WADA names cycling doping expert to spearhead RUSADA rebuild

The World Anti-Doping Agency has appointed former war crimes investigator Peter Nicholson to help troubled Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) overhaul its anti-doping program. Nicholson, an......

Timeline of Russian skater Valieva's failed drug test

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who won gold in the team event at the Beijing Olympics last Monday, failed a drug test for a banned substance before the Games. Here is a summary of key dates......

Valieva positive test was mix-up with grandfather's heart drug: IOC

IMAGE: The Russian teenager was cleared by CAS to compete in the women's single event after a panel of three judges agreed with RUSADA's decision to lift a ban on her. Kamila Valieva of the......

WADA back in the spotlight with Russian Valieva's doping case

IMAGE: Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday was thrust into the spotlight at......

Russia to appeal WADA's four-year doping sanctions

IMAGE: The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) headquarters in Moscow. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Thursday it will appeal sanctions......