‘Don’t believe in paying athletes’: IOC’s Coventry stirs social media storm
Olympians slam the IOC chief and Zimbabwe’s former medallist for saying athletes should not be paid at the Games.
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Men caught competing as women in prestigious South African marathon
Two women runners initially finished outside the top 10 in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town before bib swap spotted.
World Athletics blocks 11 athlete transfer requests to Turkiye
Athletes from Kenya, Nigeria and Jamaica have applications rejected for ‘recruitment drive’ by Turkiye government.
Doping is a ‘big problem’ in India, global anti-doping body chief says
WADA is targeting India’s performance-enhancing drugs production industry, the world’s biggest.
Spain’s Guardemo still critical in ICU 2 weeks after cycling crash with car
Jaume Guardeno sustained serious injuries after collision with a car at the end of a Volta a Catalunya cycling race.
Ice hockey coach admits to faking COVID certificate to enter China Olympics
Swiss Ice Hockey is to host the World Championships in May but faces questions over coach’s false Olympic paperwork.
China probes ‘malicious’ cyberbullying of teen diving champion Quan
Three-time Olympic gold medallist has faced toxic online abuse and considered quitting over comments on her appearance.
Taiwan’s gender row boxer Lin takes bronze medal at Asian championships
Lin Yu-ting wins a medal in her first competitive fight since a gender eligibility row overshadowed her Olympic win.
‘Enough is enough’: Semenya pledges to fight Olympic gender-testing policy
‘We’re going to be vocal about it, we’re going to make noise until we’re heard,’ South Africa’s gold medallist says.
Olympic gender test ‘a disrespect for women’, South Africa’s Semenya says
Olympic gold medallist lashes out at IOC and its president, Kirsty Coventry, for asking women to prove themselves.
France calls IOC sex testing a ‘step backwards’ while Trump praises move
Transgender women athletes now excluded from female events at the Olympics after IOC agrees new eligibility policy.
