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Russian Track and Field Athletes Lose Appeal Over Ban From Rio Olympics
A sports court rejected an appeal filed by The Russian Olympic Committee and 67 of its 68 banned track and field athletes on July 21.
French Prosecutors Probe $2 Million Tied to 2020 Tokyo Games
PARIS— French prosecutors said Thursday that $2 million tied to Tokyo’s winning bid for the 2020 Olympics was apparently paid to an account linked to the son of the disgraced former IAAF president in the months immediately before and after the Japane...
Why Athletics’ Doping Scandal Is so Much Worse Than FIFA Corruption
The litany that is FIFA’s ongoing corruption scandal continues to be one of the biggest investigative takedowns the world of sport has ever seen. Blatter has gone. Platini has gone. Bin Hammam is gone. In fact, almost everyone who has sat at FIFA’s executive top-table over the last decade has gone. Yet, for all the carnage that lies in the wake of the bans and suspensions imposed upon football’s governors across the world, it is worth remembering that these sanctions have been enforced in response to off-field misdemeanours. Not so with athletics.
IAAF Officials Explored Covering Up Russia Bans
When the massive scandal of state-sponsored doping and cover-ups in Russia finally erupted with full force in 2015, IAAF leaders acted as though blindsided.
WADA Declares Russian Anti-Doping Agency Noncompliant
Leaders of the World Anti-Doping Agency declared Russia’s anti-doping operation out of compliance Wednesday—a harsh, though expected blow to a country accused of widespread corruption throughout its sports.
Athletics Doping Crisis: What Does It Mean for the Future of the Sport?
The revelations of doping in world athletics by the Sunday Times in the UK and German broadcaster ARD/WDR portray a dark world similar to the troubles faced by professional cycling in recent years.
