Sports or Politics?

Another international sporting event, the European Indoor Athletics Championships, drew to a successful close at Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia yesterday. Yet the issue of doping of world class athletes remains unresolved. Despite the fact that the global anti-doping regulator seems to be singularly targeting his country’s athletes, the Russian President…

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Olympic Games in Crisis: Double Standards

There can be little doubt that the fundamental principle of fair game is violated with regard to the preparation and performance of leading athletes hailing from world athletic-cum-political powers. In the past month we witnessed the West and Russia trading accusations and recriminations regarding each other’s doping and anti-doping practices.…

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