Enhanced Games to launch first edition in 2026 Competition allows use of performance-enhancing substances Organizers tout 50m freestyle that exceeds official world record LAS VEGAS, May 21 (Reuters) - ...

Why do we ban certain substances in sports and not others? It may seem like a technical question, but the principle behind it underpins the core values of anti-doping. A substance is placed on WADA’s ...

Serena Williams' recent weight loss and comments about GLP-1 drugs raise questions about their potential use as performance enhancers in sports. While not currently banned by WADA, semaglutide, a ...

Athletes using banned drugs or violating other anti-doping rules at the 2026 Winter Olympics will face a formidable team trained to catch them. The International Testing Agency (ITA), which oversees ...

At the same time, news broke of the first positive anti-doping test among athletes preparing for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics — which led to the suspension of 24-year-old Italian Olympic ...

At some point during the last 12 months, men’s tennis world No. 1 Jannik Sinner changed everything in the anti-doping world. The morning of Feb. 15, after late-night discussions between Sinner’s legal ...

After Chinese swimmers won Olympic gold in 2021 despite having tested positive for a banned substance, the World Anti-Doping Agency is considering whether to have an independent body handle testing ...

This combination of photos taken and created on September 21, 2025 shows the winners of the 51st edition of the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany as they cross the finish line: Kenya's Sabastian Sawe ...

Anti-doping group the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC) has appealed to cycling's governing body to take action against the "medicalisation" of the sport. In a statement released on Monday ...

Cycling's independent anti-doping advocacy group, the Mouvement pour un Cyclisme Crédible (MPCC), has released a statement calling on the UCI to 'stop the escalating medicalisation of the sport' and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Drug testing methods in sport are still rooted in the 1970s and better technology is needed to catch more than "dopey dopers", former World Anti-Doping head David Howman said on ...