Olivier Niggli
FILE - United States sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semis finals in women's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on June 19, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Cannabis use will stay banned at sports events after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 resisted calls to change its status on the list of prohibited substances. The agency was asked to review the status of THC after the case of Richardson, who did not go to the Tokyo Olympics last year. She served a one-month ban on testing positive at the trials meet where she won the 100 meters. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Marijuana stays on doping banned list; opiate tramadol added

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 23, 2022 05:19 AM EDT

FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian competitor Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 11, 2022 02:23 PM EDT

Speedskaters representing Russian Olympic Committee work out during a practice session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Olympic athletes face many doping, virus tests in Beijing

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 02, 2022 08:58 AM EST

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, responds to a Russian reporter's question as he arrives for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Russians suspected of doping stopped from going to Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 23, 2021 04:08 AM EDT

Drones flying over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
The Latest: Osaka lights cauldron at Tokyo opening ceremony

Jul. 22, 2021 09:51 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 25, 2019 file photo, China's Sun Yang swims during a warm up session at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Chinese swimmer star Sun Yang has been banned for more than four years for breaking anti-doping rules. The verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ends Sun’s hopes of defending his Olympic title in the 200 meters freestyle in Tokyo next month. His ban expires in May 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned again, misses Tokyo Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 22, 2021 10:58 AM EDT

Hidemasa Nakamura, right, games delivery officer for the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), joins other representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) at a Joint press briefing in Tokyo on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Tokyo 2020, IOC and IPC announced Wednesday they jointly developed and published the first version of "The Playbooks," which contains advice from international and Japanese health experts for COVID-19 countermeasures as well as the guidelines and rules that each games stakeholder will need to observe in order to play their part in ensuing a safe and secure games. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Games offer Playbooks to assure athletes, sway public

By Stephen Wade Feb. 03, 2021 06:53 AM EST

US: WADA efforts a direct personal attack on US government

By Eddie Pells Nov. 12, 2020 03:05 PM EST
Any thought that the U.S. and World Anti-Doping Agency are smoothing out their differences was undermined Thursday when a U.S. representative characterized a...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2013, file photo, John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fahey, a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a key player in getting the 2000 Summer Olympics for Sydney, has died. He was 75. New South Wales state government officials on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, confirmed Fahey's death. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
Former World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey dies at 75

By Dennis Passa Sep. 11, 2020 10:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2019, file photo, Witold Banka, left, president-elect of World Anti-Doping Agency; Craig Reedle, right, WADA then-president; and Olivier Niggli, center, director general, arrive for a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. The World Anti-Doping Agency will consider rules changes that would allow it to sanction the United States if it stops paying its annual dues to the drug-fighting organization. “This matter has been raised by some concerned Governments, not by WADA’s leadership, and as is the case with any proposal raised by a stakeholder, WADA has an obligation to consider it carefully,” Banka, now the president of WADA, said in a news release Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)
Pay or else? WADA to consider sanctions if US holds funding

By Eddie Pells Sep. 04, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

WADA says doping lawsuit by Russian cyclists dismissed

Mar. 25, 2020 11:01 AM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — A lawsuit filed against the World Anti-Doping Agency by Russian cyclists in Canada was dismissed last month. WADA said...