South African Johannes Lodewicus Munnik served notice of allegation for doping
South African distance runner Johannes Lodewicus Munnik has been served a notice of allegation that he tested positive for EPO, the red blood cell...
Kenyan Dickson Kimeli Cheruiyot and Mexican Yamile Herrera suspended for doping
Dickson Kimeli Cheruiyot from Kenya and Yamile Herrera from Mexico are the latest athletes to be suspended for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit...
WADA and USADA at it again: Tygart pushed back on the global authority
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) continue to clash over how doping control should be governed.
USADA chief executive...
Anti-doping agencies race toward 2027 compliance as testing and enforcement intensify
The anti-doping landscape is undergoing another significant shift as national agencies, laboratories, and sporting federations prepare for the implementation of the 2027 World Anti-Doping...
Ethiopian great Gudaf Tsegay suspended for doping
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay a four-month suspension following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). The decorated two-time World Champion...
Mexican Yamile Herrera provisionally suspended for the presence of an anabolic steroid
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Monday that the organization has provisionally suspended Mexican athlete Yamile Herrera. Herrera showed a presence or use of...
East Germany’s doping legacy demands reckoning through Change.org petition
East Germany's doping legacy demands reckoning
From the 1960s to the 1980s, East Germany emerged as a dominant force in the Olympic movement. Its athletes...
Jamaican long jumper Carey McLeod banned for whereabouts failures
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Jamaican long jumper, Carey McLeod, has been banned from racing for a period of two years starting...
Another Kenyan marathon runner, Deborah Sang, was suspended for doping
Another Kenyan marathoner, Deborah Sang, has been handed a five-year ban after testing positive for two performance-enhancing substances, testosterone and prednisolone.
The 26-year-old first tested...
Two athletes’ doping-related cases were heard and suspensions were handed down
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Twenty-seven-year-old recreational runner Patricia Alvarez of Oviedo, Spain, was provisionally suspended in December 2025 for a doping-related...
