In this latest edition of ‘Spotlight’, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) looks at the role of whistleblowers in anti-doping and how the Agency’s independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Department “ensures that information provided by informants is used confidentially, responsibly and […]
The United States House of Representatives has matched the Senate’s unanimous vote in passing (in just eight minutes) transformative Olympic reform legislation – the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athlete Act (S2330) – today. The end of the autonomy of Olympic […]
“I kept a book of all the records of 9-, 10- and 11-year-old boys in my bedroom. I wanted to be the best at every age. There were a lot of talented swimmers, but they stopped because of the pressure […]
Valentin Balakhnichev, the ex- head of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) and former treasurer of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Papa Massata Diack, the son of convicted IAAF boss Lamine Diack, were both handed prison sentences as […]
Lamine Diack, the former president of the IAAF, now renamed World Athletics, has been jailed for two years for corruption after being found guilty of accepting bribes from Russia to cover up doping. The court also sentenced Diack, 87 and […]
Seán Kelly to start role as Spain’s National Performance Director as Ricardo Barreda becomes Programs’ Director to work alongside Head Coach Fred Vergnoux as RFEN completes strategic restructuring Seán Kelly has been appointed National Performance Director to Spain. He takes up the new post on September 1 after […]
A tribute to Cecil Healy – This week marked the 108th anniversary of the Stockholm 1908 Olympic 100m freestyle final in which American Duke Kahanamoku claimed gold because of an act of sportsmanship, central which was the insistence of Healy and […]
Lance Larson turns 80 today in the same week in which, sixty years ago, he became the first swimmer to race inside the minute over 100m butterfly. The American, better known for the first place at the Olympic Games that resulted […]
Sunday Essay: Anniversaries are usually celebrated not for the loss but the gain of something but this day is different, one that marks a 40th milestone graced with the name Tracy Caulkins on it because of the status she relinquished, one that changed […]
Mack Horton Challenge To Sun Yang in Focus As Parents Cheryl & Andrew Horton Reveal The Horrid Happenings In Their Backstage Story To The Australian Weekend Magazine Mack Horton and his parents Cheryl and Andrew had to have military security follow them around during […]
What a day 1 at World Championships in Gwangju. Adam Peaty’s “Project 56” is history. The Olympic champion confined the days of 57 seconds as the global standard over 100m breaststroke to the Pantheon he’s been carving out with Thor’s […]
The gender debate rarely mentions the androgenisation of girls and the waking nightmare for women in sport embedded in a book of Olympic history that shows us why male advantage has no place in female sport. Here are some of […]
Triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu, of Hungary and American national-team swimmers Tom Shields and Michael Andrew have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all swimmers against FINA in the United States district court over the global regulator’s ‘Monopoly Rules’ […]
Obituary – Legendary Australian swim coach Forbes Carlile, MBE, passed away today on the eve of racing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He was 95. The following is the official statement and release on Carlile’s passing and tributes from […]
