On the day when Liu Hong duly delivered the host nation its first gold of the World Athletics Championships in today’s women’s 20 kilometres race walk, with team-mate Xiuzhi Lu adding silver, Dafne Schippers of The Netherlands became the first European winner of the world 200 metres title since 2003.

record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner, 21.34, who has been the subject of persistent rumour regarding doping

day of Yego’s giant javelin throwAugust 2015: Two female Kenyans suspended in Beijing after positive doping

World Rugby claim there are “several misperceptions” about the risks of playing the sport after a survey found that 59 per cent of parents believe it causes the most injuries.

of children taking supplements concerns them, with World Rugby responding by reiterating their anti-doping

Heathrow Airport announced as official tournament provider to 2015 Rugby World CupAugust 2015: UK Anti-Doping

No, Usain Bolt is not the saviour of athletics: he has been doing what he does since 2008, if not earlier, and the sport is at a much lower ebb now than it was then.

singled out is exactly what the sport needs right now.It takes one’s mind away from the cynicism of doping

sport, a surprisingly good one, even if one of its chief legacies will be to put the rigour of anti-doping

Italy's veteran sports administrator Francesco Ricci Bitti has vowed to prioritise his commitments in the Olympic Movement after he ends his 16-year tenure as President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) next month.

International Federations, and on the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commissions, the WADA (World Anti-Doping

For the second time in four days, Usain Bolt held off the challenge of Justin Gatlin of the United States here to complete his world 100/200 metre double in 19.55sec, the fastest 200m time run this year, and conclude a rare night of athletics that had already been punctuated with a historic triple jump of 18.21m by Christian Taylor, the second best ever achieved.

day of Yego’s giant javelin throwAugust 2015: Two female Kenyans suspended in Beijing after positive doping

Usain Bolt hinted strongly tonight after completing his sprint double over Justin Gatlin here over 200m that he might finish his career at the Rio 2016 Olympics rather than at the following year’s IAAF World Championships in London as he has previously said.

day of Yego’s giant javelin throwAugust 2015: Two female Kenyans suspended in Beijing after positive doping

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has hailed international commitment to tackling

(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) International Convention against Doping

authorities in many countries cannot be bound by a non-Governmental document such as the World Anti-Doping

Governments to align their domestic policies with the Code, thus harmonising the rules governing anti-doping

prepared, adopted and ratified.But this comes at a highly sensitive time following a period of numerous doping

cases in recent years.In this context, there is a growing feeling in some quarters that criminalising doping

2015: IAAF will not "dance on grave" of Russia despite doping crisis, promises Coe

Seven countries have participated in the inaugural International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Paralympic Development Programme clinic, held at the host venue of the sailing events at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

the sport is regularly practiced, a quadrennial competition programme, athlete classification, anti-doping

South Africa’s Wayde Van Niekerk had to be taken to hospital here last night after winning the world 400 metres title in 43.48sec, the fastest time run since 2007.

Cassandra Tate 54.02.Related storiesAugust 2015:  Two female Kenyans suspended in Beijing after positive doping

runner Joyce Zakary and 400m hurdler Francisca Koki Manunga - have been suspended following positive doping

management process.”Joyce Zakary is one of two Kenyan athletes to be suspended following a positive doping

Any matter touching on doping is a matter of confidentiality until proven and the right procedure is

The doping here has been vigorous and all our athletes have been tested, I think some even up to four

casesMarch 2015: Every African country should have own anti-doping agency, claims DiackFebruary 2015

2015: Jeptoo to miss Rio 2016 after receiving two-year doping ban

The event officially opened here last Saturday by the Chinese President was not just the International Association of Athletics Federations’ World Championships – it was self-styled as the Green Championships, with concern for the environment being one of its key elements.

2004 Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist has been a vocal critic of both the IAAF and the World Anti-Doping

Authority in the wake of the latest slew of doping allegations to have been levelled at the sport

middle distance and endurance runners created a series of world records and a mass of suspicions about doping

London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel will hold urgent talks in Beijing this week with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following the reinstatement of self-confessed drugs cheat Liliya Shobukhova.

suspension have been commuted, however, after she offered "substantial assistance" to the World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA), who are investigating allegations of systematic doping in athletics in Russia.It means

“We are determined to make marathon running a safe haven from doping."

The London Marathon’s zero tolerance policy towards doping is unaltered.

2015: WADA Commission to complete investigation of athletics doping allegations by end of year

Just like her fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt on the previous night, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce returned to the Stadium where she had won her first global 100 metres gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics and did it all over again.

hope to Felix for Rio 2016 programme change to allow 200 and 400m doubleAugust 2015: Bolt "sad" that doping

Chicago and two London Marathon titles earlier this month, is free to compete again after the World Anti-Doping

Shobukhova provided in line with the provisions of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code), however, WADA

"She accepted from the outset that she had committed an anti-doping rule violation.

Shobukhova has been of substantial value in uncovering and investigating anti-doping rule violations

"The Substantial Assistance provisions agreed upon by the anti-doping community in the lead up to the

Organisations, so that anti-doping efforts continue to progress in the coming years."

I had an exciting, if rather terrifying experience, today when called in to do a television interview on CNN’s World Sport programme about the weekend’s 100 metres showdown between Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin.

the biggest stage.Gatlin, on the other hand, is a figurehead for a tainted era, twice involved in doping

Read any one of the many good autobiographies of athletes who have resorted to doping, those by cyclists

David Miller and Tyler Hamilton for example, and it is obvious that doping is far from a black and

Lance Armstrong, after he returned from cancer to win the 1999 Tour de France a year after the Festina doping