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February

Jannik Sinner defends his Australian Open crown in January.

‘Sad day for tennis’: Players slam Sinner’s three-month doping ban

Three-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner will not lose his No.1 ranking, will not miss any Grand Slams and will not lose titles or prize money.

August 2024

Pan Zhanle of China after winning the 100m freestyle final.

A Chinese doping scandal in Olympic swimming has become all-out war

US media accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of keeping secret Chinese swimmers’ positive drug tests. WADA says it’s stuck in the middle of a geopolitical fight.

July 2021

Sofia Pozdniakova of the Russian Olympic Committee after being presented with gold in the women’s individual Sabre  competition on Monday.

Russia is banned, but it’s everywhere at the Games

Despite one of the worst doping scandals in sports history there are more Russian athletes in Tokyo than at Rio in 2016, and a sense that penalties are open to interpretation.

Sha’Carri Richardson: “Don’t judge me, because I’m human.”

Why is marijuana still prohibited for Olympic athletes?

US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson’s drug ban has prompted many say it’s time to update the list of ‘performance enhancers’.

December 2020

Australia's Mack Horton refused to share the podium with Yang Sun at the swimming world championships in South Korea last year.

Tokyo possible for China's Sun after doping ban win

The World Anti-Doping Authority says a Swiss court has overturned Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's eight-year ban for doping, sending the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

December 2019

Russian president Vladimir Putin and sport minister Vitaly Mutko watch the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russia banned from Olympics over doping scandal

WADA bans Russia from the Olympics and a variety of world championship events for four years as it remains embroiled in doping scandals.

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