How to argue about doping in sport
There has been a huge amount of academic, policy, and public debate over the years about doping in sport (i.e. the use of banned performance enhancing substances or drugs and other prohibited practices…
Primary Results
Why is doping wrong anyway?
Doping simply gives athletes an advantage that can be compared to other forms of training regimes. So why the moral outrage?
After the Essendon saga, any reform to anti‑doping regimes must give athletes a greater say
Having learned some hard lessons with the Essendon case, Australia should lead the way in developing a better approach to drug control and anti-doping in sport.
How the Olympic cult of performance breeds doping
Only a better understanding of what drives doping can improve enforcement. To do so, we must break with the perception of doping as an individual or moral problem.
Doping: why some athletes are reluctant to speak out
Doping whistleblowers can face serious negative consequences including threats on their lives.
Sports anti‑doping bodies won’t reform themselves, but nation states can break the deadlock
Anti-doping laboratories have historically worked well, but the anti-doping organisations themselves lack oversight.
Athletics doping report should spark radical rethink on drugs in sport
Where can sport go when performance-related doping always seems one step ahead? The WADA report should open the door to a more rational future.
Swimmer protests at the World Championships renew calls for urgent anti‑doping reforms
Why swimmers are protesting against China’s Sun Yang at the World Championships.
Doping controls in gyms – ineffective, costly and more common than you think
A handful of countries have introduced anti-doping measures in high-street gyms. Let’s nip it in the bud.
Enhanced Games: what’s the issue?
The Enhanced Games wound up on May 24 2026 without the medal shower that was widely expected, but what does the multi-sport event really stand for when it’s stripped of the moral frenzy?
Secondary Results
