Michael Phelps is the most decorated swimmer in Olympic history – winning a total of 28 medals across five Games – Getty Images/Nathan Howard Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, has suggested that the entire future of the Games is at stake following the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of Chinese swimmers […]
Michael Phelps said athletes can no longer place their faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency amid major questions over its handling of positive tests returned by 23 Chinese swimmers. Phelps and fellow United States Olympic swimming star Allison Schmitt gave evidence at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Tuesday evening, which considered whether […]
MONACO (AP) — A runner from Ethiopia who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics, and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year, has been banned for five years after testing positive for two banned substances. Zerfe Wondemagegn admitted breaking anti-doping rules after samples she gave flagged up traces of testosterone and […]
Simona Halep is free to resume her career after the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her doping ban from four years to nine months. The former Wimbledon champion tested positive for the blood-boosting drug Roxadustat at the US Open in 2022 and was handed the long ban last September. Halep appealed to CAS and, […]
France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned for four years for a doping offence earlier this season, Italian media reported on Thursday. Sky Sport Italy and La Repubblica reported the sports prosecutor’s request for a four-year ban was granted. Pogba was provisionally suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal in September after […]
GENEVA (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The way was cleared for the the United States to earn an upgraded gold medal in the team event. The verdict from the Court of […]
GENEVA (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating’s team […]