The look on Sir Mo Farah’s face said it all. Before unabashed delight took over his countenance was one of sheer disbelief.

A proper understanding of anti-doping issues requires a healthy grasp of chemistry, law and sports politics as well as the ability to understand the peculiar networks of codes and precedents within which cases are framed.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had an excellent public relations opportunity handed to them on a plate last week. All they had to do was eat it. Literally, eat it.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that the gender pay gap is no more apparent than in the world of sport.

Despite a lifetime ban from the Olympics, Vitaly Mutko will, as it stands, remain in charge of the biggest sporting event of 2018.

The indignation expressed in some quarters this week over Russian athletes being allowed to compete at Pyeongchang 2018 under the banner of “Olympic Athlete of Russia” is something I don’t understand.

I thought it would be interesting to look at the International Skating Union (ISU)’s 2016 financial report, in the wake of last week’s European Commission ruling on the federation’s eligibility rules.

Two months ago I wrote about how Qatar could start to improve their battered image in the world. The battering started with the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to them seven years ago, and hasn’t let up.

A member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) communications team half-forced a smile at the end of the Executive Board meeting last week when asked if they were hoping for an easier end to the year.

When the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission concluded their visit to Gold Coast in December last year, the organisation aimed some pointed comments towards politicians.

As International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach began to take questions from the world’s media after announcing the long-awaited decision on Russian participation at Pyeongchang 2018, another intriguing telephone conference was taking place with someone thousands of miles away.

Despite my initial scepticism, being at Peace and Sport here this week made me realise the vital work that such organisations do to help others.

I am concerned about the next Winter Olympic Games.

I think we can now be clear. After months and months of courageous, assiduous labour by investigators, scientists, lawyers and - lest it be forgotten - journalists, analysis of the evidence enables, as the Schmid Report puts it, "the confirmation of the existence of the Disappearing Positive Methodology as well as a tampering methodology, in particular during the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, as described in the Final Report by Prof. Richard McLaren".