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Olympic hurdles champion Brianna McNeal, serving second doping suspension, insists she’s ‘very clean’

The Athletics Integrity Unit said last month that McNeal had been suspended for "tampering" with part of a doping control.

Olympic 100m hurdles champion Brianna McNeal provisionally suspended for doping violations

The 29-year-old American, who claimed Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and also won world gold in Moscow in 2013, was charged with "tampering" with part of a doping control, the AIU said.

US official blasts WADA proposal to penalise member countries that fail to pay

A virtual meeting of WADA's Foundation Board saw officials from both the global watch-dog and the United States voicing the need for cooperation.

Alberto Salazar's appeal hearing in doping case postponed to March due to coronavirus pandemic

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it has moved next week's scheduled hearing for Salazar and endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown to a new slot from 3-12 March.

United States threaten to pull funding to WADA unless anti-doping agency enacts serious reforms

If WADA does not change its way of doing business the agency could soon find itself out of funding and out of business, warned Travis Tygart, the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

American boxer Virginia Fuchs escapes doping ban after USADA determines violation was caused by sex

US Olympic team boxer Virginia Fuchs will face no punishment for failing a doping test after the US Anti-Doping Association determined the violation had been caused by two substances transmitted by her boyfriend through sex.

Sanjita Chanu still not cleared of doping charges by IWF, will demand compensation for causing mental harassment

Chanu's case, which has been marred by several anomalies and administrative goof-ups, has been dragging on since she tested positive for anabolic steroid testosterone in November 2017.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Athletes banned until 2020 can compete at Games, says Athletics Integrity Unit head

Last month, the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government agreed to postpone the Tokyo Games, due to start in July, to 2021 because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 150,000 people worldwide.

Coronavirus Outbreak: US anti-doping agency conducts in-home tests during lockdown

With anti-doping collections severely curtailed across the globe because of the coronavirus pandemic, USADA is asking a group of leading athletes to give urine and small dried blood samples at home

Coronavirus outbreak hobbles global anti-doping efforts by preventing enforcers from demanding samples

For athletes inclined to cheat with performance-enhancing drugs, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented an extraordinary opportunity: Enforcers for the time being are not going to knock on their doors demanding a urine or blood sample