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Squabble grows as US government holds back 2024 funding from world anti-doping watchdog WADA
Read full article: Squabble grows as US government holds back 2024 funding from world anti-doping watchdog WADAThe U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdogās handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others.
Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator
Read full article: Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulatorTwo former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next monthās Summer Games in Paris.
Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies
Read full article: Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agenciesRevelations of nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers whose positive doping tests went unpunished have sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the U.S. drug-fighting organization.
Mo.-based company hired to police drugs in US horse racing
Read full article: Mo.-based company hired to police drugs in US horse racingA deal for Drug Free Sport International to police medication in horse racing is in place two months before the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority takes effect.
Key proposals in Major League Baseball labor negotiations
Read full article: Key proposals in Major League Baseball labor negotiationsA summary of some key areas in collective bargaining between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association as of proposals through Feb. 24, as obtained by The Associated Press.
Exclusive: MLB, players stop drug testing during lockout
Read full article: Exclusive: MLB, players stop drug testing during lockoutTwo people familiar with the sportās Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sportās drug agreement.
New anti-doping, medication rules for horse racing unveiled
Read full article: New anti-doping, medication rules for horse racing unveiledThe Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has released a draft of proposed anti-doping and medication control rules designed to bring uniformity to a sport that has operated for years under patchwork regulations in 38 racing states.
In letter, USADA says it can't change marijuana rules alone
Read full article: In letter, USADA says it can't change marijuana rules aloneU.S. Anti-Doping Agency leaders are pushing to further mitigate āharsh consequencesā for marijuana if itās not intentionally used to enhance performance, though they cannot unilaterally change the rules, they wrote in a letter to members of Congress critical of the agency in the wake of sprinter ShaāCarri Richardsonās ban from the Olympics.