Para-cyclist Dame Sarah Storey has been confirmed as the winner of The Sunday Times Disability Sportswoman of the Year 2020 during its online ceremony.

Suspicions over the level of doping in Kenya have again been raised less than a month before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following the latest joint investigation by German television channel ARD and British newspaper The Sunday Times.

This week - April 6 to be precise - marked the 120th anniversary of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. This Monday - April 11 - will mark the 120th anniversary of The Spectator’s conclusion that “It is impossible to get honestly interested in the revival of the Olympic Games.”

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) were today facing calls from the Government to explain why they did not take action against a doctor who claims to have prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs to 150 sportsman, including Premier League footballers.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe today revealed he is in the process of creating a new integrity unit, a key election manifesto promise, as he publicly unveiled an overhaul of the world governing body's advisory structures.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has come out in support of world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe after she was  linked to doping by a British Parliament inquiry into blood doping on Tuesday (September 8).

Athletics could be put further under the microscope tomorrow at an inquiry on blood doping in the sport held by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British Parliament, with World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman among the listed witnesses.

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has become the latest organisation to hit out at the recent doping allegations to plague the sport, claiming “immense damage” has been caused to their athletes and that they are “disturbed” a lot of them are aimed at Kenyan athletes.

Having been in Rio de Janeiro for the last week, I have watched from afar at  every twist and turn as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) fight-back against various doping claims brought to it by the unlikely Anglo-German alliance of the Sunday Times and ARD,

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has challenged what it describes as “a number of seriously incorrect assertions” by the two scientists who worked on the recent ARD television documentary alleging widespread doping malpractice in the sport between 2001 and 2012, and has condemned them for placing athletes under media pressure through their “analysis of incomplete data". 

Once, a long time ago, when I was helping Roger Black write his autobiography, the inevitable subject of doping came up.

None of the leaked data used by German broadcasters ARD in last Sunday’s programme alleging widespread doping abuse in athletics comes from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s storage system, the latter body has confirmed, adding that the “great majority of the data pre-dates the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), which was introduced in 2009".

Sergey Bubka today joined his rival to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Sebastian Coe, in defending the sport's record on doping.