Doping

Doping

• Spanish state prosecutor appealing Puerto verdict

  The Spanish state prosecutor's office appealed the verdict of the Operation Puerto blood-doping case on Friday, including the decision to destroy ... 

• Pat McQuaid to run for UCI president again

  Pat McQuaid will stand for a third term as president of the International Cycling Union after the Swiss federation approved his request to be endorsed 

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  Pound: Drug-testing failing due to lack of will

  Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint a pretty picture. 

• French rider Georges tests positive at Giro

  French rider Sylvain Georges tested positive for a banned stimulant in a doping test at the Giro d'Italia. The international cycling federation said ... 

• Brazilian player received 8½-month doping ban

  The ITF says Brazilian tennis player Fernando Romboli has completed an 8½-month suspension for a doping violation. The International Tennis Federation ... 

• Venezuelan rider suspended after positive test

  Venezuelan rider Miguel Ubeto Aponte was provisionally suspended by cycling's governing body Wednesday following a positive doping test. The UCI said ... 

• Dettori admits cocaine use led to racing ban

  Jockey Frankie Dettori has confirmed that his suspension from racing was because of cocaine use. The Italian-born rider received the global six-month ... 

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  Tour de France: The final frontier for kick bikers

  A joke over beer could turn into a defining moment for a new sport when an international team of six men attempt to mark the 100th edition of the Tour ... 

• UCI appealing Spanish ruling to destroy blood bags

  Cycling's governing body will appeal the decision of a Madrid court to destroy the blood bags and other evidence from the Operation Puerto doping case 

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  Who's humiliating whom in Vijay Singh lawsuit?

  Vijay Singh is suing the U.S. PGA Tour for exposing him to "public humiliation and ridicule" by investigating his use of deer-antler spray. Now that's ... 

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  Singh's suit draws little public reaction at TPC

  One spectator wore fake deer antlers. Another yelled about eating venison. And a group of men shouted, "Stay off the spray, Vijay." But for the most ... 

• Veteran Godolphin trainer to run doping-hit yard

  Godolphin's longest-serving trainer will assume temporary control of its doping-tainted stables in England following Mahmood Al Zarooni's suspension ... 

• Singh suing US PGA over proposed suspension

  Vijay Singh sued the U.S. PGA Tour on Wednesday for exposing him to "public humiliation and ridicule" during a 12-week investigation into his use of ... 

• Al-Zarooni lodges appeal against 8-year ban

  Former Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni launched an appeal Tuesday against the severity of his eight-year worldwide ban for doping race horses at ... 

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  Giro cyclists condemn ruling on Puerto blood bags

  Cyclists and team directors at the Giro d'Italia are joining the growing chorus of athletes and sports officials condemning a Spanish court's decision ... 

• IAAF says 2 Turkish athletes charged with doping

  Olympic 1,500-meter champion Asli Cakir Alptekin of Turkey was charged with doping Friday and could be stripped of her gold medal. Another female ... 

• Doping scandals hang over 1000, 2000 Guineas

  Shaken by the recent doping confessions of two high-profile trainers, British horse racing is under a cloud heading into the first two classics of the ... 

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  Nadal criticizes ruling to destroy Puerto evidence

  Rafael Nadal says the decision to destroy the evidence in the Operation Puerto doping case is "a mistake." "My opinion is that the ruling wasn't ... 

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  Spain investigates Armstrong doping ring

  Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into individuals involved in the Lance Armstrong scandal, the nation's anti-doping agency said Friday 

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  WADA to hold meeting in China on gene doping

  Olympic officials and scientific experts will meet in China next month to review the progress in developing a test for gene doping, the potential ... 

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  Forget Froome, Wiggins says focus now only on Giro

  Bradley Wiggins is focusing purely on the Giro d'Italia and doesn't want to discuss anymore whether he or Chris Froome will lead Team Sky at the Tour ... 

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  2-time Giro winner Basso pulls out due to cyst

  Two-time winner Ivan Basso has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia two days before the race starts due to a cyst. Basso's Cannondale squad said Thursday ... 

• Triathlete Hempel retires after 2nd doping offense

  Austrian triathlete Hannes Hempel has retired after failing a drug test, three years after being banned for his involvement in the doping case of ... 

• Armstrong case could hinge on USPS benefit

  Lance Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrupt the cyclist who ... 

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  IOC and WADA condemn ruling on Puerto blood bags

  Olympic and anti-doping officials condemned a Spanish court's decision to destroy the blood bags seized in the Operation Puerto case, saying it ...