Honest Sport A journalist dedicated to investigating doping, and the medicalisation of elite sport.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #194
by Edmund Willison on January 12, 2026
A British Enhanced Games sprinter claims some athletes won't dope at the event, an MLB baseballer tests positive for steroids and a Team Ineos cyclist says doping is easily detectable.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #193
by Edmund Willison on January 8, 2026
Team Ineos again stands by its scandal-hit soigneur, a British Olympic sprinter joins the Enhanced Games and a footballer's doping case may end in criminal trial.
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Anti-Doping - where plausibility meets 'innocence'
by Edmund Willison on January 6, 2026
WADA claims contamination cases are on the rise but its own statistics seem to suggest otherwise. As WADA adjusts its regulations on this premise, I wonder if anti-doping is on the brink of danger.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #192
by Edmund Willison on January 5, 2026
A Tour de France cyclist says all sports are not 'clean', several Brazilian footballers are banned and there are calls to criminalise doping in India.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #191
by Edmund Willison on January 1, 2026
WADA is considering banning high-altitude masks, an athlete serving a suspension is jailed and a sports doctor is concerned about undetectable doping agents.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #190
by Edmund Willison on December 29, 2025
Paul Pogba wins 'Best Comeback' award after his suspension, organisers of an Italian cycling race seek damages from a competitor caught blood doping and there is a 'grey areas' controversy in Norway.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #189
by Edmund Willison on December 22, 2025
Another German Olympic skier is embroiled in a scandal, a high-profile owner's horse tests positive and a French World Champion raises concern about tainted world records.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #188
by Edmund Willison on December 18, 2025
Another tennis player tests positive for clostebol, a US Olympic swimmer joins the Enhanced Games and there is a high-profile EPO case in MMA.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #187
by Edmund Willison on December 15, 2025
A cycling team's systematic doping programme ends in prison sentences, a Paris 2024 medallist tests positive and the Enhanced Games initiates a 'first-of-its-kind' study.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #186
by Edmund Willison on December 11, 2025
There is a scandal at a German football club, an athlete in Eliud Kipchoge's training group is provisionally suspended and another Irish Olympian joins the Enhanced Games.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #185
by Edmund Willison on December 8, 2025
An American sprinter once caught doping wins a 'Coach of the Year' award, a former athletics official will go on trial and a baseballer is pictured undergoing a performance-enhancing blood treatment.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #184
by Edmund Willison on December 4, 2025
Team Ineos (Sky) stands by its scandal-hit soigneur, Serena Williams re-enters the drug testing pool and the criminal case involving a cycling team nears its crescendo.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #183
by Edmund Willison on December 1, 2025
A footballer tests positive after playing on a contaminated pitch, a doctor is arrested in Spain and a sports team is pictured undergoing intravenous infusions in preparation for a match.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #182
by Edmund Willison on November 29, 2025
Canada's most successful Olympian is banned, the Enhanced Games files to become a publicly-listed stock on the Nasdaq and a Chinese world champion inadvertently tests positive in a hospital.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #181
by Edmund Willison on November 25, 2025
A defamation case draws attention to past scandals in football, a top cyclist shares his opinion on doping and an elite boxer says he lost 'his confidence' after his opponent tested positive.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #180
by Edmund Willison on November 21, 2025
A footballer reportedly blames his failed drug test on a team doctor, the scandal involving an Italian cycling team deepens and Paul Pogba returns to competition.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #179
by Edmund Willison on November 17, 2025
Athletes are reportedly taking Ozempic combined with steroids, a Paris 2024 gold medallist is banned and there is a serious scandal in rugby.
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #178
by Edmund Willison on November 13, 2025
A US Olympic sprinter is caught doping in Florida, WADA advises its officials against travelling to the World Cup and the UCI president laments that 'what isn't forbidden is allowed'.
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Doping - trending up or down?
by Edmund Willison on November 11, 2025
Recent surveys have estimated doping prevalence in elite sport to lie between 13% and 36%. WADA says that the problem is 'trending downwards'. Is this indeed the case?
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Doping in Sport - Bi-Weekly Press round-up #177
by Edmund Willison on November 10, 2025
A doping control officer celebrates with a football team, a young tennis player is suspended for alleged steroid use and the former US Postal director questions the legitimacy of the ABP.






