Michael Pavitt: Principles, pragmatism and perception at the centre of anti-doping debate
A week of statements appears to have come to an end and they have had little effect, truth be told.
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Philip Barker: Flame for Krasnoyarsk 2019 will always burn brightly in spiritual home of Turin
The flame for the 2019 Winter Universiade is destined for the host city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia after being kindled on the Northern Italian city of Turin earlier this week.
Alan Hubbard: I fear Joshua will meet his match - but not against this Russian druggie
Why is it I am not totally sold on Anthony Joshua? I mean, what’s not to like about him?
Mike Rowbottom: Plugge minds the gap as WorldTour teams await UCI reform plans
Cycling is a sport where tactics are crucial. And for the moment, Richard Plugge, vice-president of the team’s representative body, the AIGCP, is playing a waiting game.
David Owen: What an ugly Russian soap opera tells us about the state of sport
I am going to stick my neck out here: like colleague Liam Morgan, I fully expect the Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to back reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in the distant Seychelles tomorrow.
Liam Morgan: Compromises and concessions - How Russia wormed its way back to WADA compliance
You do not need to look particularly hard to find comments from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) leadership which express how crucial sticking to the original roadmap on Russian reinstatement is for the future credibility and integrity of the organisation.
Katie Uhlaender: WADA is fighting to relight the Olympic Flame that’s dimmed in many of our hearts
This week, a crucial decision in the world of anti-doping will be made. Will it be the right one?
Michael Pavitt: 2026 Winter Olympic race steps up a notch as Beijing offers potential platform to ease public concerns
With Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency taking the vast majority of recent headlines, an important week in the race for the 2026 Winter Olympics has felt consigned to the backburner.
James Diamond: Why are there so many sports on the programme at the Asian Games?
To all you card game fans out there I sincerely apologise, but I have to ask because it has been bugging me for weeks.
Philip Barker: A look back at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games, 30 years on
To walk through the entrance to Seoul’s Olympic Stadium complex today is to be taken back 30 years in time.
Alan Hubbard: Hopefully the G Force will prove that cheats shouldn’t prosper
Ignore that old adage which claims cheats never prosper. Oh yes they do, especially in sport.
David Owen: Death of Mike Lee provides sad coda to end of Olympic bidding's golden age
It is a measure of Mike Lee's stature in the small, rather esoteric world that we and many of you inhabit that his recent death at the woefully early age of 61 serves to underline with sombre finality what we have known for a year now: that the golden age of Olympic bidding is over.
Mike Rowbottom: Why the IAAF Continental Cup made Paul Chelimo sick - but in a good way
Just because an athlete has finished their race does not mean the race has finished with them.
Liam Morgan: IBU take steps in right direction but challenges remain for crisis-ridden body under new President
The familiar Lou Reed hit may have crept into the minds of delegates attending the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Congress following the Presidential election last Friday (September 7).
Michael Pavitt: Lima 2019 and Panam Sports appear on upward curve but challenges remain for both
The fortunes of Lima 2019 and Panam Sports have been operating in near unison over the last couple of years.
