Have we reached a stage where criminals have more privacy rights than athletes?

In professional cycling, Greg Lemond told Play the Game, the worst-case doping scenarios often come true

The former Tour de France winner is the latest top speaker to add his name to a total of 120 speakers in Coventry from 8-12 June.

FIFA and UEFA have issued a joint statement rejecting the stance taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) concerning the 'whereabouts' rule relating to doping controls.

The new WADA whereabouts rule requiring athletes to report their whereabouts more comprehensively is proving to be very unpopular. EU is urging WADA to reconsider the rule, UEFA director Platini recommends not to follow the rule and Belgian athletes have filed a court challenge to decide whether the rule is violating human rights.

The IOC charter states that “only sports that adopt and implement the anti-doping code, can be included or remain in the programme.” According to the minutes from a WADA executive board meeting in May 2008, IOC was aware that several countries and IFs were not compliant with the WADA anti-doping code when they competed in Beijing.

A formal cooperation between WADA and Interpol was announced at the WADA Executive Committee meeting in Montreal this weekend. The French government has appointed an officer to work as a liaison between the two organisations.

Mark Davies, managing director of global betting giant Betfair, has called for a world anti-corruption agency for sport.