Nesta Carter appeals against doping exclusion

Three cities in Senegal will host the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday (October 8).

Kenyan marathon runner Samuel Kalalei, who won the Athens marathon last November, has been banned for four years after testing positive for blood-booster EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has said.

Anti-doping inspectors have left Moscow without getting lab data promised by the Russian officials. After the WADA team started work, Russia unexpectedly demanded them to use equipment "certified under Russian law."

Five cross-country skiers have been provisionally suspended after admitting they doped to Austrian authorities. They were arrested earlier this week as part of a larger investigation into a criminal doping network.

The World Athletics Championships kick off at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium on Friday – as the IAAF continues the fight against doping. Here are the major doping-related storylines heading into the 2019 Worlds.

Participants in World Champions in Doha happy that controversial coach banned

Lab data turned over to the anti-doping agency was meant to clear the way for Russian athletes following an earlier doping suspension. Now WADA says Russia doctored the files, and is calling for another ban.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the UEFA president that his country would do its best to organise the Euro 2020 football tournament as Moscow risks a possible four-year doping ban.

Weeks after World Athletics, an international sports governing body issued a ban against a type of Nike's running shoe, Nike returned with a new model of the same running shoe that it says meets all competition guidelines.

Chinese multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years for missing an out-of-competition test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.

One of China's biggest sports stars, reigning Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang, will miss the Tokyo Games after receiving an eight-year doping ban. The 28-year-old immediately said he will appeal against the decision.

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