Marathon during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro on 14 August, 2016. Picture: AFP

    Olympic marathon champ Sumgong banned for doping offence

    Sumgong became Kenya’s latest high profile athlete to fail a drugs test after former Boston and Chicago Marathon champion, Rita Jeptoo, also tested positive for EPO in 2014 and was banned for four years.

    1655 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    French laboratory suspended from anti-doping activities

    The new suspension prohibits the Chatenay-Malabry laboratory from all analyses of urine and blood samples, WADA said in a statement.

    1659 days ago
  • Tennis star Maria Sharapova. Picture: Twitter/@MariaSharapova.

    All eyes on Stuttgart as Sharapova poised for return

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) agreed that Sharapova was not an intentional doper and shortened her ban from two years to 15 months.

    1852 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Supplied.

    Former Wada official to head new Athletics Integrity Unit

    David Howman was appointed on Wednesday as head of the newly established Athletics Integrity Unit to battle doping and corruption.

    1872 days ago
  • Tennis player Maria Sharapova addresses the media regarding a failed drug test at the Australian Open at The LA Hotel Downtown on 7 March, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: AFP.

    Sharapova deserves second chance, says Becker

    Sharapova, a five-times grand slam champion, failed a dope test for the drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.

    1921 days ago
  • World Anti-Doping Agency.

    Russia set to miss world championships as ban continues

    The suspension was upheld last year, ruling almost all Russian track and field athletes out of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

    1929 days ago
  • World Anti-Doping Agency.

    All Blacks lock Tuipulotu tests positive, shocked at result

    Tuipulotu was sent home from the All Blacks end of season tour last November after testing positive for an unspecified banned substance.

    1931 days ago
  • The Olympic logo. Picture: AFP.

    Russia’s anti-doping body says didn't admit to sports dope conspiracy

    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russian authorities had always denied that the Russian state had been involved in doping.

    1970 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    ‘Russia officials admit sports doping, say not state-sponsored’

    The final part of Wada's report into doping in Russia this month provided exhaustive evidence of an elaborate doping scheme.

    1970 days ago
  • FILE: The Olympic logo in the building of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. Picture: AFP

    IOC starts disciplinary procedures against 28 Russian athletes

    28 athletes face disciplinary procedures after their urine samples from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games were allegedly manipulated.

    1975 days ago
  • FILE: The Olympic logo in the building of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. Picture: AFP

    IOC extends provisional measures against Russia

    The IOC said it had extended provisional measures against Russia over its doping scandal ‘until further notice’.

    1991 days ago
  • FILE: Bronze medal. Picture: AFP

    Ten more Beijing medallists disqualified after re-testing

    They were among a total of 16 athletes named in the latest batch of disqualifications from the Games.

    2010 days ago
  • Brazil’s Yane Marques leads her delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    ‘Serious failings’ in Rio anti-doping programme - Wada

    The anti-doping programme at the 2016 Rio Olympics was marred by ‘a number of serious failings’, according to Wada.

    2031 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Sporting leaders back proposals to give more powers to WADA

    The IOC wants to give more power to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to fight against doping.

    2050 days ago
  • Tour de France 2016 winner Christopher Froome celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, at the end of the 113 km twenty-first and last stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on 24 July, 2016 between Chantilly and Paris. Picture: AFP.

    Froome has 'no issue' with exemption leak in Wada hack

    Cycling’s governing body the UCI joined the condemnation of the cyber-attacks.

    2073 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Russian runner who exposed doping system ‘living in fear’

    Yulia Stepanova has revealed that she fears for her life and has been forced to move.

    2104 days ago
  • FILE: Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi. Picture: AFP.

    Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi fails doping test

    The swimmer finished fourth in the women’s 100m butterfly at the Rio Olympics.

    2108 days ago
  • FILE: Michael Phelps. Picture: AFP.

    Phelps: Drug cheats should be banned from Games

    The US swimmer has lashed out at authorities, saying harder action should be taken on drug cheats.

    2111 days ago
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