This article was updated on April 12, 2013, and includes responses from WADA and GSK.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has taken the unusual step of warning athletes about the health risks of the banned…
Myths surround the use of polygraph machines.
Lie detector photo from Shutterstock.
Please, sit down. Try not to sweat. Just relax. Now, answer honestly: could lie detectors succeed where current anti-doping measures in sport are failing?
If you answered “yes” you are not alone. There…
Is our current form of hyper-competitive sport transgressive of fair play?
Art-Of-2
What’s the point of anti-doping? And what’s the point of sport in the early 21st century? Is the current system of anti-doping good for our kids, our athletes and is it good for sport? Is it even good…
Since claims of systematic doping in Australian sport emerged last week, the role of sports scientists has been called into question.
marc falardeau
Sports scientists have taken something of a media beating over the past week following revelations of alleged widespread illegal doping across Australian professional sporting codes. While this may be…
In light of relevations into doping in Australian sport, should more be done to protect and inform professional athletes?
Phil Roeder
Should an athlete advocacy organisation be established to help athletes navigate the minefield of banned and permitted substances in sport? We believe it should be.
Last week’s report by the Australian…
Irrespective of his response to questions from Oprah, Lance Armstrong’s previous evasions about drug use indicate a faulty moral compass.
If Lance Armstrong admits today to using performance-enhancing drugs during his career as a professional cyclist, his evasive response to the US Anti-Doping Agency’s allegations has to suggest at the very…
Lance Armstrong should reveal the dirty business of being a professional athlete.
EPA/Elizabeth Kreutz
What I want from Lance Armstrong is the unabridged and brutal truth. It’s very simple. I want to know why he doped.
Unlike other commentators, I am hoping Armstrong avoids mea culpa and throwing himself…
