Abstract: Literature review is used to explore the international doping issues in sports in the past decade.The findings show that three major categories of research topics have been identified, i.e., the methods for the detection of doping, anti-doping research in related fields and anti-doping education.They are in line with the overall framework of the World Anti-Doping Agency.The study provides the insights for us:to strengthen the doping detection of elite athletes, improve the development and research of doping detection techniques, seek the social-psychological factors of doping issues and guard against the behaviour of young doping users.