Cheating knows no bounds

A recent article published in The Sunday Telegraph dated 29 October 2017 has highlighted the extent to which cheating is becoming almost normative in sport. Patrick Sawer, the author of the article points to, “A growing body of evidence is emerging to show that a small but significant number of runners are cheating in amateur […]

Another crisis year for sport?

If 2015 could be described as the year of the great football expose regarding extensive corruption in sport, 2016 can easily be described as the year of the great expose of drugs in sport. Suffice it to say that there was no shortage of sporting scandals as has become normative over the past several years. […]

The major challenge of modern sport

If one were to follow closely the developments in sport over the past several months it is impossible to ignore the seeming fracas between the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the IOC Session convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the eve of the commencement of the Summer […]

At what price, winning?

We have long since come to a recognition that in the world of politics it is common practice to hear of every politician seeking to win at all cost. It does not seem to matter what route is taken to achieve victory at the polls, however filthy the tricks undertaken and certainly with no concern […]

Cheating battles continue apace

The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has its hands full trying to get ahead of the curve regarding cheating in sport. This is a daunting task and may seem to believe that WADA may never win the battle over the long haul. WADA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are hoping that the sceptics are […]

Some will stop at nothing

Just when you thought you had heard it all you hear that there is now what is referred to as ‘technological fraud, otherwise known as mechanical doping, in the sport of cycling. Cyclingnews.com, in a posting dated 1 February 2016, highlighted the fact that “Cyclocross racer Femke van den Driessche has become famous, and put […]