January 2024
Swimmer who won gold and called Chinese star a drug cheat retires
Mack Horton, who had an intense rivalry with Sun Yang, says he has lost his hunger for the sport and he won’t be competing at the Paris Olympic Games.
February 2022
The dark truth behind the beauty of figure skating
Russian 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive to a banned drug before the Olympics.
- Verity Bowman and Luke Mintz
April 2021
Former Olympic medallist guilty in $200m drug plot
Former champion canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his brother Dru have been found guilty of trying to import 650 kg of cocaine into Australia - a plot that failed after a dramatic sea chase involving the Navy and police.
February 2020
Chinese swim star Sun Yang banned for eight years
But the swimmer says he will appeal against the ruling after ban for avoiding a drugs test in 2018 in which his minders smashed test vials with hammers.
December 2019
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.
July 2019
Aussie swimmer Shayna Jack fails doping test
Swimming Australia has confirmed that rising star Shayna Jack, who had dropped out of the team for "personal reasons" before the world championships, had actually failed a drug test.
- Laine Clark