The Enhanced Games is a new, multi event, international sports competition set to debut in May 2026 in Las Vegas. The point of difference? Actively encouraging the use of performance enhancing drugs. No more World Anti-Doping Agency rules, just medically supervised doping. Is this a new age in competition or a update to gladiatorial fights to the death?
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Meldonium: the drug allegedly found in Mykhailo Mudryk’s doping test explained
Tom Bassindale, Sheffield Hallam University First published in The Conversation Chelsea Football Club revealed today that one of their players, Mykhailo Mudryk, has tested positive for a banned substance in a routine drug test. The 23-year-old Ukranian winger said he has not knowingly taken any performance-enhancing drugs. It has been…
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Should cannabis be banned as a performance enhancing drug?
Today it was announced that the American athlete Sha’Carri Richardson had tested positive for carboxy – THC (the main metabolite of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis), during the Olympic trials in Oregon in May. Sha’Carri Richardson admitted to using cannabis after finding out that her mother had died. Unfortunately…
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TUE – Therapeutic Use Exemptions or legitimised drug taking?
This week there has been a lot of sporting headlines over Therapeutic Use Exemptions and whether they are legitimate in sports, particularly cycling. This may be a confusing area… What is a TUE? A Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) is a certificate, signed by a medical doctor, which allows…