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EU highlights fight against doping in recreational sport

14 May 2012

The Council of the European Union encourages member states to place more emphasis on the fight against doping in the recreational sports sector. In a meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council last week, the...[more]




FIFA ‘alarmed’ at record positive clenbuterol tests in Mexico

19 October 2011

FIFA has revealed that a record number of athletes tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol at the Under-17 football World Cup in Mexico this year.[more]




Doping: Dispatches from the frontline

05 October 2011

Whilst WADA is well-established, there are still a lot of challenges in anti-doping work. The cheats are getting better all the time, and international federations lack resources for quality testing. Meanwhile athletes believe...[more]




Anti-doping: Widening the net against a common enemy

23 September 2011

Sport is huge business and the influence of the underworld is getting greater by the year. The threat is so acute that it needs to be addressed head on, argues David Howman, Director General of WADA, in the fifth contribution to...[more]




Strengthen your knowledge, find the stories and expand your network among top minds in international sport

22 September 2011

With less than two weeks to go, it is time to register for a unique occasion to network directly with sports political heavyweights, leading experts and top media professionals in international sport.[more]




Meet the Challenges

09 September 2011

In this second contribution to Play the Game’s exclusive comment series on corruption in sport leading up to the Play the Game 2011 conference, Thomas Bach, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), highlights...[more]




WADA calls for good ideas in the fight against doping

26 August 2011

There is a lack of new ideas on how anti-doping efforts can be improved, WADA’s Director-General warned at a doping conference in Aarhus, Denmark where it was also discussed whether the doping fight is moving into a dead end.[more]




WADA warns against criminals taking control in sport

18 March 2011

Speaking at an international doping conference in London, WADA Director General, David Howman, repeated his warnings against criminals infecting the world of sport and called for new unorthodox ideas in the fight against doping.[more]




Client control and the limits of professional autonomy: the case of sports medicine and the use of performance-enhancing drugs

16 November 2010

Over a good many years I have consistently argued that if we wish to understand patterns of drug use in sport then we need to examine the central role of sports physicians in the use of performance-enhancing drugs.[more]




LeMond happy to be subpoenaed

20 July 2010

Greg LeMond is again speaking out against doping and Lance Armstrong, much like he did at the Play the Game Conference in 2009.[more]




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