Doping in Sports

Weeks before the Paris Olympics, World Aquatics confirms a US criminal investigation is underway into the cases of 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests in 2021 but were allowed to continue competing. 

In a small cafe in a nondescript French village during the 1924 Tour de France, a journalist fell upon the biggest scoop in cycling, when three Tour riders revealed what they were carrying in their bags to get them through the most daunting of races.

Head coach Rohan Taylor says Australia's Olympic swimmers have to trust WADA and that his team "can only control what we can control" after another alleged positive test is reported.

The ghost of Marco Pantani has been everywhere during the first week of the Giro d'Italia, raising uncomfortable questions over his tainted legacy.

An investigation led by a Swiss prosecutor will look into how the World Anti-Doping Agency handled positive doping tests of 23 Chinese swimmers in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games. 

The World Anti-Doping Agency is standing by a ruling that over 20 Chinese swimmers who tested positive to a banned substance are not guilty of doping.

The World Anti-Doping Agency says it stands firmly by its investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive to the same banned substance, as questions are raised over claims of food contamination.

Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished has sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the US anti-doping organisation.

The body has confirmed 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance and chose not to intervene.

Multiple media reports said the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine, months before the COVID-delayed Games began in July 2021.

Tom Maddocks breaks down the AFL's anti-doping and illicit drug policies, and the consequences for breaking them.

Former world number one Simona Halep can return to tennis after her appeal to the Court of Arbitration to Sport is partially upheld, finding she likely consumed a banned substance unintentionally.

Former world number one tennis player Simona Halep sues the Canadian company that produced a nutritional supplement she believes led to her being handed a potentially career-ending four-year doping ban.

Australian sport's anti-doping chief slams an Olympic-style event with no drug testing as "grossly irresponsible" and warns of severe ramifications for athletes taking part.

Simona Halep is banned for four years after an independent panel found it was "likely" she was guilty of doping, with Serena Williams suggesting the Romanian's previous results should also be investigated. 

France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, who won the World Cup in 2018, tests positive for testosterone, set for four year suspension.

A former team doctor for Britain's cycling team and professional outfit Team Sky has received a four-year ban for violating anti-doping rules early last decade. 

Aussie cyclist Rob Stannard denies taking a banned substance after being suspended for an anti-doping rule violation that ends his world championship hopes.

Australian 800-metre runner Peter Bol has been cleared of doping by Sport Integrity Australia in what he described as "a dream come true".

The ruling could force sport's highest court to re-examine the regulations that force Semenya and other female athletes to artificially reduce naturally high testosterone levels.

Lauren Jackson was granted an exemption to take medicinal cannabis when she made a fairytale comeback to basketball. But its use — both within and outside sport — remains stigmatised while Australia's laws are difficult to understand and navigate.

Dr Mark Johnson says it's unclear whether stimulants like adderall provide an advantage, but testing will add a legitimacy for gaming.

Esports are in the mix for Commonwealth Games and Olympics inclusion, but the lack of a regulatory body for drug testing is an obstacle. Now a WADA program will inform and warn gamers of the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs. 

The International Tennis Integrity Agency levels a new doping charge at the two-time grand slam champion based on an expert assessment of her athlete biological passport.

The World Anti-Doping Agency updates the success of its investigation into the infamous Moscow laboratory at the centre of institutionalised Russian doping, saying 200-plus athletes have been sanctioned from data collected.