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The protests against Sun Yang at the world championships highlight the problems with the system set up to protect the sport from doping.
Why swimmers are protesting against China’s Sun Yang at the World Championships.
Whistleblowing on doping can and does have life-altering implications for athletes – new research.
And why doping cheats may never be caught.
Conditional superannuation which can we withdrawn years after bankers retire might be the best way to get them to do the right thing.
The decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to lift its ban on Russia’s drug testing has set off another controversy about whether there will ever be a level playing field in the world of sports.
While PPS is approved in oral capsule form to treat bladder inflammation, it is not yet approved as in injection for knee and bone problems. But AFL players have been given special access.
If the Australian cricketers involved in a ball-tampering scandal manage to return to the game, and do so triumphantly, it is likely they will be forgiven – and some may even forget their role in it.
Doping controversy around British cycling and athletics is the latest sign that sports authorities need to do something drastic.
Athletes have, on occasion, mounted successful defences of sabotage in doping cases.
Doping scandals have dominated the build-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
The Olympics have been plagued by doping, corruption and political problems. But academic and former Olympian Bruce Kidd says the Olympic Games are still an important humanitarian movement.
A delicate truce between North and South Korea has been reached in the run up to the Winter Olympics. It’s a high profile win for an event which is struggling to remain relevant.
The Therapeutic Use Exemption system of banned medicines in sport creates more problems than it solves, is open to abuse and is simply unfair.
The ban on Russia competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics is unique: it is directly linked to the country’s lack of sporting integrity.
There are concerns that performance-enhancing drug use is quickly becoming a public health crisis.
The US sprinter, twice banned after failed drug tests, felt the force of public opinion as he won the 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championship. But is it time to start trusting athletes?
A Victorian athlete’s use of ‘performance-enhancing’ coca was met with interested approval rather than anger of the kind directed at Justin Gatlin.
Doping whistleblowers can face serious negative consequences including threats on their lives.
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Business, UNSW-Canberra, UNSW
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, La Trobe University
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Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Scholar, School of Business, CBR, UNSW
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow in Anti-Doping, Leeds Beckett University