Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55385134
Caption:

The Olympic rings are set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo//Michel Euler)

Microchip Athletes to Stop Doping- Olympians’ Chief Says

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2017 | Sports

London- All athletes need to be fitted with microchips to stop drug cheats and protect clean sport, according to a leading representative of international sports people. Mike Miller, the chief executive of the World Olympians Association (WOA) and chairman of the...

Media ID: 55363670
Caption:

Richard McLaren accused Russia of running a state-sponsored doping programme from 2011, as he presented his report at a press conference in London, on December 9, 2016 (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)

Report Accuses Russia of ‘Institutionalized’ Doping

by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 10, 2016 | Sports

A report by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren has revealed that Russia’s sports ministry is directly involved in the ‘institutionalized doping’ that took place between 2011 and 2015; a scandal that includes more than 1000 athletes and about 30 sports including football....

Media ID: 55348430
Caption:

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich speaks during an interview at the Reuters Russia Investment summit in Moscow, Russia, September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia to Probe Possible Meldonium “Provocations” against Its Athletes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 12, 2016 | Sports

Russia said the decision by the international anti-doping agency WADA to ban the drug meldonium use holds “political overtones”, and that it will investigate whether positive tests among its sports stars could have been “provocations”....