Travis Tygart

USADA chief Travis Tygart says WADA's decision allowing Russian athletes to compete as individuals is blow to clean sportspersons

Travis Tygart, the USADA chief, says Russia has only been emboldened by previous sanctions for its doping violations and the four-year ban imposed on Monday will do nothing to change its behaviour.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Conor Dwyer suspended for doping, swimmer announces retirement after verdict

US swimmer Conor Dwyer, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, has been suspended 20 months for doping after an arbitration panel found he had testosterone pellets implanted in his body, the US Anti-Doping Agency said.

USADA chief accuses Alberto Salazar of using Nike Oregon Project athletes as 'guinea pigs'; athletics coach denies doping claims

Top coach Alberto Salazar, banned for four years following a doping probe, used athletes as "laboratory animals", the US Anti-Doping Agency's chief Travis Tygart said.

Sportswear giant Nike risks being burned by doping scandal surrounding Alberto Salazar and Oregon Project

With Nike-backed athletics coach Alberto Salazar slapped with a four-year ban for doping, the US sportswear giant risks being caught up in the scandal.

Suspicious athletes at Nike Oregon Project led to downfall of Mo Farah's coach, Alberto Salazar

Mo Farah's coach Alberto Salazar found guilty of doping violations, banned for four years

Salazar was discovered to have trafficked in or attempted to traffic in the banned substance testosterone, given athletes a substance in excess of its permitted limit and tampered with the doping control process of athletes at the Oregon Project.

Former WADA president Dick Pound blasts critics of anti-doping agency for acting like a 'lynch mob'

Pound, who was WADA's inaugural president from 1999-2007 and sits on its Foundation Board, wrote in his blog for influential sports politics website InsideTheGames that those demanding WADA be overhauled had their own personal agendas.

USADA chief John Tygart says sporting world facing 'defining moment' in battle against drugs

The sporting world faces a "defining moment" as it prepares for the release of a new report into accusations of state-run cheating in Russia, Tygart said.

Olympics 2016: IOC's decision on no blanket ban for Russia divides global sports leaders

The IOC's decision not to ban Russia from the Rio Games over state-run doping left international sports leaders divided with less than 2 weeks for Olympics

Armstrong's promise to come clean is a little late: USADA Chief

Lance Armstrong's promise to come clean about doping is "a little late", the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Thursday, accusing the disgraced cyclist of trying to use events to "gain advantage".