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Marketa Vondrousova celebrates with the Wimbledon trophy after winning her final match against Ons Jabeur in London on July 15, 2023.
TENNIS
Jun 23, 2026
Former Wimbledon champion Vondrousova gets four-year ban for refusing drug test
Marketa Vondrousova¡¯s suspension will end on June 21, 2030, when ?the two-time Grand Slam finalist from the Czech Republic ?will be ?30 years old.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in September.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Dec 17, 2025
Legal restrictions on punishing dopers leave World Athletics chief frustrated
Ruth Chepngetich¡¯s astonishing run in Chicago in October 2024 remains the legal world record even though she was handed a three-year anti-doping ban this year.
Canada's Penny Oleksiak reacts after qualifying during the women's 200m freestyle at the World Championships in Budapest on June 20, 2022.
SOCCER / Swimming
Nov 26, 2025
Canada¡¯s Oleksiak suspended two years for whereabouts failures
Oleksiak is Canada¡¯s most decorated Olympian, with seven medals as well as nine at three World Championships.
Ruth Chepngetich celebrates after finishing first in the women¡¯s race, setting a world record at 2:09:56 during the Chicago Marathon at Grant Park on Oct. 13, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Oct 24, 2025
Chepngetich retains women¡¯s marathon world record despite three-year ban
Chepngetich, who smashed the record in Chicago last October, was provisionally suspended in July this year
Runners compete in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 19, 2025
Anti-doping work helping more countries medal in World Athletics, AIU chief says
The AIU is seen by many as the benchmark across all sport for fighting the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha delivers a speech during a send-off ceremony for the Indian athletes competing in the Asian Games in September 2023.
OLYMPICS
Sep 17, 2025
Drug cheats put India Olympic bid and careers at risk
The IOC has raised concerns about the number of Indian competitors taking performance-enhancing drugs ¡ª and so too has the country¡¯s best-known Olympian.
Fred Kerley celebrates with his 100m bronze medal at the Stade de France at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 13, 2025
Olympic medalist Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failure
Kerley took 100m silver in Tokyo and bronze last year in Paris as well as the 2022 world 100m crown.
Lazizbek Mullojonov of Uzbekistan poses with his heavyweight boxing medal at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Aug. 9, 2024.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Jul 30, 2025
Olympic champion Mullojonov provisionally suspended for banned substance
The 26-year-old Uzbek boxer tested positive for methasterone, a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid associated with the promotion of rapid muscle growth and increased strength.
Jannik Sinner competes during the Wimbledon final on July 13.
TENNIS
Jul 24, 2025
Sinner reappoints fitness coach he let go during doping scandal
Sinner parted ways with the trainer last year following the investigation into his positive tests for the banned substance clostebol.
Ineos-Grenadiers rider Thymen Arensman crosses the finish line to win Stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 20, 2025
Thymen Arensman gives Ineos something to cheer about at Tour as doping cloud hangs
Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retained the overall leader¡¯s yellow jersey as he took second place by beating chief rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya finishes first in the women¡¯s race to set a new world record during the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Jul 18, 2025
Marathon world record-holder Chepngetich suspended over banned substance
Women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for the presence and use of the prohibited substance hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).
China's Wang Haoyu celebrates winning the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha in February 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Jul 14, 2025
China swimmers dope-tested most ahead of World Aquatics Championships
From Jan. 1, Chinese swimmers had an average of 8.8 anti-doping tests, while those from Britain were tested 2.2 times, a report said.
Swimmer Andriy Govorov speaks during a news conference about the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
May 23, 2025
Anti-doping bodies speak out against drug-fueled Enhanced Games
WADA, the global anti-doping watchdog, condemned plans for the event as ¡°dangerous.¡±
Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev poses after winning the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the European championships in Belgrade on June 23, 2024.
MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2025
Enhanced Games, where athletes can use banned substances, to start in 2026
The Enhanced Games operate under the principle that banning performance-enhancing drugs in major competition does not protect athletes but rather stifles their performance.
Italy's Jannik Sinner serves during a training session in Rome on Monday ahead of his return to tennis at the Italian Open.
TENNIS
May 6, 2025
Sinner happy to return after doping ban but keeping expectations low for Italian Open
The three-time Grand Slam champion, who has not played since January, will now hope to leave the doping saga behind him and build momentum for the French Open.
Jannik Sinner will return from a three-month doping ban during the upcoming Italian Open.
TENNIS
May 1, 2025
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner considered leaving tennis during doping controversy
Sinner accepted a three-month ban in February after a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Henriette Jaeger crosses the finish line win a women's 400-meter heat at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on March 7.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Apr 24, 2025
Norwegian athletes advised to avoid meat in China over doping fears
The 2025 World Athletics Relays will take place in early May at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, while the Diamond League event in Shanghai is scheduled for May 3.
Iga Swiatek served a one-month suspension late last year after testing positive for a banned substance.
TENNIS
Apr 24, 2025
Iga Swiatek feels stronger after experiencing ¡®worst¡¯ of anti-doping protocols
Paranoia has spread among?tennis players after both Swiatek and Jannik Sinner failed drug tests.
Tennis' anti-doping authorities have had to fend off a fresh round of criticism after it reminded players that if they choose to shower before giving a urine sample, they must be supervised by a chaperone.
TENNIS
Apr 19, 2025
Tennis doping watchdog defends supervised shower rule amid fan backlash
The agency said players chosen to give samples must remain in full view of chaperones if they choose to take a shower first.
WADA's Gunter Younger speaks during a news conference in December 2019.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2025
WADA looking to extend investigative program to Oceania and Asia
WADA launched the Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) program?in Europe in 2022.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ?3,000 from ?1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population.?
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Iran war exposed, but hasn¡¯t changed, Japan¡¯s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
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Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
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Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan¡¯s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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