Calls for drug testing in golf intensify
Key players and officials say a drugs-testing policy is urgently needed in golf, according to World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound.
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Pound frustrated by plea bargains
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Dick Pound, fears top athletes implicated in one of sport's biggest drug scandals will slip away unpunished after key figures in the investigation struck plea bargains with prosecutors.
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WADA chief expects Greek trio to be banned
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said today he expected Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou to be banned for doping violations in the run-up to the Athens Olympics.
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Anti-doping agency blasts US athletics body
The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound hit out at the federation, which controls athletics in the United States, today saying it was "not credible".
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Anti-doping chief probes Rusedski case
World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound has come to the support of Greg Rusedski in his fight to clear his name of doping.
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Olympics: Turbulent start for new IOC President
New International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has had a turbulent start to his term of office, with bitter recriminations coming from defeated candidates.
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Olympics: In for a Pound for IOC presidency
Canadian lawyer Dick Pound today announced he is to stand in the election to be the next Olympic president, the most powerful position in world sport.
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Olympics: IOC accuse US of drugs cover up
In the light of drug accusations against shot putter CJ Hunter, International Olympic Committee officials have accused the United States of covering up doping cases among US athletes for more than a decade.
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Olympics: Samaranch's wife dies
The Olympic flag at the Sydney Games will be lowered to half mast at Stadium Australia on Sunday following the death of the wife of International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
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Olympics: 2,000 extra athletes to be tested before Sydney games
At least 2,000 extra athletes will be drug tested before the summer Olympics, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency announced in Lausanne today.