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Richard McLaren published two reports in 2016 claiming that from "at least late 2011 to 2015" more than 1,000 Russian competitors in various sports, including summer, winter, and Paralympic sports, benefited from a doping cover-up. [191] As of 25 December 2015, 43 Russian athletes who competed in Sochi have been disqualified, with 13 medals ...
Kamp Staaldraad – controversial training camp for the Springboks (South Africa's national rugby union team) before the 2003 Rugby World Cup " Bloodgate " – a scheme by the English rugby union club Harlequins to fake an injury to wing Tom Williams to allow a blood replacement to be brought on at a critical moment in their 2009 Heineken Cup ...
Concussions in high school sports; Concussions in sport; Victor Conte; Controversies related to 2013 disqualification of Polish 4x400 m relay in Gothenburg; Geo Cronjé; Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements saga
Why are the 2022 Olympics controversial? Largely because China's authoritarian government has been credibly accused of rampant human rights abuses — and, by the U.S., Canada and others, of genocide.
Various concerns and controversies arose in relation to the 2024 Summer Olympics, held in Paris, including security, [1] human rights issues, Israel's participation amid the Gaza war, and allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Fifteen years ago, after diagnosing American soccer’s developmental ills, U.S. Soccer launched its Development Academy. Many believe, that solution is beginning to bear fruit.
At least once every four years, a controversy erupts over female athletes’ sports apparel. And following Nike’s reveal of one 2024 Team USA Olympic track and field kit, athletes and fans have ...
A political cartoon depicting slave labour in the construction of the stadiums in Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup [7] (see also: Slavery in Qatar). In a December 2021 interview with Al Jazeera, FIFA's secretary-general Fatma Samoura said that FIFA had developed a general framework to structure and guide the implementation of its human rights responsibilities and commitment, published in ...