Expert panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'
An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping, UCI President Pat McQuaid said ...

UEFA introduces minimum ban for racist abuse
The UEFA executive committee on Thursday ratified a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials. The changes were first announced ...

AP Interview: Rogge cites need for targeted tests
Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the ...
Olympic leaders silent after talks on WADA role
Olympic leaders held a summit meeting on doping and match-fixing but declined to give any details of the discussions. IOC President Jacques Rogge ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
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

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 ...

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 ...
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Singh out of tournament, day after exonerated
Vijay Singh has withdrawn from the Wells Fargo Championship, citing a sore back. Singh pulled out of the tournament one day after the U.S. PGA Tour ...

Olympic discus silver medalist banned for doping
Olympic discus silver medalist Darya Pishchalnikova has been banned for 10 years for doping and will be stripped of her medal, the Russian track and ...
Verdicts to be delivered in Operation Puerto case
The verdicts in the Operation Puerto doping case will be delivered on Tuesday, seven years after a police raid uncovered one of the biggest cheating ...

Godolphin trainer gets 8-year ban for doping
A leading trainer for the powerful Godolphin operation was banned for eight years on Thursday for his part in a major doping scandal that has rocked ...

Sheik Mohammed locking down Newmarket stables
The head of Godolphin ordered one of his stables in Newmarket to be locked down and a full round of blood tests carried out on all his horses after ...