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Doping

ANTI-DOPING: U.S.’s Tygart rips WADA’s dropped defamation suit as an “effort to suppress the truth” and scaring others, repeats audit call

Doping

ANTI-DOPING: WADA says it dropped defamation suit vs. USADA, as the world “has shown a desire to move on” but U.S. intransigence continues

2028 Olympic Games

ANTI-DOPING: German report says 18 national anti-doping agencies upset with WADA over 2021 Chinese doping incident and USADA vendetta

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: U.S. Swim Trials gets WR, all-time attendance record; IOC creates “Olympic Esports Games” and approves 25 “neutrals” for Paris

5-Ring Circus

TSX REPORT: Lima edges Asuncion to land 2027 Pan Am Games; WADA celebrates 25 years, but still worried about Russia; volleyball wins social rankings

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Tahiti Olympic surfing tower agreed; WADA worried by Asian Games and Russia; Latvian track for Sweden 2030 moving ahead

5-Ring Circus

TSX REPORT: FIFA expanding 2026 World Cup to 104 matches! WADA asking for more sanctions power, unimpressed with Russian progress

2024 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Qatar World Cup CEO asks for respect; FIFA says World Cup award has changed Qatar for the better; Val-de-Marne cleans the Seine...

1936 Olympic Games

TSX REPORT: Kipchoge sensational with 2:01:09 world record in Berlin; IBA retains Kremlev; Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak now being cared for

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. women face Mexico in Tokyo qualifier; Duplantis opens at 19-8 1/4 to beat Kendricks

2012 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: Court of Arbitration for Sport confirms 12 Russian track & field positives

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5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Int’l Testing Agency did 44,400+ tests in 2025, saw 532 positives; tragic father-son doping incident; Cal gets $26M endowment for swimming!

United States Olympic Committee

SAFESPORT: Annual report for 2024 shows Center for SafeSport made an actual violations decision on just 11.7% of all cases, all-time

Aquatics

TRANSGENDER: U.S. Education Dept. announces agreement with Penn, with records removed and no transgenders allowed on women’s teams

2028 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: An Olympic city is at war, with Los Angeles fighting against itself, and now with Washington, D.C.

1984 Olympic Games

MEMORABILIA: Paris gold and torch offered together, three Louganis medals available among 67 Olympic medals up for bid from RR Auction