From the 2014 documentary to Wada ban on 2020 Olympics, how the Russian doping scandal unfolded

Wada has banned Russia for four years over the manipulated data, meaning the country will miss out on the Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Games.

AFP

· Dec 10, 2019 · 11:54 am

Reeling from four-year sporting ban, Moscow blames ‘chronic anti-Russia hysteria’ for Wada decision

World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia from international competitions including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

AFP

· Dec 09, 2019 · 09:54 pm

‘This is a tragedy’: Russia anti-doping chief says no chance of winning appeal against four-year ban

Yury Ganus said that some Russian athletes were contemplating leaving Russia so that they could train elsewhere.

AFP

· Dec 09, 2019 · 06:23 pm

Russia to miss Tokyo 2020 Olympics after four-year ban from major sporting events by Wada

Athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete at the Olympics under a neutral flag.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 09, 2019 · 05:21 pm

Russia to miss Tokyo 2020 Olympics after four-year ban from major sporting events by Wada

Athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete at the Olympics under a neutral flag.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 09, 2019 · 04:23 pm

Quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran, four other athletes test positive for banned substances: Reports

Sheoran failed to report to the national camp in Patiala once again and went incommunicado for almost 10 months.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 27, 2018 · 09:39 am

If Wada lifts Russia’s doping suspension, it will be a catastrophe for clean sport: Whistleblower

Former Moscow laboratory chief Grigory Rodchenkov said Russia could only be readmitted if it acknowledged the government role in the scandal.

AFP

· Sep 19, 2018 · 09:37 am

No reprieve for Russia athletics: IAAF decides against lifting ban over mass doping

Russia was accused in a WADA report in 2016 of widespread state-sponsored doping and its athletics team was barred from Rio Olympics.

AFP

· Jul 28, 2018 · 08:38 am

IAAF clears 18 Russian athletes to compete as neutrals in 2018

The athletics body maintained its suspension of Russia in November, saying the country had still not done enough to clamp down on doping.

AFP

· Jan 26, 2018 · 12:45 pm

Russian doping scandal whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov to testify despite threats to life

He fled to the United States in 2016 saying he feared for his life after the sudden death of two senior officials in the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

AFP

· Jan 13, 2018 · 08:52 pm

Justin Gatlin sacks coach for offering to smuggle performance-enhancing drugs: Reports

Gatlin’s coach Dennis Mitchell and athletics agent Robert Wagner offered to provide false prescriptions for banned performance-enhancing substances.

AFP

· Dec 19, 2017 · 09:28 am

Doping, sabotage, scandal: The Narsingh Yadav saga has turned Indian wrestling into a farce

From mysterious intruders to claims of vendetta, it’s the perfect potboiler, except the biggest loser is Indian sport.

Angikaar Choudhury

· Jul 27, 2016 · 07:00 pm