
WADA backs HGH test against 'extremist' NFL union
The World Anti-Doping Agency defended its test for human growth hormone on Wednesday and accused the NFL players union of being "extremist" for ...
APNewsBreak: IOC to retest 2006 Turin samples
With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats ...
Spanish government approves new anti-doping law
Spain's government on Friday approved tougher anti-doping laws to align with World Anti-Doping Agency standards and bolster Madrid's bid for the 2020 ...
Tennis adopts biological passport for anti-doping
Tennis is adopting the biological passport program and increasing the number of blood tests as part of a new anti-doping drive that players themselves ...

Bud Selig calls for tougher drug penalties
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called for tougher penalties for major leaguers who violate the sport's drug agreement, a move the union is willing ...

Japan tries make it 3 WBC titles in a row
They'll play in the Far East and the Far West — and in the Caribbean, too. Wherever they are, Miguel Cabrera and R.A. Dickey and dozens of All-Stars ...

Pistorius representatives name substance found
The substance found in Oscar Pistorius' bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend was identified by his representatives Wednesday as Testis ...

US joins fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong
The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion ...
Weiner says media shouldn't jump to conclusions
Baseball union head Michael Weiner says reporters should refrain from jumping to conclusions about media reports linking players to a Florida ...

Armstrong won't interview with USADA
Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath with the agency that exposed his performance-enhancing drug use and took his seven Tour ...

Prosecution: Error in 'testosterone' testimony
The investigating officer in the Oscar Pistorius murder case made an error in his court testimony Wednesday when he identified a substance found in ...
Tyler Hamilton discloses doping payments to doctor
Cyclist Tyler Hamilton told a Spanish court Tuesday he paid tens of thousands of dollars a year for doping to the doctor at the heart of the Operation ...

Turkoglu banned 20 games for positive steroid test
Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu was suspended 20 games by the NBA on Wednesday after testing positive for steroids. The NBA said Turkoglu tested ...
AP Source: Miami tests baseball team for HGH
Every University of Miami baseball player underwent testing recently for performance-enhancing drugs, including human growth hormone, a person with ...

Barry Bonds seeks dismissal of felony conviction
A lawyer for Barry Bonds urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to toss out the slugger's obstruction of justice conviction, saying a rambling ...

Vijay Singh needs to take a break
This is one time the PGA Tour needs to avoid the perception of slow play. It has been two weeks since the Sports Illustrated story that Vijay Singh ...
WADA urges soccer to conduct more EPO tests
The World Anti-Doping Agency urged soccer leaders on Tuesday to conduct more blood doping tests and intelligence operations to unmask cheating players

IOC set to cut 1 sport from program of 2020 Games
IOC leaders are meeting this week to decide which sport to drop from the Olympic program and how to deal with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong ...
Hurricanes: No athletes positive for steroids
None of the past 10,000 drug tests performed on student-athletes at Miami has shown a positive result for anabolic steroids, university officials said ...

The buzz in golf not all good
These should be happy times for golf. Tiger Woods won for the 75th time on the PGA Tour and set a record with his eighth win at Torrey Pines. It was ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: Katrina, Coin flip bets, Modell
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...
Vijay Singh withdraws from Phoenix Open
Vijay Singh withdrew from the Phoenix Open on Thursday, a day after saying he used deer-antler spray and was "absolutely shocked" that it may contain ...

Danish cyclist Rasmussen admits to doping
Danish rider Michael Rasmussen admitted Thursday that he took performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade, the latest cyclist to acknowledge ...

Frank Schleck given 1-year doping sentence
Cyclist Frank Schleck was suspended for a year Wednesday and will miss the Tour de France for using a banned substance on last year's Tour.