Ukraine's Anna Mishchenko has been stripped of her 1500 metres silver medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki after being handed a two-year doping ban for an adverse athlete biological passport (ABP) finding.

Athletics Kenya chief executive Isaac Mwangi has been provisionally suspended for 180 days by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Board - ahead of an investigation into allegations he asked for money to reduce the doping bans of two athletes who failed drugs tests.

International Biathlon Union (IBU) vice-president James Carrabre has become the latest figure to express concerns about the anti-doping system at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, calling for a fresh investigation.

The best swimmers in the world will face up to seven drugs tests ahead of August's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to reports.

New York Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejía has become the first Major League Baseball (MLB) player to be given a life ban from the sport after the 26-year-old tested positive for a banned substance for a third time.

A process to select new projects to fund through the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) anti-doping research programme has begun, with applications to officially open on March 1.

International Olympic Commiittee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has expressed surprise over criticism from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission of the anti-doping facilities at the Sochi 2014, claiming all the reports compiled following the Games did not flag up any problems.

Enrique Gómez Bastida, director of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD), has stressed the importance of the bags of blood and plasma at the centre of the anti-doping case known as "Operation Puerto" being handed over to authorities.

There are "no problems whatsoever" within Russian cycling despite doping failures within recent weeks, the country's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed today while also insisting suggestions of a systemic doping system across all sports are "phony, invented and based on false accusations".

Wang Junxia, the 3,000 and 10,000 metres women's world record holder, has seemingly admitted to doping in a letter which has emerged in China.

A 16-year-old Brazilian world youth champion is among the latest raft of weightlifters to have failed doping tests, the world governing body has announced while also banning two more Russians.

Britain's double former Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes believes stronger punishments, including criminalising doping, are required to clean-up the "minefield of greed" endemic in sport today.

Sportswear giants Adidas and Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid are reportedly poised to enter a record-breaking kit deal just days after it was reported that the German company would terminate its sponsorship of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in the wake of the doping crisis in the sport.

Two-time London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang has claimed athletes are now in a position to work alongside Athletics Kenya and help to tackle doping concerns in the country.

Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has labelled a proposal to reset athletics world records, in response to the doping crisis in the sport, as “pointless”.