Jannik Sinner continues to rise despite doping allegations
Despite being caught in a doping allegation controversy, Jannik Sinner has had the most successful and eventful season of his career in 2024. Sinner is the reigning Australian Open and…
LIV Golf suspends Graeme McDowell for anti-doping violation
LIV Golf has suspended Graeme McDowell for one tournament for flouting the anti-doping code. The 45-year-old athlete reportedly took a decongestant medicine that included a banned substance, said the Saudi-funded…
Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak suspended for doping at Olympics
The International Olympic Committee announced that Greek pole vaulter Eleni-Klaoudia Polak, who failed a drug test, has been provisionally suspended from the Olympics in Paris. The 27-year-old athlete participated in…
Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei, who tested positive for drugs, denies cheating, wins butterfly bronze, helps China finish third in 4x100m relay
Chinese Olympic champion Zhang Yufei has appealed to people to “look at the Chinese swimming team through an unbiased lens in response to the unfair treatment and criticism that Chinese…
Chinese swimmers will be subject to more testing before Paris Olympics
Chinese swimmers competing in the Paris Olympics will undergo twice as many drug tests as other swimmers from certain other countries. In the past several months, doping officials have faced…
World Anti-Doping Agency may appeal against Erriyon Knighton
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is contemplating an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) after American sprinter Erriyon Knighton was not banned for using a prohibited substance,…
World record holder Rhonex Kipruto faces six-year ban
Kenya's Rhonex Kipruto, the world record holder for the 10km road race, has been banned from competing for six years because of anomalies discovered in his Athlete Biological Passport. A…
AIU bans another Nigerian Sprinter for doping
Nigeria has seen a recent surge in the number of athletes being penalized for their involvement in drug-related activities. In 2021, the Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the 100 and…
NADA shows up at Delhi Meet after news of Indian athletes doping spread
In June 2023, Sportstar reported that India had the second highest number of anti-doping rule violations in the world, with 59 cases, second only to Russia, which had 135 cases.…
Russian weightlifter Tatiana Kashirina loses her titles
Russian weightlifter Tatiana Kashirina has received a retroactive ban and has been stripped of her world titles after being caught up in doping allegations. After working so hard and etching…
‘My fight continues’: Halep says after being accused of doping
Doping allegations really aren’t rare in the sports community anymore. So many athletes have received punishment and have fallen from grace because of it. Their previous achievements were revoked, and…