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‘A sad day for tennis’: critics round on Sinner after three-month ban agreed

Jannik Sinner, the men’s world No 1, has been banned from tennis for three months in a settlement of his doping case

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025

Zverev must not freeze if he is to topple supreme Sinner in Australian Open final

Defending champion has navigated his way to final but his rival has yet to show he can last distance on big stage

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025

World No.2 Swiatek 'satisfied' by WADA doping decision

Iga Swiatek is free to focus on her Australian Open campaign after the World Anti-Doping Agency decided against lodging an appeal in her doping case.

AAP · Jan 20, 2025

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WADA Accepts Swiatek's Drug Test Explanation, No Appeal

WADA accepts Iga Swiatek's suspension for failed drug test; contrasts with Jannik Sinner's case. Swiatek's explanation deemed plausible, highlighting anti-...

Won't appeal in Iga Swiatek doping case, says WADA

Iga Swiatek’s one-month suspension for failing a drug test will not be appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which deemed her explanation “plausible,” according to a statement released on Monday.

The Times of India · Jan 20, 2025

The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s precarious funding model

Warren Buffet once famously said: “you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.”

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2025

Banned former Visma-Lease a Bike rider to join Movistar after doping suspension

Michel Hessmann is able to race again from 15 March

Cycling Weekly · Jan 16, 2025

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UK and EU urged to follow US and block funding for World Anti-Doping Agency

Pressure is intensifying on Wada with the UK and EU being urged to funding the global body following the US decision to withhold its financial contribution to the agency

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025

Master Aussie swim coach Bohl takes job in China

Renowned Australian swim coach Michael Bohl has taken a job in China, reversing a decision to take a lengthy break from the sport.

AAP · Jan 14, 2025

Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond?

As the Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne, the sport is facing a crisis over positive doping tests involving two of the biggest stars in tennis.

The Conversation · Jan 11, 2025

Top-Ranked Tennis Player Jannik Sinner Faces Doping Appeal

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner faces WADA appeal for potential doping ban. Controversy surrounds his case as he prepares to defend his Australian O...

Elena Rybakina slams WTA’s Vukov investigation as Australian Open nears

Elena Rybakina has backed her former coach Stefano Vukov saying she ‘never made any complaints’ about the Croat

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025

Sinner doping hearing at top sports court set for April

Australian Open champ Jannik Sinner has learned his hearing at court's top sport, with WADA trying to ban him for doping, will be heard in April.

AAP · Jan 10, 2025

Jannik Sinner learns date for CAS hearing over failed drugs tests

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed against the decision not to ban men’s world number one Sinner.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

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AAP · Jan 9, 2025

ATP boss says tennis will survive if Sinner gets banned

ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi insists fellow Italian Jannik Sinner isn't receiving preferential treatment over doping allegations against the world No.1.

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2025

Usada backs US government decision to withhold Wada payment

The situation comes amid a dispute over the Wada’s handling of a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers competing in Tokyo in 2021

International Business Times · Jan 9, 2025

US Withholds $3.6 Mln Payment To WADA After No Audit

The United States has withheld a dues payment of $3.6 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for not conducting an independent audit of operations, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

World Anti-Doping Agency faces crisis after US government withholds funding

US Anti Doping Agency says decision ‘protects athletes’ as Wada retaliates by barring the US from key committees

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The Conversation · Jan 2, 2025

Celebrity boxing matches and ‘doping-legal Olympics’: the increasingly blurred line between sports and entertainment

We like to think that sports are fixed and immutable, but like anything else, they are a product of their time. Just look at the Olympic Games, where events like motorboating, tug-of-war and obstacle course swimming came and went during the 1900s. More recently, breakdancing appeared in last year’s Paris…

AAP · Dec 27, 2024

Swiatek opens up over WADA appeal on doping case

Polish tennis ace Iga Swiatek is confident her doping case is closed, saying there is no point in WADA appealing her ban as it did in Jannik Sinner's case.

The Conversation · Dec 18, 2024

Meldonium: the drug allegedly found in Mykhailo Mudryk’s doping test explained

Chelsea Football Club revealed today that one of their players, Mykhailo Mudryk, has tested positive for a banned substance in a routine drug test.

The Times of India · Dec 13, 2024

India's dope testing lab gets Wada's nod for biological passports

NEW DELHI: India's fight against doping in sports has received a major boost from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).

Cycling News · Dec 12, 2024

David Lappartient moves to ban abuse of carbon monoxide but how will the UCI enforce it?

WADA admits there is no 'consensus on whether CO can have a performance enhancing effect'

Cycling News · Dec 7, 2024

UCI president formally asked WADA to ban Carbon Monoxide use

Many WorldTour teams use CO rebreathers as part of altitude training

Sports Illustrated · Dec 4, 2024

Tennis Mailbag: Iga Świątek’s Case and the Sport’s Anti-Doping Problem

The Polish star’s 30-day suspension and the discourse around it underscore tennis’s mounting credibility issue.

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