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WADA delays decision on banning national leaders from sporting eventsThe World Anti-Doping Agency will not take up the issue of national governments that fail to pay their dues until later the year, the organization said. ,Those countries include the United States.,Last week, the Associated Press reported that the WADA executive committee would consider banning gover...

WADA seeks ban of No. 1 Jannik Sinner in doping caseThe World Anti-Doping Agency is seeking a ban of World No. 1 Jannik Sinner for one to two years, contending the Italian tennis star is negligent in a doping case.,WADA confirmed Saturday that it has appealed the Sinner case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.,Sinner twice tested positive for a ba...

The fall of Paul Pogba continuesFrance and Juventas midfielder Paul Pogbahas has been banned for four years from football for a doping offense. ...

Kamila Valieva was just a figurine in a Game among nations

What a farce the International Olympic Committee has made of the Games this year. By not installing real sanctions against Russia for institutionalizing a surreptitious doping program in Sochi, and by not barring an athlete who tested positive for a banned substance, we were witness to the oddest of...

In a surprise to no one, Russian Olympic team in another doping scandal

Only seven years after a comprehensive Russian state-sponsored doping program was discovered, and two years after Russia was consequently sanctioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Russian Olympic Committee’s 15-year-old star skater Kamila Valieva has tested positive for a banned substance, pos...

WADA owes Sha’Carri Richardson the same break it’s been giving Russian athletes

Let’s talk about Sha’Carri Richardson, WADA, and weed....

Would The World Anti-Doping Agency Kindly Shut The Hell Up?

The World Anti-Doping Agency, i.e., the people who once banned caffeine, now demands that baseball violate federal labor law and unilaterally impose a testing regime of dubious efficacy for a substance of uncertain benefits. Why does anyone take WADA seriously anymore?...