India has been placed alongside Russia on a list of countries with ‘extremely high’ rates of doping in sport, at a time when it is pushing to be named host of the 2036 Olympics. Namita Singh in Delhi explores why athletes here are taking…
Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the four-year suspension imposed on her for refusing to submit to an out-of-competition anti-doping test. The 27-year-old Czech…
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. The 31-year-old javelin thrower, who competed for India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, was suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) Disciplinary Panel after testing positive…
The door to Los Angeles is slowly opening for Russian athletes. But with that comes an old question: can the sport trust Russia again? WADA insists it will not repeat the mistakes that led to Russia’s four‑year ban after Sochi. After the…
Although a familiar issue, once again a sanctioning body finds itself confronting calls of misconduct. This time, it involves the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The San Juan, Puerto Rico-based organization’s champion at super…
Paris Olympics silver medalist Cyrena Samba-Mayela is facing a fight she never expected to have outside the hurdles. The French star could be handed a suspension after reportedly recording three whereabouts failures within 12-months.…
To curb the menace of drug abuse and cultism in Akwa Ibom State, the administration of Governor Umo Eno has set a new template for youth presidents to emerge. The government’s decision, according to the commissioner for Youth Development,…
The European Athletics Championships in Birmingham saw Owen Ansah’s stunning 19.95‑second victory that made him European champion in the men’s 200m. The German sprinter added gold to the 100m bronze he won earlier in the championships,…
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has reduced former U.S. 1500m national champion Jonah Koech’s doping ban from four years to three after he signed a sanction acceptance form. USADA explained that athletes are not required to provide details of…
On August 10, Jonah Koech received a three-year suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which came after an Athlete Biological Passport violation case resulted in elevated blood levels linked to blood doping. The American middle…
“I don’t need it. God gave me fast feet for a reason… Drugs aren’t going to give you an advantage.” That was Fred Kerley before his Enhanced Games debut, where he competed without performance-enhancing drugs and still won the men’s 100m,…
0.08 seconds. That was all that separated Jonah Koech and Ethan Strand in the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships men’s 1500m final as Koech edged ahead to claim the title. More than a year later, however, that result has been overturned…