Doping Scandal

Commonwealth Games 2018: Mirabai Chanu will look to change colour of medal at Gold Coast event

The World Championship gold made Mirabai a name to reckon with and added credence to the belief that she was a bright medal prospect in events like Commonwealth Games,

Winter Olympics 2018: Thomas Bach denies Pyeongchang Games being 'tainted' by Russian doping scandal

Bach said the IOC had sent a "clear message" on Russia, who competed as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" and will now be unable to fly the national flag at Sunday's closing ceremony.

US Open 2017: Maria Sharapova labours past Timea Babos into next round; Nick Kyrgios crashes out

Former World No 1 Maria Sharapova rallied to reach the third round of the US Open on Wednesday while a right shoulder injury sent Australian 14th seed Nick Kyrgios packing.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Justin Gatlin's father asks hostile fans to lay off his son

Justin Gatlin's father has asked the fans to lay off his son after the 35-year-old was booed inside the London Stadium while accepting his 100 metres World Championships gold medal

Vladimir Putin accuses Wada of hypocrisy after Olympic athletes' data leak

President Vladimir Putin says the hack of Olympic athletes' data has cast a spotlight on a hypocritical decision to bar Russian athletes.

WADA slams Russian hackers for publishing confidential records of Venus Williams, Simone Biles

WADA slammed Russian hackers who breached its database and published confidential records of US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and Venus and Serena Williams.

Russia doping scandal: PM Dmitry Medvedev condemns Paralympics ban, calls ruling 'cynical'

PM Dmitry Medvedev said that CAS's decision to uphold a ban on Russia's participation in the Rio Paralympics because of a doping scandal, was cynical.

Rio Olympics 2016: Yelena Isinbayeva's comments unfortunate, say pole vault athletes

Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi hit back at banned Russian star Yelena Isinbayeva on Friday after striking Olympic pole vault gold.

Humans of Olympics: A glimpse at the spirit of the Rio Games

With the ‘Humans of Olympics’ series, we interact with volunteers, journalists, former athletes and the likes to capture the soul of the 2016 Rio Games

Humans of Olympics: Meet Ekaterina Mukhlynina, a Russian journalist in Rio

Going from news reporter to newsmaker isn’t fun. Mukhlynina isn't happy about how the Russian Olympics doping scandal has been handled by the world's sports governing bodies