During the 1990s, ‘blood doping’ in the form of rHuEPO use and/or blood transfusions became widespread. In response, the IFs such as the International Cycling Union (UCI), FIFA and the IOC introduced ...

Anti-doping agencies are tracking levels of various molecules in athletes’ blood and urine over time to increase their ability to detect drug misuse. Anti-doping organizations are constantly ...

For years, he denied everything. Then the truth came out—blood doping, EPO, the works. It was a high-speed fall from grace that stunned sports fans around the globe. Marion Jones sprinted her wa ...

In 2009, WADA published formal guidelines on how to conduct standardized testing for evidence of blood doping, including how to track athletes’ longitudinal data as part of the ABP’s blood module, ...

Given its potential to significantly enhance endurance and performance, experts predict the process could be as influential as traditional doping methods such as blood doping or steroid use.

LONDON -- Tennis is adopting the biological passport program and increasing the number of blood tests as part of a new anti-doping drive that players themselves have demanded. With the sport under ...

In 2024, there were reportedly 389 doping cases in athletics. Despite all efforts by WADA and the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), catching cheaters is only getting more difficult, with athletes and ...

The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state set against the ongoing attempts to catch the cheats. There are a number of shortcuts used by athletes and ...

A UFC fighter says a mystery visitor called at his home and left with a sample of his blood after he mistakenly took her for an anti-doping official. American featherweight Dan Ige said he was ...

Biological passport programs in cycling and in track and field monitor athletes' blood readings over time for possible tell-tale indications of doping. The federations for those sports ...

chuv.ch Objective and method: To outline the direct and indirect approaches in the fight against blood doping in sports, the different strategies that have been used and are currently being used to ...