At some point during the last 12 months, men’s tennis world No. 1 Jannik Sinner changed everything in the anti-doping world. The morning of Feb. 15, after late-night discussions between Sinner’s legal team and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the two-time Grand Slam champion came out with a three-month ban for two anti-doping rule violations,…
The World Anti-Doping Agency has dropped a defamation lawsuit against its American counterpart, a major retreat for the agency after nearly a year of escalating conflict over its handling of positive tests for a banned drug by 23 elite Chinese swimmers. The decision by the agency — known by its acronym, WADA — to drop…
Bajrang Punia, Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist, has been handed a four-year suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for refusing to provide a urine sample during the selection trials for the national team on March 10, 2024. The suspension stems from a violation of Article 10.3.1 of NADA’s Anti-Doping Rules. NADA initially imposed a provisional…