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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

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

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

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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

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

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...

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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

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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

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

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.

AAP

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

The Independent UK

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.

International Business Times

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

The Guardian - UK

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…

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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.

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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

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

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'

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UCI president formally asked WADA to ban Carbon Monoxide use

Many WorldTour teams use CO rebreathers as part of altitude training

Sports Illustrated

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.

The Independent UK

How Iga Swiatek explained away doping case and contaminated melatonin product

The World No 2 has already served for the majority of her one-month suspension

Cycling Weekly

Jonas Vingegaard plays down talk of Giro d’Italia debut in 2025, and clarifies use of carbon monoxide inhalation

Two-time Tour de France winner gives nothing away when asked if he’ll appear at the Giro, but the Worlds in Rwanda is in his sights

The Guardian - UK

Why has Iga Swiatek been banned and how serious is the offence?

The world No 2 received a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine

Cycling News

'I never knew it could be misused' – Jonas Vingegaard weighs in on controversial use of carbon monoxide in cycling

Two-time Tour winner keeps quiet about possible Giro d'Italia debut but eyes World Championships road race in Rwanda

Cycling News

UCI calls on World Anti-Doping Agency to 'take a position' on use of carbon monoxide inhalation

Governing body warns teams and 'asks teams and riders not to use repeated CO inhalation'

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