Wada crisis: US Anti-Doping Agency backs government withholding funds Sport The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) has insisted it “fully supports” the US government’s call to withhold millions to the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). Usada chief executive Travis Tygart said withholding the funds, given the US has been Wada’s biggest funder since its founding, was “the only right choice to protect athletes’ rights, accountability and fair [...]
Paris 2024 vs Tokyo 2020: How do Team GB medals compare? Sport The Olympics is over and Team GB are heading back to the United Kingdom. They won more medals than three years ago in Tokyo, but how does that break down? Their haul of 65 medals beats the 64 they won in the Japanese capital but they could muster just 14 gold medals, eight down on [...]
There’s nothing like the Olympics. Paris 2024 will prove that again Olympics comment The Olympics is a bastion of patriotism and memories of a childhood well spent; despite growing up and coming to terms with the politicisation of it, says Deputy Sports Editor Matt Hardy. Being asked about early sporting memories often leaves a sense of complete and utter embarrassment. Now 24, I don’t vividly remember the 2003 [...]
Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ about China positive drugs tests April 23, 2024 The country’s governing swimming body Aquatics GB has said it is “extremely concerned” by 23 Chinese athletes being cleared to compete at Tokyo 2020 despite testing positive for a banned substance before the Olympics. The swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is a heart medication used to prevent angina attacks, at a training camp [...]