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Weight-loss drugs to remain on Wada monitoring list but not banned for 2027

Wada will revisit its position at next year’s executive committee meeting

The Independent UK

AAF risk: Herbal remedies put India’s Asian Games athletes under the doping scanner

Elite Indian athletes face heightened doping checks from the Athletics Integrity Unit. Herbal supplements, widely used, pose a significant risk of contamination and positive tests. India's high anti-doping rule violation record has placed its athletics federation in a high-risk category. Specialists advise athletes to use only scientifically validated and quality-verified…

The Economic Times

'AI could reverse cycling 2.0's gains' – Why artificial intelligence could become an anti-doping scientist's worst nightmare

If AI can rapidly design novel medicines, could it eventually create performance-enhancing substances that anti-doping laboratories haven't detected yet?

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Vondrousova’s antics put tennis doping tests in spotlight – a far cry from football’s view

The former Wimbledon champion’s suspension comes as Mykhailo Mudryk returns for Chelsea, exposing a stark contrast in processes

The Guardian - UK

Christian Angermayer: 'They say my Enhanced Games are wrong? I love the criticism'

Christian Angermayer co-founded the event where athletes pump up on steroids and testosterone — Jessica Burrell finds him bristling with confidence about its future

Evening Standard

Thursday briefing: Is this the final whistle for Gianni Infantino at Fifa?

In today’s newsletter: Global football’s governance crisis is exposing a long history structural flaws, and as federations revolt and officials resign the sport faces a reckoning at the highest level

The Guardian - UK

What’s Next For Chelsea Winger Mykhailo Mudryk After Return From Doping Ban

Mykhailo Mudryk hasn’t played professional soccer since November 2024.

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Why Mykhailo Mudryk’s Four-Year Doping Ban Has Been Cut Short

The Chelsea winger has spent a long time sidelined but a review of his suspension changed things.

Sports Illustrated

Chelsea fined £10m and given suspended transfer ban by FA over agent breaches

The club escaped a suspended six-point deduction for the infringements after appealing against the original punishment

The Guardian - UK

'I would rather lose sleep than lose credibility' – Jonathan Vaughters says Tour de France night-time testing could have stopped past doping – Full interview

EF Education-EasyPost team manager has defended night-time anti-doping tests at the Tour de France

Cycling News

Riders association calls for 'intelligent fight against doping' after multiple riders subjected to overnight testing at Tour de France

CPA confirms Pogačar, Vingegaard not the only riders awoken for doping controls

Cycling News

Multiple riders have been subjected to night-time doping controls at Tour de France

Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are not the only riders to have been woken up in the early hours

Cycling Weekly

Australia's doping plea as IOC lifts Russia athlete ban

The ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympic Games, imposed in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, has been provisionally lifted by the IOC.

AAP

Coco Gauff reveals she was brought to tears by anti-doping tester as tennis stars slam ‘broken’ system

Marketa Vondrousova was recently handed a four-year ban for refusing a doping test

The Independent UK

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'Nowhere else would we accept that level of surveillance' – Between Whereabouts, nighttime testing and 'clean anxiety', is the anti-doping system in need of reform?

Strict liability, the Whereabouts system and the fear of contamination – Cyclingnews investigates the unseen pressures athletes face to prove they're not doping

The Conversation

Enhanced Games: what’s the issue?

The “Enhanced Games”, which took place in Las Vegas from May 21–24, 2026, allow the use of performance-enhancing substances and technological equipment that are normally banned. They have been unanimously condemned by anti-doping authorities and have been the subject of fierce criticism, particularly in the media.

Euronews

Inside the Enhanced Games: Everything that happened on sport’s most controversial night

91% of competitors used testosterone, 79% human growth hormone – but the promise of multiple world records failed to materialise. Here's what actually happened.

The Guardian - UK

Ben Proud denies Enhanced Games will encourage young people to try doping

Swimmer Ben Proud has denied that young people will be tempted to dope after watching the Enhanced Games

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The Enhanced Games: ‘dangerous clown show’ or a wake-up call for traditional sport?

Las Vegas has always had a reputation for doing things bigger, louder and glitzier than everyone else. On Sunday, May 24 2026 it continues that tradition when the inaugural Enhanced Games take place at a purpose-built entertainment centre at Resorts World, a giant hotel complex on the city’s famous strip.

Sports Illustrated

Enhanced Games Explained: Inside the Steroid-Fueled Competition Drawing Olympians

Backed by investors including Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr., the “Steroid Olympics” are turning banned substances into the centerpiece of a new sports spectacle.

The Guardian - UK

Enhanced Games could tempt more young people into doping, Wada warns

The Enhanced Games, which first takes place on Sunday in Las Vegas, ‘goes against everything Wada stands for’

The Economic Times

How amendments to anti-doping act can change search and seizure dynamics

New anti-doping laws propose empowering officers to search and detain individuals in public for up to 24 hours, aiming to curb banned substance supply. Stricter penalties, including jail time and fines, are on the table for traffickers. These changes reflect a global shift towards targeting suppliers, as India grapples with…

The Economic Times

National Anti-Doping Act set to be amended, Ministry proposes five-year jail for suppliers

India is set to amend its National Anti Doping Act. The proposed changes will criminalize the supply of banned substances to athletes. Suppliers, including medical practitioners knowingly prescribing drugs, face up to five years in jail. The Sports Ministry is seeking public feedback on the amendments before tabling them in…

The Guardian - UK

Enhanced Games explained: sport’s most controversial event unpacked

Why are the Enhanced Games, taking place in Las Vegas this weekend, so contentious, and how have governing bodies have responded to the event?

The Independent UK

Former Georgia captain banned for 11 years after rugby doping scandal

Merab Sharikadze won 104 caps for his country and has since pursued a career in mixed martial arts

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