The Irish Times

Ian O’Riordan: Sport is war minus the shooting for Russia

Derval O’Rourke won a rare non-Russian medal in discredited 2006 World Indoors

Sat Mar 05 2022 - 10:18

Two new substances found in Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s sample

Two extra substances not on the banned list detected in suspected mix to boost endurance

Tue Feb 15 2022 - 20:43

‘Kamila is clean’: Valieva’s coach speaks out in aniticipation of Cas decision

15-year-oldRussian figure skater to learn her fate after suspected positive doping test

Sat Feb 12 2022 - 12:27

A caveat for winter Olympians – beware of Chinese meat

Doping watchdog issues warning ‘only to eat at places given the all-clear by event organisers’

Sat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00

Tokyo 2020: Will the pandemic Games have a clean doping sheet?

Drug testing in sport dropped off when Covid hit, but it’s ramped up for these Olympics

Mon Jul 26 2021 - 06:00

Storm Nepartak threatens to end ‘smooth’ start to Olympics

Typhoon disrupts scheduling of Irish rowers including single sculls favourite Puspure

Sun Jul 25 2021 - 18:17

They think the war on dopers and cheaters is over – it is now

The IOC has thrown in the towel, and now the bad guys are calling the shots

Fri May 14 2021 - 06:00

Russia’s ban from international sport for cheating upheld

Athletes not implicated in doping scandal allowed to compete in competition as neutrals

Thu Dec 17 2020 - 16:37

Russia dismisses head of its anti-doping agency

Rusada’s supervisory board recommended removal of Ganus, fuelling concern the move could jeopardise the agency’s independence

Fri Aug 28 2020 - 17:44

Whereabouts rule harsher on some athletes over others

Ian O’Riordan: Ciarán Ó Lionáird feels almost like he is sitting out a six-month ban

Sat Aug 15 2020 - 06:00

Sonia O’Sullivan: Russian Affair lays bare one of sport’s greatest scandals

Vitaly and Yuliya Stepanov lifted the lid on the systematic doping operation in Russia

Thu Aug 13 2020 - 06:00

Springboks winger Aphiwe Dyantyi to face doping hearing

25-year-old tested positive for anabolic steroids a year ago and missed World Cup win

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 18:12

Christian Coleman defends himself after missing drugs test

World 100m champion went on a Christmas shopping trip and missed Wada tester

Wed Jun 17 2020 - 10:42

US Olympic team boxer cleared of doping violation caused by sex

Virginia Fuchs cleared after Usada determine banned substances were transmitted by her boyfriend

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 18:07

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang appeals eight-year ban to Swiss court

Swiss Federal Tribunal is the appeal body for decisions made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Tue May 05 2020 - 16:41

Sport Ireland considering appeal of Cronin case due to apparent leniency of penalty

Munster prop will not miss any playing time due to Covid-19 after receiving one-month ban

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 06:00

Carlow’s Ray Walker says he did not ‘intentionally take any banned substance’

35-year-old confirms he has accepted four-year doping ban

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 19:12

China’s Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang banned for eight years

Sanction for missed test rules world and Olympic champion out of Tokyo Games

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 09:58

Panorama show Mo Farah changed account to anti-doping investigators

Farah accused of injecting four times with L-carnitine two days before 2014 marathon

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 14:41

Edwin Moses still leading the fight against doping in athletics

Athlete with the greatest winning streak in history remains committed to the ongoing cause

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 01:00

Sebastian Coe: ‘Change was turbo-charged because we needed it to be’

World Athletics president focuses on future after term dogged by doping scandals

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00

Wada committee member questions role after Russia ban

Ex-Paralympian Vikki Aggar calls four-year ban from international sport ‘spineless’

Tue Dec 10 2019 - 21:24

Wada to investigate athletes coached by banned Salazar

Salazar counts Olympic champion Mo Farah among top distance runners he’s coached

Tue Nov 05 2019 - 10:30

Five sports documentaries to watch on Netflix

Story of Russia’s Olympic doping program plays like a legal thriller

Tue Aug 27 2019 - 01:00

US PGA Tour’s anti-doping policy is catching the unknowns

After 11 years of an anti-doping programme, only three players have publicly failed tests

Tue Mar 26 2019 - 09:41

A move in the right direction: PE takes off for Leaving Cert

Students are warming up for the first ever PE course to attract CAO points

Tue Feb 12 2019 - 00:00

Russian race walker suspended for doping

CAS says Anisya Kirdyapkina is set to be stripped of two world championship silvers

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 19:04

The Irish Times view on Russia’s doping programme: playing games

The World Anti-Doping Agency should stop indulging Moscow and sanction it for its endemic state-sponsored doping scheme

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 00:02

Brian O’Driscoll’s painkiller comments open up a can of worms for rugby

Former Ireland captain lifting the lid on use of pills during his career is most welcome

Fri Dec 07 2018 - 06:00

World athletics body keeps ban against Russia

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and WADA have both reinstated Russia

Tue Dec 04 2018 - 13:50

IAAF council to vote on lifting doping ban on Russian athletics

Russia must acknowledge findings of Wada report that doping was state-sponsored

Tue Dec 04 2018 - 01:00

Ross tells US forum Wada has been ‘soft’ on Russian doping

Minister for Sport criticises World Anti-Doping Agency at White House meeting

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 17:09

Russian cyber attacks are actions of ‘pariah state’, says UK

Dutch authorities thwarted an attack on chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 08:00

Connacht's cutting of Sevu Reece shows social media sets the agenda

Sevu Reece case show Twitter and Instagram are final judges of a player’s moral standing

Fri Oct 05 2018 - 05:00