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After attending the Enhanced Games, I told its founder it will fail by 2031. This is why

While the event’s movers and shakers are rich and smart, they don’t come across as caring deeply about sport

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to sport’s ultimate taboo where athletes risk it all for millions in Las Vegas

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

The Guardian - UK

The Enhanced Games: ‘dangerous clown show’ or a wake-up call for traditional sport?

Las Vegas has always had a reputation for doing things bigger, louder and glitzier than everyone else. On Sunday, May 24 2026 it continues that tradition when the inaugural Enhanced Games take place at a purpose-built entertainment centre at Resorts World, a giant hotel complex on the city’s famous strip.

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Ex-reality TV star Spencer Pratt is 'running Trump's playbook' in LA mayoral race

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, May 22: Some 13 candidates are vying to defeat Karen Bass next month for the Los Angeles mayorship. Among them is former reality TV villain Spencer Pratt, whose social media savvy and debate skills have garnered support. Also, the controversial pro-doping Enhanced Games begin this weekend…

France 24

Turn on, tune in, cash out … The US right used to fear psychedelics. Now it wants to sell them

Hallucinogens have come a long way from the 60s counterculture to Trump’s White House, says academic and drug policy researcher Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK

Steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal quits London for Dubai over Labour tax shake-up

Mittal is Britain’s 7th richest individual and now plans to spend more time in the Gulf

Evening Standard

Enhanced Games athletes can dope to compete for US$1 million prizes. But at what cost to sport?

Olympic swimmer Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games – a controversial new event that allows athletes from all over the world to compete using performance-enhancing drugs. The prize money on offer can hit US$1 million (£730,000). But the swimmer, who won a silver…

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A German billionaire cofounded the steroid Olympics. Now he’s betting on blockchain-powered uranium

Why Christian Angermayer is investing in Uranium Digital as the crypto-powered future of commodities trading.

Fortune

How Hulk Hogan's sex tape led to drug-friendly Games

Australian entrepreneur Aron D'Souza's path to creating a sports event without drug testing traces all the way back to a legal scrap over Hulk Hogan's sex tape.

AAP

London's decade-long millionaire exodus may be as damaging as losing 1.5 million taxpayers, analysis suggests

Exclusive: Tax rises, Brexit and a weakening pound to blame for 30,000 millionaires fleeing the capital in ten years — an average of eight a day

Evening Standard

Australia a fruitful realm for Enhanced Games athletes

Enhanced Games' president says Australia is a "fruitful realm" for athletes potentially joining James Magnussen in competing at the event with no drug testing.

AAP

Psychedelics garner right-wing support

Psychedelic reform has hit regulatory snags lately, but the right wing could be their biggest champion

Salon

Billionaire crypto investor moves from London to Switzerland over tax fears

The German-born businessman is one of the first high-profile departures before the anticipated increase in taxes on offshore wealth

Evening Standard

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Brave New World podcast: Christian Angermayer and James Magnussen on why the Enhanced Games are a game changer for sports

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Evening Standard

Enhanced Games: meet the swimmer who thinks athletes should be allowed to dope

A new sports competition plans to encourage athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. William Hosie chats with the Enhanced Games poster boy, ex-top swimmer James Magnusen

AAP

Enhanced Games to sign Olympians post-Paris: D'Souza

Australians could be among athletes signing up for the pro-drug Enhanced Games after the Paris Olympics.

Fortune

German billionaire behind Enhanced Games is dinosaur egg-collecting film producer

Christian Angermayer is a psychedelics mogul who thinks the world is ready for an Olympic-style games featuring juiced-up athletes.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Imagine if a 60-year-old broke Usain Bolt’s record’: the story behind the Enhanced Games, the Olympics where everyone dopes

It’s got billionaires, world champions and director Ridley Scott’s company on board. But would an athletics competition where taking drugs is encouraged put the honesty back in sport – or cause rifts, risks and addictions?

The Guardian - UK

On your marks, get set, dope! Welcome to the Enhanced Games – the sporting event no one wants

Athletes paid $1m to take enough performance-enhancing drugs to win records? Truly we get the TV sports we deserve, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

AAP

Aussie swim star to compete at drug-taking Games

Retired Australian swimmer James Magnussen is the first person to publicly pledge to compete at an Olympic-styled event for drug-taking athletes.

AAP

Aussie athletes keen to compete at drug-taking Games

Australians including an Olympic gold medallist are among more than 900 athletes keen to compete at Enhanced Games, a multi-sport event with no drug testing.

The Guardian - US

‘Long-lost best friends’: the longevity movement finds psychedelics

The mental-health benefits of psychedelics are a draw for a growing community of people committed to reversing ageing

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Leader podcast: Britain’s $1 TRILLION Tech Rich List revealed

More than 20 ‘unicorns’ worth over $1 billion each appeared in London since 2021

Evening Standard

Latest updates: The wealthiest Brits in tech | Evening Standard Tech Rich List

The UK’s tech industry reached $1 trillion in value last year, making it only the third country ever to hit this milestone after the US and China.

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