World sport is facing an unprecedented drug crisis as yet another in a string of doping bombshells dropped at the WADA foundation board meeting on Thursday, shocking officials. Reuters was unable to verify details of the Times report. WADA, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and athletes were all left stunned by an explosive New York Times report that detailed widespread doping by Russia at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including 15 medal winners. "This (Times report) is as bad as we've seen assuming what Rodchenkov says is true and he does have the knowledge of what was going on. Late last year, an independent commission headed by Pound uncovered evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia that led to the country being banned from all athletics competition.

Source: The Star May 13, 2016 01:37 UTC