The United States Anti-Doping Agency has welcomed the decision of their country’s government to withhold a payment of $3.6 million (HK$28 million) to the World Anti-Doping Agency. ..

A war of words that has gone on for months became more substantive when the United States did not make its $3.6 million payment before a Dec. 31 deadline.

The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog's handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others.

The situation comes amid a dispute over the Wada’s handling of a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers competing in Tokyo in 2021

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is facing a crisis after the US Government refused to make a US$3.6 million ($6.43m) contribution to the global watchdog’s annual budget amid an ongoing row over a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers.

The United States has withheld 2024 dues payments to the World Anti-Doping Agency, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy told Reuters on Wednesday, calling for reforms to the global sport watchdog.

ONDCP is evaluating all our options as we continue to push Wada to adopt commonsense reforms to restore trust in the world anti-doping system and provide athletes the full conf