Lawyer Tim Fuller hits out at doping authorities over scandal. Aussie swimmer Shayna Jack had to fight to clear her name. Fuller says it's a case of 'shocking double standards'
Matt Richards has called for financial rewards for athletes across all sports given the vast revenue generated by the Games
Simone Biles has said she was scared to return to the United States after pulling out of a gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics while grappling with the "twisties."
Simone Biles has said she was scared to return to the United States after pulling out of a gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics while grappling with the "twisties." The 27-year-old gymnastics legend — the most decorated athlete the sport has ever seen, with 37 world and Olympic gold medals — has spoken out about the huge pressure she felt from at home and abroad when she withdrew from the team final at the Games in the summer of 2021. "America hates me. The world is going to hate me. I can...
Cameroon native Joel Embiid’s 2023 announcement that he would play for his adopted country, the United States, in the Paris Olympics this summer instead of France left some French fans frustrated.
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based on China’s findings they had ingested it unknowingly. The New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported Saturday that the athletes included nearly half of the […]
On the latest episode of the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, Simone Biles said she thought she was going to be 'banned from America' after her failed vault during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Tom Dean joins calls for swimming to follow lead of athleticsRichards says reward would ‘make a lot of athletes a lot happier’Britain’s double Tokyo 2020 champion Tom Dean has joined a chorus of calls for prize money to be paid at the Olympic Games after track and field athletes were offered $50,000 if they win gold in Paris.Dean, who became the first male British swimmer to win two golds at the same Games in 113 years at Tokyo, said that people were shocked that he earned nothing for his...
By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. A New York Times report released in coordination with German public broadcaster
A runner from Ethiopia who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics, and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year, has been banned for five years after testing positive for two banned substances.
The world’s top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other media reports that it stands by the results of its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication
WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics citing contaminated samples