Kenyan Olympic champion blames greed, ignorance for doping rise
Former Olympic 800 metres champion Paul Ereng believes ignorance, greed and neglect by officials are to blame for the increase in doping incidents among his [read more…]
Former Olympic 800 metres champion Paul Ereng believes ignorance, greed and neglect by officials are to blame for the increase in doping incidents among his [read more…]
Kenya reacted angrily on Tuesday to calls by the German Athletics Federation (DLV) that its athletes be barred from the Rio Olympic Games due to [read more…]
South African Caster Semenya continued her impressive build-up to the Olympics Games with a comfortable success in the women’s 800m to mark her out as [read more…]
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of Africa’s only laboratory for testing the blood and urine of athletes for five months while [read more…]
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