Doping

FILE - Lamine Diack adjusts his headphones during a joint IOC and IAAF news conference on the site of the World Athletic Championships in Beijing on Aug. 21, 2015. Lamine Diack, the controversial former president of the International Athletics Federation, has died, his family said Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. He was 88. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Lamine Diack, ex IAAF chief convicted of corruption, dies

By Babacar Dione And Graham Dunbar Dec. 03, 2021 05:19 AM EST

FILE - Morocco's Halima Hachlaf reacts after winning the women's 800 meters event during the IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala athletics meeting at Rome's Olympic stadium, June 10, 2010. Moroccan 800-meter runner Halima Hachlaf has been banned for six years for the second doping conviction of her career, it was announced Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Hachlaf tested positive for a synthetic steroid hormone at a race in Rabat in January. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, file)

Former Olympian Hachlaf banned 6 years for 2nd doping case

Nov. 30, 2021 10:54 AM EST

WADA approves reforms; athlete groups say they're not enough

By Eddie Pells Nov. 25, 2021 01:41 PM EST
The World Anti-Doping Agency approved a series of reforms designed to give athletes a bigger voice in decision-making, though the changes were roundly...

Olympic gold medalist among 13 weightlifters in doping case

Nov. 18, 2021 08:50 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Oxana Slivenko of Russia is one of 13 European weightlifters facing new charges over doping in the run-up to...

FILE - Medalists in the men's high jump, from left, Canada's Derek Drouin, bronze, United States' Erik Kynard, silver, Russia's Ivan Ukhov, gold, Britain's Robert Grabarz , bronze, and Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, bronze, pose for the media during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. American high jumper Erik Kynard will finally get his gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics after the IOC on Friday Nov. 12, 2021 approved reallocating some results from those games because of doping cases. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

US high jumper to get 2012 Olympic gold from Russian doper

Nov. 12, 2021 02:50 PM EST

Colorado Avalanche right wing Valeri Nichushkin, left, is checked by Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Riley Stillman during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Denver. The Avalanche won 4-2. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Valeri Nichushkin facing doping case from 2013, Russia says

Nov. 08, 2021 11:37 AM EST

WADA says Ukraine routinely violated rules for doping tests

Oct. 27, 2021 05:04 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Ukraine's national anti-doping agency has been accused of giving athletes advance notice of test collections and deliberately mislabeling samples...

Russian triathlete is 1st DQ from Tokyo Olympics for doping

Oct. 21, 2021 09:12 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — In the first formal disqualification of a Tokyo Olympics athlete for doping, Russian Igor Polyanskiy has been banned for three...

WADA revokes Moscow anti-doping laboratory's license

Oct. 09, 2021 02:01 PM EDT
MOSCOW (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has revoked the Moscow laboratory's license to test samples in a new twist in the long-running Russian doping saga,...

WADA concerned by board changes at Russia anti-doping agency

Oct. 08, 2021 07:02 AM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has expressed concern over the “sudden” replacement of three out of seven board members at the suspended Russian...

FILE - In this July 30, 2021 file photo, Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria, center, wins a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo. Nigerian sprinter Okagbare is facing three charges in a doping case which surfaced in dramatic circumstances when she was barred from running in the Olympic 100-meter semifinals hours before the race. The Athletics Integrity Unit revealed on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, that Okagbare tested positive for blood booster EPO in Nigeria in June, in addition to another failed test for human growth hormone in Slovakia in July, which was announced during the Olympics. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, file)

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare facing 3 charges in doping case

Oct. 07, 2021 06:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 6, 2011 file photo, Boyanka Kostova from Azerbaidjan competes in the Women's 53kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships, in Paris. Former world champion weightlifter Boyanka Kostova was banned for eight years for doping on Thursday Sept. 30, 2021, after making her comeback from an earlier sanction for performance-enhancing drug use at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Weightlifter Kostova banned for doping again after comeback

Sep. 30, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 30, 2021 file photo, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan. An investigation into two Belarus team officials who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on a flight from the Tokyo Olympics will now be run by track and field authorities. World Athletics said on Thursday Sept. 30, 2021, its independent Athletics Integrity Unit is taking over the case from the International Olympic Committee. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case

Sep. 30, 2021 05:13 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 16, 2021 11:38 AM EDT
Sept. 17 1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill. ...

Court ruling clears Australian swimmer Jack to compete again

Sep. 16, 2021 07:02 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was cleared Thursday to resume her competitive career after a doping case that forced her to miss...

WADA warns Russia not to interfere in anti-doping work

Sep. 15, 2021 10:18 AM EDT
ISTANBUL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency warned Russia not to interfere in drug-testing in the country and asked Wednesday that a year-old vacancy at the...