long time ago, when I was helping Roger Black write his autobiography, the inevitable subject of doping

sadly, it was a question that needed to be asked at the time regarding athletics.And, as the latest doping

indicates, it remains so.One of the enduring and valid defences of those who are attempting to eradicate doping

that real questions are continuing to be asked of competitors, even if the answer must sometime be a doping

sports such as football, where - as so many of its followers will tell you – there is no significant doping

year's World Championships, only collecting gold after the US were retrospectively disqualified for a doping

of the leaked data used by German broadcasters ARD in last Sunday’s programme alleging widespread doping

abuse in athletics comes from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s storage system, the latter body has confirmed

athletes, including many from Russia and Kenya, had given blood samples that were "highly suggestive" of doping

conclusions on the basis of limited information.”Most of the data used in the ARD and Sunday Times doping

ImagesWADA claimed today that none of the data used in the documentary had been stored on its Anti-Doping

versus detecting a doping substance or method directly.Howman added that the IAAF “started using ADAMS

2015: New doping allegations may delay completion of WADA Commission investigation

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty claimed the men’s 50 metres breaststroke title at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Kazan to become the first male swimmer to win both the 50m and 100m crowns in the same edition of the event.

time of 7:39.96.Gregorio Paltrinieri provided strong competition for Sun, who served a three-month doping

International Association of Athletics Federations, Sebastian Coe, in defending the sport's record on doping

proactive and even more transparent in our aggressive pursuit of a zero tolerance policy against doping

“That means working even more closely with WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), the IOC (International Olympic

Committee), National Federations, National Doping Agencies and Government bodies to ensure the process

“At present the anti-doping system is too complex and takes too long.

Anti-Doping Agency to swiftly investigate latest "disturbing" athletics doping allegations

Britain’s James Guy produced a stunning performance to shock the field in the men’s 200 metres freestyle as he claimed victory at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.

Yuliya Yefimova of Russia returned from a 16-month doping ban to win gold in the women's 100m breaststroke

ImagesIn the final event of another dramatic evening, Russia’s Yuliya Yefimova returned from a 16-month doping

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has described the most recent allegations of doping

The IAAF also expressed its "surprise" at comments on this case already made by the World Anti-Doping

The IAAF quite rightly operates within an anti-doping framework, provided by WADA, where suspicion alone

does not equal proof of doping."

The IAAF wants to stamp out all doping in sport and welcomes greater public debate."

Anti-Doping Agency to swiftly investigate latest "disturbing" athletics doping allegationsAugust 2015

If Justin Gatlin wins the 100 metres and/or the 200m in the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Beijing then the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - and their venerable outgoing President Lamine Diack - should hang their heads in shame.

whistle-blower connected to the IAAF, showed that those on 800 athletes were 'highly suggestive of doping

most other international sports bodies, have paid little more than lip service to the scourge of doping

There are currently some 50 athletes from eight different sports under sanction from UK Anti-Doping

Thompson has certainly chosen a bad time to argue that doping in sport should be legalised - providing

Doping in any sport, but especially boxing, you have the people with money: the haves, the people with

Canada, Denmark and Hungary are the latest countries to publicly pledge their support for Sebastian Coe's campaign to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

pole vault record holder Sergey Bubka The support for Coe comes amid the backdrop of the latest doping

that they had obtained from a whistleblower secret IAAF data that indicated suspected widespread blood doping

Recent events illustrate, that the ongoing fight against doping needs to be in focus.

When Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in 1994 he realised that, while his two predecessors had gone some way towards modernising the party from its socialist roots, too few people believed there had been genuine change. His remodelled “New” Labour Party thus introduced some substantial measures, but was more than anything else a rhetorical device to hammer home this symbolic break from the past.

deliberately so, or a re-commitment of approaches already taken, like a “zero-tolerance approach to doping

Athletics Kenya has described media claims of widespread systematic doping among Kenyan runners as "

yesterday that most of his country’s medals between 2001 and 2012 have been won by athletes suspected of doping

they claimed showed more than 800 athletes had given blood samples that were "highly suggestive" of doping

, 77 were Kenyan athletes.ARD also alleged corruption among Kenyan officials who wanted to cover up doping

The Federation always welcomes any information which would help fight the vice of doping."

Agency Commission into alleged widespread, systematised doping in Russia first aired last December

2015: World Anti-Doping Agency to swiftly investigate latest "disturbing" athletics doping allegationsAugust

A new raft of doping allegations may delay publication of the report by a three-man World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA) Commission into alleged widespread, systematised doping in Russia.

Sunday Times in London.More than 800 athletes had given blood samples that were "highly suggestive" of doping

IOC Session in Malaysia that the body would act with "zero tolerance" if investigations resulted in doping

IOC Session in Malaysia that the body would act with “zero tolerance” if investigations resulted in doping

We agreed WADA is our competent centre for the fight against doping."

Agency to swiftly investigate latest "disturbing" athletics doping allegationsAugust 2015: Exclusive

America's Katie Ledecky had an ideal start to the defence of her four titles by successfully retaining her women's 400 metres freestyle crown at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.

repeat winner from the Barcelona 2013 World Championships as China’s Sun Yang, who served a three-month doping

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie is "very disturbed" by the latest widespread

athletics doping allegations which have emerged, vowing to immediately hand them over to the WADA Independent

Sunday Times in London.More than 800 athletes had given blood samples that were "highly suggestive" of doping

swift and close scrutiny to determine whether there have in fact been breaches under the World Anti-Doping

Sergey BubkaThis latest report follows a previous ARD documentary last December alleging "systematic doping

The IAAF is a very strong leader in the fight against doping. "We will not stop the fight.

The allegations of suspected widespread doping in top-level athletics over many years are a cause for

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and Athens 2004 high jump champion Stefan Holm has called for more specific testing of suspicious athletes following the emergence of data allegedly showing a third of all medallists in endurance events at major championships over the last decade produced abnormal blood samples.

The Swede admitted he believed that the authorities were winning the war against doping cheats but felt

who submitted such samples.None of these medals, including 55 golds, have been taken away, with anti-doping

allegations, which included allegations of "systematic doping" among Russian athletes as well as a BBC

documentary last month accusing American coach Alberto Salazar of doping athletes he trains.Salazar's

Neither IAAF President Lamine Diack nor former World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) head Richard Pound, who

Twenty years ago this week a “skinny-looking, very ordinary guy” - his own description - hit the take-off board in Gothenburg’s Ullevi stadium at high speed. By the time his effort came to an end he had left a mark in the sand which, while it was soon smoothed away by an official brush, remains to this day in the form of a world triple jump record of 18.29 metres. Jonathan Edwards, ordinary guy, had done something extraordinary.

After a round of television and newspaper interviews, he spent more than two hours in doping - where