Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russian athletics has been engulfed by a doping scandal this week following the publication of a damning report by the ...

In the 1990s, Lee Sweeney, a physiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrated that inserting the gene encoding insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) into the muscle cells of mice increased ...

Blood doping boosts athletic performance by increasing the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Blood doping is commonly associated with endurance sports such as cycling, distance running, ...

Arsene Wenger had a lot to get off his chest in the autumn of 2015. His Arsenal side were in danger of exiting the Champions League at the group stages and their 2-1 loss away to Dinamo Zagreb had ...

The UCI has revealed details of their latest techniques and strategy to detect and deter mechanical doping in cycling, with bikes now checked using a handheld backscatter x-ray device that can see ...

Now, we see today’s doping scandals in winter sports. The Ustyugov case shows how the game has changed. It involves abnormal biological passports and evidence from the Moscow Laboratory, leading to ...

Lance Armstrong became the first person to win the Tour de France seven times in a row, but he was stripped of his titles after doping allegations in 2012 Lance Armstrong is a former professional ...

MONACO (AP) — Track and field investigators have classed India as an “extremely high” risk for doping and imposed stricter testing on athletes from Botswana including a stellar men’s sprint team ahead ...

India has been classified as an ‘extremely high’ doping risk nation by the World Athletics. We take a look at what led to the ...

A crackdown on India’s performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) production – the biggest globally – is key to tackling the doping ...