Is the IOC's election system a democratic system? In this comment piece, journalist Jens Weinreich takes a critical look at the IOC election system, with the election of the Host City for the Olympic Summer Games in 2016 less than one month away.

Armstrong’s blood values from the Tour de France deviate from the normal pattern of blood values. This type of pattern can stem from blood doping, says one of Denmark’s leading blood researchers

In August it was announced that rugby would be up for election as an Olympic sport at the Olympic Congress in October. But the joy this announcement caused in the world of rugby has been replaced with worries as a series of tarnishing incidents have been revealed during the summer.

Questions of doping and legal rights were raised when academics gathered in Aarhus, Denmark, on August 20-21 for the 3rd conference arranged by the International Network of Humanistic Doping Research (INHDN).