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Olympic champion faces lifetime ban for doping Olympic 1,500 metres champion Asli Cakir Alptekin is facing a lifetime ban after being charged with a second anti-doping offence. Cakir, who was given a… 03/05/2013
Spanish doctor sentenced Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the central figure in the Operation Puerto cycling doping probe, was found guilty of endangering public health and given a… 30/04/2013
Tennis steps up anti-doping measures Tennis is to introduce an athlete biological passport programme this year as part of a new anti-doping drive that players themselves have demanded. The… 07/03/2013
Jaksche gives damning testimony in Puerto case As the Operación Puerto trial in Madrid went into its third week on Monday former Pro tour cyclist Jorg Jaksche testified against disgraced Spanish doctor… 12/02/2013
Fahey “alarmed but not surprised” at doping scandal President of the world anti-doping agency John Fahey was “alarmed but not surprised” at Thursday’s shocking government report which revealed “widespread”… 08/02/2013
WADA calls UCI ‘deceitful’ in doping probe The World Anti-Doping Agency has accused the International Cycling Union of being “deceitful” for claiming both would be working together on a truth and… 30/01/2013
UCI wants ‘truth, reconciliation’ The International Cycling Union’s independent commission into the Lance Armstrong affair began an extraordinary meeting in central London on Friday. The… 25/01/2013
Armstrong confessions anger many, impress few Armstrong’s admissions to Oprah Winfrey are more confirmation than confession. Alarm bells about his use of illegal drugs and treatments have been ringing… 18/01/2013
Armstrong said to have admitted to doping The Four Seasons hotel in Texas was the hastily arranged venue for the highly publicised interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. Talk-show host… 15/01/2013
Can cycling shake off the shame of doping? As President of the UCI, (Union Cycliste Internationale) cycling’s governing body Pat McQuaid has been in charge of the sport during its darkest days. The… 14/12/2012
Bjarne Riis under pressure Former CSC Team captain Tyler Hamilton revealed on Sunday that Bjarne Riis, his manager at the time, was the man who introduced him to the controversial… 05/11/2012
No reallocation of Armstrong titles No names will appear on the Tour de France winners list between 1999 and 2005 after Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, decided not to reallocate disgraced… 26/10/2012
Uphill struggle to mark 100th Tour de France Some of the biggest names in the world of sport who have not been implicated in the recent doping scandal were in Paris to help launch next year’s race –… 24/10/2012
Schleck continues to clear name of doping Frank Schleck arrived at the Luxembourg anti-doping agency building on Monday as begins his bid to clear his name of doping. The Luxembourg rider failed a… 16/10/2012
UCI lawyers to scrutinize Armstrong file Cycling’s world governing body the UCI have up to 21 days to come up with a response to the Lance Armstrong doping saga after receiving the damning report… 12/10/2012
Extent of Armstrong’s doping takes centre stage Cycling legend Lance Armstrong, unilaterally stripped of his titles and banned for life from racing in August, has finally heard the many charges against him… 11/10/2012
USADA release damning Armstrong report The United States anti-doping agency’s (USADA) damning report on the case of Lance Armstrong and his former US Postal team continues to send shockwaves… 11/10/2012
Evidence mounts against Armstrong The United States Anti-Doping Agency revealed on Wednesday that seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was engaged in the biggest doping conspiracy… 11/10/2012
Lance Armstrong and ‘the most sophisticated doping programme in sport’Lance Armstrong and his team ran the most sophisticated doping programme in sport according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USDA) which released its… 10/10/2012
Tour de France: Schleck fails dope test The Tour de France was stunned on Tuesday when Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck, third overall in last year’s race, has been pulled out the 2012 edition for failing… 17/07/2012
Tour de France 2012: Rest day After 10 strenuous days of racing, the 178 riders still competing in this year’s Tour de France will be relieved to have reached the first of the race’s two… 10/07/2012
Olympic doping lab off the blocks Speed and precision are just as important in the Olympic anti-doping laboratory as in the stadium. Just approved by Olympic authorities, it is in the King’s… 26/04/2012
Olympic lab opens For those athletes thinking of using banned substances at this summers Olympic games…they might want think again. The anti-doping laboratory for the Games… 24/02/2012
Contador vows to continue after losing title Alberto Contador has confirmed he will not retire from cycling despite a two year ban for doping offences imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The… 07/02/2012
Ultraviolet controversy Germany’s anti-doping agency is to investigate 28 athletes who may have received blood transfusions from a doctor at the centre of a doping scandal at one of… 31/01/2012
Ullrich verdict set for January Germany’s Jan Ullrich will find out in January whether he’ll get a lifetime ban from cycling following his involvement in the Operation Puerto anti-doping… 30/11/2011
Contador must wait to learn fate The Court of Arbitration for Sport completed a four-day hearing into Alberto Contador’s doping case on Thursday which could result in the three-times Tour de… 24/11/2011
Veteran cyclist is in the clear Cyclist Jeannie Longo has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the French Cycling Federation. The veteran pedlar was accused last September of failing to provide… 22/11/2011
Cycling’s Cobra snared in doping case Italian cyclist, Ricardo Rico has been in the dock. The 27-year-old has been found guilty of doping offences during the 2008 Tour de France. He was handed a… 22/11/2011
Contador in court battle The Court of Arbitration for Sport began a four-day hearing in Lausanne on Monday which could result in three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador… 21/11/2011
Spanish doctor in the dock for cyclists’ dopingSpanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentas’s trial has started in Madrid in a doping case set to rock cycling. It has reached court nearly seven years after police… 28/01/2013
Lance Armstrong confesses all to OprahHyped for days in advance, Lance Armstrong has finally apologised for using performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career. He made his doping… 18/01/2013
Armstrong admits doping, comes clean on Oprah showLance Armstrong has admitted that he used an array performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career. He used an interivew with chat show host Oprah… 18/01/2013
Lance Armstrong talks to staff ahead of TV showLance Armstrong has spent time talking to staff at his charity foundation, amid press reports in the US that he has confessed in a TV interview to… 15/01/2013
Armstrong “has no place in cycling”Lance Armstrong’s life ban from cycling, imposed by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, has been upheld by the International Cycling Union – which also… 22/10/2012
Armstrong’s fall from graceCycling legend Lance Armstrong remained cool for the cameras at a charity event in Austin Texas on Sunday, not betraying any particular concern about the… 22/10/2012
Lance Armstrong sheds sponsors, his foundation fights onAmid mounting evidence of doping, sporting icon Armstrong has lost Nike as a sponsor and beer maker Anheuser-Busch says it will not renew his contract. The… 18/10/2012
Armstrong lawyers attack ‘witch hunt’ over doping reportThe International Cycling Union says it will react as soon as possible to the US Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) report accusing Lance Armstrong of cheating his… 11/10/2012
US Anti Doping Agency ‘strips’ Lance Armstrong of Tour de France titlesThe US Anti Doping Agency said on Friday that it has stripped cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles. The announcement comes after… 24/08/2012
Planned economies obsessed by the need to succeedThe entry of the USSR and its satellite states into the Olympic arena changed the dynamic of the Games. The idea that it’s ‘not the winning but the taking… 19/07/2012
