Sports / Doping

US star sprinter fails drug test

2013-07-15 11:29

Former double world sprint champion Tyson Gay pulled out of next month's Moscow world championships after failing an out-of-competition dope test.

Blood tests required for Champions League

2013-07-03 16:12

Players will undergo blood tests next season as part of UEFA's new anti-doping detection regime in all competitions run by European governing body.

Former Portugal star Deco fails doping test

2013-05-03 11:04

Veteran Fluminense midfielder Deco was seeking to clear his name on Tuesday after it emerged he tested positive to a banned substance.

Passports should end doping system 'disaster'

2013-04-22 11:18

Current anti-doping measures in tennis are a "disaster" and the introduction of biological passports can only improve matters, world number six Tomas Berdych said.

Armstrong ineligible for swimming event

2013-04-06 08:08

American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, is ineligible for a masters swimming competition in Texas, the event's sanctioning body said on Thursday.

Armstrong ineligible for Austin swim event

2013-04-05 07:58

American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, is ineligible for a masters swimming competition in Texas, the event's sanctioning body said on Thursday.

Darker side to glamor of global sports

2013-04-03 17:02

Unprecedented levels of skill, intensity and endurance have transformed global sports into spectacular mass entertainment and handsomely rewarded its leading exponents.

Danish Cycling Olympic medalist admits to doping

2013-03-19 10:29

Danmark's famed cyclist Rolf Soerensen admitted Monday that he had used blood-boosting EPO and cortisone in the 1990s.

Aussie swimmers admit using sedative

2013-02-22 16:50

The Australian men's 4x100m freestyle relay squad has admitted using a sedative banned by their national Olympic committee in a bonding session before the London Games.

Armstrong refuses to cooperate

2013-02-22 13:36

Lance Armstrong said on Wednesday he will not cooperate with a US Anti-Doping Agency investigation into dope cheats in cycling but would be willing to help other anti-doping inquiries.

China to look into WADA allegations, official says

2013-02-20 07:51

China plans to investigate an allegation that 99 percent of the materials that make up illegal substances come from China, but remains doubtful about the World Anti-Doping Agency's statistics, a Chinese official said on Tuesday.

China to probe into WADA allegation

2013-02-19 13:13

China has planned to investigate an allegation that "99 percent of illegal substances" come from China but remains doubtful of the World Anti-Doping Agency's statistics.

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