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McQuaid dismisses LeMond's claim to lead UCI
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond's claim that he should take over cycling's governing body to lead the sport out of crisis following the ...
Rabobank cycling team renamed Blanco Pro
The Rabobank cycling team is being renamed Blanco Pro Cycling Team next year as it continues to hunt for a new sponsor, Rabobank announced on Thursday
Contador, UCI settle request for $3M fine
Alberto Contador and the International Cycling Union have reached an undisclosed financial agreement after the governing body tried to impose a €2.
European broadcasters invest in top cycling races
The European Broadcasting Union showed its faith in cycling on Wednesday, announcing a third long-term race broadcasting deal since Lance Armstrong ...
Scarponi banned 3 months for seeing Dr. Ferrari
Former Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi has been banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee for seeing banned physician Michele ...
Congress examines science behind HGH test for NFL
Back in August 2011, the NFL and the players' union signed off on a new labor deal that set the stage for the league to test for human growth hormone, ...
Russian discus medalist suspended in doping case
Russia's anti-doping agency says discus thrower Darya Pishchalnikova has been provisionally suspended by the IAAF after a positive doping test that ...
Ikonnikov suspended for doping violations
Russian hammer thrower Kirill Ikonnikov has been temporarily suspended after failing a drug test. Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA says Ikonnikov, ...
Banned Dettori regrets 'night of madness'
Frankie Dettori has blamed losing his place among the elite jockeys in British horse racing on the "night of madness" that led to him being suspended ...
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
Dettori banned 6 months for positive drug test
Jockey Frankie Dettori has been banned from racing for six months by French horse racing stewards following a positive drug test. The British-based ...
LeMond wants to run UCI after Armstrong scandal
A group of the UCI's fiercest critics called for the president to step aside Monday, and asked three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond to put ...
Doping, ethics cases top agenda for IOC board
Four months after the highs of the London Olympics, the IOC is turning to less uplifting matters: drug-tainted medals from past games, ethics ...
Spanish cycling federation elects new president
The Spanish cycling federation has elected as president the man who supplied Alberto Contador with the beef that the cyclist said caused him to be ...
IOC ready to take away Armstrong's Olympic bronze
His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports silverware: an Olympic ...
UCI names 3-member panel to probe Armstrong links
An investigation panel examining the International Cycling Union's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case will include British Paralympic great ...
Contador unsure about 2013 Tour invite for team
Spanish rider Alberto Contador has asked Tour de France organizers if his SaxoBank team will be invited to participate in cycling's premier event next ...
Russian could lose Olympic medal in doping case
Darya Pishchalnikova could be stripped of the silver medal she won in the discus at the London Olympics and face a lifetime ban following a positive ...
Ruiz suspended 25 MLB games after positive test
All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz has been suspended for the first 25 games in Major League Baseball next season following a positive test for an ...
Italian Paralympic cyclist's case heads to CAS
The case of cyclist Fabrizio Macchi, who was cleared of doping after being excluded from the Italian team at the London Paralympics, is headed to the ...
France Galop to hear Dettori case Dec. 4
French horse racing stewards will meet next Tuesday to decide whether to take further action against jockey Frankie Dettori over his positive drug ...
IOC to hold hearings on positive cases from Athens
The IOC will hold hearings early next month for the five athletes whose doping samples came back positive in retests from the 2004 Athens Olympics, ...
Dutch skaters win men's World Cup races
Koen Verweij earned his first career World Cup individual victory Sunday by winning the men's 1,500-meter race while his fellow Dutchman Jorit Bergsma ...
Dettori suspended from racing on medical grounds
Frankie Dettori was temporarily suspended from racing in France on Wednesday following a positive drug test, and the British-based jockey will not ...