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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. [190] As of 25 December 2015, 43 Russian athletes who competed in Sochi have been disqualified, with 13 medals ...
Athlete activism in the United States refers to using one's platform as a professional athlete to advocate for social and political issues in the United States of America. It has been an aspect of American sports culture for decades, dating back to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, with athletes such as Muhammad Ali and Tommie Smith using ...
Sports can be a source of joy that brings people together, but it is not free from controversy. Here is a look at the biggest sports scandals of all-time. 20 biggest sports scandals of all time
This was the first time in the sport's history that an entire team had been penalised for unsporting behaviour, with the Competition Director applying a penalty of 25 points per pilot per day. Controversially the pilots involved were spared disqualification only receiving a relatively trivial points reduction (compared to a competing pilot who ...
SEE ALSO: Biggest choke jobs in sports history. And of course, when the stakes are high, there is always going to be someone looking for a competitive advantage. Sports is no exception, as ...
One of the NFL's biggest problems off the field is domestic violence, according to Jon Shuppe from NBC News, over the last 14 years there have been 87 arrests involving 80 football players. [2] A survey of 252 nationally-reported criminal cases in one year that involved athletes found that about 14% (49) of the athletes involved were ...
This case underscored the NFL's zero-tolerance stance on gambling, even in the context of the league's growing partnerships with sports betting entities, but at the same time highlighted a lack of ...
Racism in sports has been a prevalent issue throughout the world. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) released a report in 2007 [ 1 ] stating that racial abuse and vilification are commonplace in international sports, in places such as Australia, Europe, and America.