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Latest ARD Doping Editorial Team story: WADA hunts whistleblowers in China case. On the cryptically named ongoing "Operation Puncture" being prioritised by their investigations team www.sportschau.de/wada-hunts-w...
"Operation Puncture": WADA hunts whistleblowers in China case
A World Anti-Doping Agency investigation is seeking to expose whistleblowers who passed on information about suspected doping cases in China to ARD. Human rights organisations are strongly criticising...
www.sportschau.de
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Interesting story. Ser Miang Ng is chair of both
WADA (since 2020) and IOC (since 2014) Finance Committees. Will he be temporarily suspended from both while investigations take place?
August 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reminder of why whereabouts violations banned. WhatsApp messages from sprinter Blessing Okagbare showing she deliberately missed a drugs test -and took one whereabouts violation hit - as worried she may otherwise test positive as drugs still in system. She then tried to argue she didn't hear testers
August 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Latest ARD report: "Stepanovs’ cry for help. Forgotten and facing an uncertain future". Tough emotional story about situation unchanged for over a decade www.sportschau.de/stepanovs-cr...
Whistleblowers in fear : Stepanovs’ cry for help. Forgotten and facing an uncertain future
Their revelations about state-sponsored doping in Russia shocked the sporting world in 2014. Today, Yuliya Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov are still fighting for permanent residency in United States. Ou...
www.sportschau.de
August 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"Only when a PED scandal becomes large enough to affect the retail sales of the shoe companies or negatively impact title sponsorship PR will anything get done, says one long-time sport insider with experience in dealing with all entities involved." tonireavis.com/2025/07/17/b...
Beyond the Athlete: The Hidden Blame in Running’s Drug Crisis
ADDENDUM: 17 July 2025 Today, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich due to a doping violation. Ms. Chepngetich…
tonireavis.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Revelations of links between an Ineos Grenadiers trainer and a doctor involved in the Aderlass doping case." Another follow-up to ARD documentary www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur...
Révélations de liens entre un soigneur d'Ineos Grenadiers et un médecin impliqué dans l'affaire de dopage Aderlass
L'Irish Independent a publié un article qui révèle la relation en 2012 entre David Rozman, soigneur de Sky devenu Ineos Grenadiers, et Mark Schmidt, docteur impliqué dans l'affaire Aderlass.
www.lequipe.fr
July 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Article by Paul Kimmage in which he names the Team Sky/Ineos soigneur linked to convicted doping doctor Mark Schmidt following ARD documentary. He is still working at Tour de France this year for Ineos...who are refusing to comment www.independent.ie/sport/other-...
Paul Kimmage: Revealing the links between the Team Sky masseur and a convicted doping doctor at the Tour de France
It was late last Sunday evening when Sebastian Krause arrived in Lille. He had taken a flight from Munich, and a train from Paris and left first thing the next morning in a car to Dunkirk.
www.independent.ie
July 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New ARD Doping Editorial film: "In the Slipstream": German blood doping Operation Aderlass ring accomplice a major figure in cycling - working with Team Ineos. Good work with colleagues including @hajoseppelt.bsky.social 1/ www.sportschau.de/doping/germa...
"Doping Top Secret: In the slipstream" - German blood doping ring accomplice a major figure in cycling
ARD can reveal that numerous members or customers of the dismantled Erfurt blood doping network have escaped punishment. An accomplice of doping doctor Mark S. has been working undisturbed for years a...
www.sportschau.de
June 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Reposted
So 19.15 h ARD German TV a new episode of Doping Top Secret: "In the slipstream: Why doping suspicions continue to linger in cycling“. Two weeks before Tour de France: How easy is it to dope in cycling today? Who are the people behind the scenes? How credible are extreme achievements?
June 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Day of shame: Qatari officials and their allies contest Petra Sörling's election and threaten delegates.
With 104:102 votes, IOC member Sörling won the ITTF election against Khalil Al-Mohannadi. For now. 💰 💰 💰 Qatar will take the matter to court.
www.the-inquisitor-magazine.com/day-of-shame...
Day of shame: aggression in Doha, Qatari officials and their ITTF allies contest Petra Sörling's election and threaten delegates
With the narrowest possible result of 104:102 votes, IOC member Petra Sörling from Sweden won the election in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) against Khalil Al-Mohannadi from Qatar. F...
www.the-inquisitor-magazine.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
How democratic elections are being prevented at WADA. Incumbent President Banka the only candidate in tomorrow's "election"... ARD story with Joerg Winterfeldt and @hajoseppelt.bsky.social
www.sportschau.de/how-democrat...
Crisis in the global anti-doping fight: How democratic elections are being prevented at WADA
On 29 May, a supposedly independent WADA president will be elected for the first time, to take office in 2026. The only candidate allowed to run is the incumbent Witold Banka from Poland; there are no...
www.sportschau.de
May 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Exclusive ARD Doping Editorial Team story on how names of 76 convicted German dopers over last 5 years have stayed secret due to data protection rules. Story with @hajoseppelt.bsky.social and other colleagues www.sportschau.de/names-withhe...
www.sportschau.de
May 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Finally starting to use bSky. ARD Doping Editorial Team story to be published later today exposing how names of many German athletes convicted of doping over last 5 years are not being revealed publicly. Potentially over 100, including a world champion in an Olympic sport...
Today new research by ARD Doping Editorial Team: About doping cases in Germany: Many names of GER dopers in recent years not published. Maybe more than 100 names. Exclusive reporting today in Sportschau on TV 7.15 pm german time - and afterwards long video version and texts online in ARD-Mediathek
May 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM