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Anti-doping body hails Yemeni drugs seizure
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» PARIS - The seizure of a large amount of performance-enhancing drugs in a raid by Yemeni law enforcement agents is “a landmark moment”, the head of investigations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has told AFP.
Arsenal target Man City scalp as Man Utd seek spark
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» LONDON - Arsenal could leapfrog Manchester City in an early season showdown for the Premier League title on Sunday as crisis-hit Manchester United seek some respite at home to Brentford.
Athlete surveillance warnings cloud China's Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» BEIJING: A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home.
Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» SAO FELIX DO XINGU (BRAZIL) - Something is wrong.
Wada confirms Bangkok Laboratory accreditation reinstated
Sports, Published on 29/08/2021
» The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has approved the reinstatement of the accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory at the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok in accordance with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL).
WADA lifts Bangkok anti-doping lab's suspension
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday the lifting of the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok's suspension, imposed in November 2019 for failing to conform with international lab standards.
Record infections overwhelm India's hospitals
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday and 13 Covid patients died in a fire, as India's healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections.
Russia handed two-year doping ban in 'catastrophic blow to clean sport'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» LAUSANNE: Sport's highest court on Thursday banned Russia from the international stage for two years, including the Tokyo Olympics next year and 2022 Beijing Winter Games, but the halving of the initial punishment was blasted as "a catastrophic blow to clean athletes and the integrity of sport".
Russia takes four-year doping ban battle to court
AFP, Published on 02/11/2020
» LAUSANNE - Russia will attempt to overturn its four-year ban from international sport this week in the latest chapter of a long-running and controversial saga over state-sanctioned doping.
Sevilla show Chelsea a smarter way to spend
AFP, Published on 19/10/2020
» LONDON - Chelsea's huge transfer spend has so far failed to deliver the expected return on investment as Frank Lampard's men continue to leak goals at an alarming rate.