Athletes say they're as healthy and well-paid as ever. Critics say the whole idea is dangerous. On Sunday, the first Enhanced Games arrive.

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Backed by billionaire investors and featuring Olympic medallists using performance-enhancing drugs, the inaugural Games will be held in Las Vegas.

Why are the Enhanced Games, taking place in Las Vegas this weekend, so contentious, and how have governing bodies have responded to the event?

More than 40 athletes, most using performance-enhancing drugs, will compete in the Enhanced Games in a competition that seeks to upend sporting norms.

The Enhanced Games, which first takes place on Sunday in Las Vegas, ‘goes against everything Wada stands for’

Doping in sports is nothing new. Athletes at the Enhanced Games will know the risks — severe injury, even paralysis. But bioethicists are also concerned we're opening the gates to…

The first-ever Enhanced Games -- widely dubbed the "Steroid Olympics" -- take place Sunday in Las Vegas, where elite sprinters, swimmers and weightlifters will vie for world…

It’s a prime-time, livestreamed advertisement for a drug business. Swimming, athletics and weightlifting, the bait.

Enhanced Games, dubbed “steroid Olympics,” allows doping under supervision, sparking global debate over sport ethics and athlete safety.

We’re evidently in our enhancement era.

The Enhanced Games, taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, support “safe, responsible, and clinically supervised use of performance enhancements.”

Doping erwünscht: Über 40 Athleten nehmen an den Enhanced Games teil, begleitet von Ärzten und Wissenschaftlern. Die Kritik an dem Event reißt nicht ab.

The event allows athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs in an attempt to surpass records set under traditional anti-doping rules.

Record-chasing athletes could be guinea pigs for wider public in quest for eternal life

LAS VEGAS, May 23 — The first-ever Enhanced Games — widely dubbed the “Steroid Olympics” — take place Sunday in Las Vegas, where elite sprinters, swimmers and...

This weekend's Enhanced Games sits at an uneasy intersection of innovation, ethics and commerce, writes James Witts.

The Enhanced Games promise human advancement and world records but critics fear more worrying effects

Two decorated Canadian athletes are among those competing at this weekend's inaugural Enhanced Games — which is either the future of sport or its downfall, depending on who you…

Athletes say they're as healthy and well-paid as ever. Critics say the whole idea is dangerous. On Sunday, the first Enhanced Games arrive.

The drug-fueled Enhanced Games have put competing athletes under scrutiny, with critics asking why they signed up for a pro-doping competition that is potentially dangerous for…