Russian athletics has been engulfed by a doping scandal this week following the publication of a damning report by the sport's drugs watchdog. Doping refers to a number of substances and techniques ...

Iga Swiatek is serving a one-month doping ban after testing positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) in August. The world No. 2 in women’s tennis — who has won five Grand Slam titles and has spent 125 weeks ...

In the 1990s, Lee Sweeney, a physiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrated that inserting the gene encoding insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) into the muscle cells of mice increased ...

In January 2013, the world of sports was shaken by an interview conducted by the American powerhouse broadcaster Oprah Winfrey with the cycling champion Lance Armstrong. Armstrong, who had won seven ...

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Blood doping boosts athletic performance by increasing the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Blood doping is commonly associated with endurance sports such as cycling, distance running, ...

For Australian Open champion Madison Keys, they were enough for her to break down in tears. Former world No. 5 Andrey Rublev says they “can drive you crazy”. World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka calls them ...

Arsene Wenger had a lot to get off his chest in the autumn of 2015. His Arsenal side were in danger of exiting the Champions League at the group stages and their 2-1 loss away to Dinamo Zagreb had ...

Milano Cortina will start the anti-doping policing at airports, as the International Testing Agency is promoting more ...

To be a sports fan in the modern era is to be at least somewhat numb to the steady drip of doping positives. Occasionally, though, a bust is so big that it changes the trajectory of the sport. Ben ...

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