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    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
      News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
      Valieva affair overshadows sport as Beijing Winter Olympics concludes

      Games will be best remembered for the furore over the teenage Russian figure skater

    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      Olympics chief slams coach’s ‘chilling’ treatment of Russia’s Kamila Valieva

      Thomas Bach issues unusually frank criticism after teenager who failed drug test was berated

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
      Russian figure skater furore sparks fresh anger over Olympic doping

      Athletes’ groups condemn decision clearing 15-year-old Kamila Valieva to compete despite positive drug test

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      Kamila Valieva to skate at Winter Olympics despite failed drugs test

      Teenage athlete wins appeal to continue competing as US team accuses Russia of showing ‘disregard for clean sport’

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      Russia’s teenage Olympic figure skating prodigy fails drugs test

      Kamila Valieva’s positive result implicates Moscow in another high-profile sports cheating scandal

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      Winter Olympics delays team figure-skating medals over ‘legal case’

      Kamila Valieva-led Russian squad was due to be awarded gold as speculation mounts over drugs test

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      News in-depthTokyo Olympics
      Russia wins at Tokyo 2020 despite ban over doping programme

      Athletes have thrived even after country was penalised for state-sponsored cheating

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      White House to push for rethink on cannabis use in sport

      US seeks talks with World Anti-Doping Agency after suspension of star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson

    • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
      Russia global sports ban upheld but cut to two years

      Country’s flag and anthem banned from next two Olympics as scandal of state-sponsored doping reaches endgame

    • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
      Former world athletics chief Lamine Diack jailed for corruption

      Ex-head of IAAF found guilty of accepting bribes from athletes to cover up results of drug tests

    • Friday, 31 July, 2020
      Lunch with the FT
      Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov: ‘Sport won’t be clean. Never’

      Russia’s one-time doping kingpin on helping to uncover one of the greatest scandals in the history of sport — and a life in exile

    • Friday, 27 December, 2019
      Russia appeals against four-year Olympic sporting ban

      Exclusion imposed after drugs body uncovers huge state-sponsored doping programme

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Russia’s sports ban shows its contempt for the rules

      Moscow chose deception and denial instead of contrition over doping

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      Russia banned from Olympics and football World Cup 

      Anti-doping agency excludes country from big sporting events for four years

    • Friday, 11 October, 2019
      Nike Inc
      Nike shuts athletics training programme after doping scandal

      Chief under pressure after emails show he was briefed on tests by banned coach

    • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
      US coach Salazar banned for four years for doping violations

      Decision comes after six-year investigation into Mo Farah’s former trainer

    • Tuesday, 22 January, 2019
      Russia
      Anti-doping agency will not renew Russia’s suspension
    • Wednesday, 9 January, 2019
      Russia reaches ‘understanding’ with anti-doping body on data transfer
    • Thursday, 20 September, 2018
      Sport
      World Anti-Doping Agency lifts sporting sanctions on Russia

      Decision paves way for return of athletes but infuriates sports bodies

    • Thursday, 20 September, 2018
      Sport
      Anti-doping agency treads a fine line as it decides Russia’s fate

      Prospect of lifting sporting sanctions proves contentious with many world athletes

    • Sunday, 16 September, 2018
      Swiss call in Russian envoy to protest over spying

      Scope of alleged espionage against institutions in Switzerland wider than first thought

    • Friday, 27 July, 2018
      Sport
      Team Sky success rankles as Tour de France nears finish line

      French public take umbrage at continuing dominance of controversial British team

    • Monday, 2 July, 2018
      Sport
      Chris Froome cleared to defend Tour de France title after drug claims

      Failed drugs test had threatened to wreck career of UK’s most successful road cyclist

    • Wednesday, 7 March, 2018
      John Gapper
      Team Sky raced too hard to become a business

      Companies infatuated by elite sports teams can learn from the anti-doping affair

    • Monday, 5 March, 2018
      Sport
      Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky accused of taking prohibited drugs

      MPs say cycling team crossed ethical line by allowing banned substances for medical reasons

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