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WADA delays decision over potential ban of Trump from major sporting events until after World Cup
Read full article: WADA delays decision over potential ban of Trump from major sporting events until after World CupThe World Anti-Doping Agency has put off a decision about barring government officials from major sporting events if their countries voluntarily withhold dues.
WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?
Read full article: WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?Leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency are considering adopting a rule that could bar President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending major international events — even if they take place on American soil.
WADA to weigh barring Trump, US officials from LA Olympics and possibly World Cup over unpaid dues
Read full article: WADA to weigh barring Trump, US officials from LA Olympics and possibly World Cup over unpaid duesThe World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028.
Doping at your doorstep: The next Olympic drug crisis could be coming through the mail
Read full article: Doping at your doorstep: The next Olympic drug crisis could be coming through the mailA new wave of peptides, often banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, is easily available online, raising concerns about potential Olympic doping scandals.
Had a belly full. Could Chinese swimmers have eaten 5 kilos of food en route to failed doping test?
Read full article: Had a belly full. Could Chinese swimmers have eaten 5 kilos of food en route to failed doping test?The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency told senators that Chinese swimmers would have had to ingest around 11 pounds, or five kilograms of food to test for the amounts of the performance enhancer that resulted in the much-debated positive drug tests from 2021 that were later disregarded.
A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs
Read full article: A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugsThe Enhanced Games is a sports festival that bills itself as better than the Olympics because it allows athletes to benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs.
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Rio Tinto CEO loses $3.5M over destroyed indigenous sites
Read full article: Rio Tinto CEO loses $3.5M over destroyed indigenous sitesProtesters rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth, Australia, June 9, 2020. Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will lose around $3.5 million in bonuses due to the destruction in May of Australian indigenous sacred sites, the mining company said on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image via AP)CANBERRA Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will lose around $3.5 million in bonuses due to the destruction of Australian Indigenous sacred sites to access iron ore, the mining company said on Monday. The destruction of the rock shelters should not have happened and we are absolutely committed to listening, learning and changing, Rio Tinto said in a statement. The Western Australian government has promised to update Indigenous heritage laws that allowed Rio Tinto to legally destroy the sacred sites.