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India athletes and team officials during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in 2023. Photo: AP
World Anti-Doping Agency

Indian athletes face tougher dope tests as federation moved to highest-risk rank

World’s most populous country ranked in top two for most anti-doping violations in the sport in 2022-2025, Athletics Integrity Unit says.

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World Anti-Doping Agency

World Anti-Doping Agency names India worst drugs cheats for third straight year

France are next on the list in 2024, with Italy third, followed by Russia and the United States, and then Germany and China.

Reetika Hooda, Indian under-23 wrestling champion and Paris Olympics quarter-finalist, tested positive In July and was provisionally suspended. Photo: Getty Images
IOC

Doping: after US’ stance on China’s swimmers, IOC chief says ‘divide’ must end

Kirsty Coventry’s comments come 18 months after Wada was cleared of pro-China bias over the case of 23 Chinese swimmers.

World Athletics Championships

Hospital video helps clear Chinese long jump world champion Wang of doping

China’s anti-doping body says this week athlete was not negligent or at fault after failing an out-of-competition test last year.

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Hong Kong China Rugby

Hong Kong rugby’s Luke van der Smit facing long ban after failing drugs test

The No 8 reportedly tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance after Asia Rugby Championship clash against Korea in July.

Hong Kong’s Luke van der Smit runs through the Sri Lanka defence during an Asia Rugby Championship clash at Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground. Photo: Sun Yeung
World Anti-Doping Agency

Chinese swimmers’ doping tests: Wada launches Operation Puncture to probe leak

German broadcaster says anti-doping body is looking for person who tipped off media about investigation into swimmers before Tokyo Olympics.

World Athletics Championships

Kenyan athletes shine at Tokyo world championships, but doping remains a problem

The East African nation has invested millions to combat the issue, but it remains on anti-doping agency Wada’s watch list.

World Aquatics

Enhanced Games sues World Aquatics, USA Swimming, Wada for US$800 million

Drug-fuelled athletics group claims governing bodies are trying to ‘crush’ event in anti-trust lawsuit.

American swimmer Megan Romano has said she plans to compete in the Enhanced Games. Photo: AP
World Athletics Championships

From doping to damaged goods: Russian athletics’ long road to reintegration

As Russia sits out September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, its national federation is battling to rebuild trust.

Illustration: Brian Wang

US’ Olympic 100m medallist Kerley provisionally banned for anti-doping violation

Kerley shares letter saying he will contest ruling that he broke anti-doping whereabouts obligations.

Wimbledon

World No 1 Sinner rehires ex-coach involved in doping incident that led to ban

Wimbledon champion had sacked Umberto Ferrara and his physiotherapist last year for their roles in his testing positive for banned substance.

Swimming

Chinese swimmers tested most, based on independent risk assessments: global body

Athletes from China were tested 8.8 times on average this year, in lead-up to World Aquatics Championships starting in Singapore on Friday.

Brent Nowicki (left), World Aquatics’ executive director, and Husain Al Musallam, the body’s president, at the opening press conference of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Chinese Basketball Association

2 Americans test positive for doping in top Chinese basketball league

Montrezl Dashay Harrell and Troy Akeem Gillenwater had substance found in cannabis in their systems.

Troy Akeem Gillenwater in action for Guangdong Southern Tigers. Photo: Baidu

Hong Kong lawmaker defends ex-athlete Wang Junxia’s residency via migrant scheme

Former runner ‘can contribute enormously’ to city and is ‘trustworthy’ despite doping accusations against ex-coach, Legco member Shang says.

Hongkongers wonder what Wang can bring to city, 29 years after Olympic gold

Wang Junxia granted residency under the quality migrant scheme, despite links to notorious drugs cheating programme.

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Chinese swimmers had to eat 5kg of food to fail 2021 drug tests, Usada chief says

Key part of the case was World Anti-Doping Agency’s acceptance that the swimmers had been contaminated by traces of a banned drug in a hotel kitchen.

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Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, speaking at the the senate hearing on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Germany

German anti-doping body has not been publishing names of drug cheats, report says

About 90 per cent of doping-related offence cases – involving 70-130 athletes – have not been made public in the past five years, ARD says.

Sinner considered quitting tennis before Australian Open, amid doping furore

The 23-year-old, who will return to action at Italian Open after short ban, ‘wasn’t in a very happy place’ before year’s first grand slam.

Norway

Don’t eat meat while training, competing in China, Norwegian athletes told

Officials say use of growth hormone clenbuterol by some Chinese farmers can lead to positive dope test.

A vendor waits for customers at a meat shop in Shanghai earlier this month. Photo: AFP
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Doping offence earns Tokyo Olympics swimming gold medallist a 21-month ban

Freestyle swimmer is handed suspension for ‘whereabouts failures’.

The Olympic Rings near the National Stadium where the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were held in 2021. Photo: AFP
2025 National Games

Sun Yang to compete at Chinese Spring National meet, paving way for National Games

Disgraced Olympic and world champion will in Qingdao next week compete for only second time since his four-year drug ban was lifted in 2024.

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Wada extends intelligence and investigations offensive to Oceania, Asia regions

Programme in Europe leads to seizure of more than 25 tonnes of performance-enhancing drugs – officials hope for similar result in the region.

ATP

‘A million miles from doping’: Wada defends Sinner’s 3-month ban

Anti-doping body lawyer says sanction level against Italian world No 1, which has been criticised by many players, was ‘in the right place’.

Italian world No 1 Jannik Sinner has been banned from February 9 to May 4, leaving him clear to play in the rest of this year’s grand slams. Photo: dpa
Novak Djokovic

Djokovic says players believe there is favouritism in tennis’ anti-doping system

The Serbian says players feel the process is unfair, and wants system revamped after cases involving No 1 players Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek.

Novak Djokovic said many feel “you can almost affect the outcome [of anti-doping cases] if you are a top player”. Photo: EPA-EFE
Swimming

32 most drug-tested swimmers globally in 2024 were all Chinese, data reveals

Updated figures for last year continue the pattern before the Paris Olympics, when China’s swimmers were targeted for extra testing.

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ATP

Tennis stars want investigation into pros using focus-enhancing ADHD drug

James Allemby, who coaches Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong, says the issue deserves ‘a bigger lens’ than recent doping cases.

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