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Sampling of Lance Armstrong's doping denials
Before his abrupt U-turn in an interview this week with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong had, many times and in many forums, consistently denied that ...
Bordry says UCI should not oversee Tour tests
The former head of the French Anti-Doping Agency thinks cycling's governing body should no longer be involved with drug-testing at the Tour de France ...
Winfrey says Armstrong interview 'intense'
A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough. Anti-doping officials want the disgraced cyclist to admit his guilt under oath before ...
WADA won't participate in UCI's Armstrong probe
The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Tuesday that it will not participate in an investigation into links that cycling's governing body allegedly had ...
UCI urges Armstrong to testify before its panel
The International Cycling Union urged Lance Armstrong on Tuesday to testify before its independent commission on doping to shed light on allegations ...
British weightlifter gets 2-year ban for doping
UK Anti-Doping has banned weightlifter George Winston for two years after he admitted using banned steroids and a masking agent. The ban, which ...
German runner banned for EPO doping
German long-distance runner Simret Restle-Apel has been banned for two years after testing positive for the blood booster EPO. The National ...
Swiss lab chief disputes USADA claim on Armstrong
The head of Switzerland's anti-doping laboratory described as "nonsense" on Friday claims by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart that he helped ...
Column: Is Lance Armstrong's U-turn just hot air?
Lance Armstrong is finally ready to talk. And Oprah Winfrey is willing to listen. But does he have anything new and important to say? He and his ...
Madrid outlines plans for hosting 2020 Olympics
Hosting the Olympics in 2020 would help create jobs in a country grappling with recession, a deep financial crisis and 25 percent unemployment, ...
British javelin thrower gets 4-year doping ban
A British javelin thrower and coach has been banned for four years for multiple doping violations. UK Anti-Doping says Ian Burns was sanctioned based ...
Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...
UK paper suing Lance Armstrong over libel case
A British newspaper is suing Lance Armstrong for more than $1.5 million after it settled a libel case over doping allegations, saying that revelations ...
Report: Belgian doc denies doping role at Rabobank
A Dutch newspaper claims that a team doctor with the former Rabobank cycling team played a central role in doping by its riders. The Belgian doctor, ...
Suspension of Spain's anti-doping lab due to gaff
Spain's Anti-Doping Agency (AEA) says that the mixing of two urine samples led to its laboratory being suspended for three months on Friday by the ...
Heras doping clearance upheld, named Vuelta winner
Spain's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Roberto Heras — a former teammate of Lance Armstrong — must be reinstated as the winner of the 2005 Spanish ...
AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in US college football
With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football in the United States is facing a serious problem of doping, ...
CONI requests 4-year ban for Schwazer for doping
The Italian Olympic Committee has requested a four-year doping ban for former Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer. Schwazer was excluded from the ...
2 London Olympic athletes banned for doping
The IAAF says two female athletes whose doping cases emerged at the London Olympics have been suspended by their national federations. The IAAF says ...
Race-walker Morozov banned for life for doping
Russian race walker Sergei Morozov has received a lifetime ban for a second doping offense. Russia's track and field federation says the suspension ...
Armstrong stripped of BBC award after drugs probe
Lance Armstrong has been stripped of a prestigious BBC award in the wake of the doping scandal that cost the American cyclist his seven Tour de France ...
Pope to Italy athletes: don't give in to doping
Pope Benedict XVI told Italy's Olympic team on Monday not to be tempted by performance-enhancing drugs, saying doping was a "blind alley" that isn't ...
Doping probe opened into 2004 Olympic champion
Russia's anti-doping agency says a review is under way into a possible violation by retired women's hammer thrower, Olga Kuzenkova of Russia, who won ...