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Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban
Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro ...
McQuaid: 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 ...
Pound: Drug-testing failing due to lack of will
Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint ...
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 ...
Battaglin wins 4th Giro stage; Paolini keeps lead
Enrico Battaglin of Italy sprinted to victory on rainy, cobbled streets in the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday while compatriot Luca ...
Italy's Paolini wins 3rd Giro stage to take lead
Luca Paolini of Italy used a late solo attack to win the third stage of the Giro d'Italia on Monday and take the overall lead from compatriot ...
Cavendish wins opening Giro stage in sprint finish
British standout Mark Cavendish won the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia that was marred by a crash shortly before the finish. The main pack was ...
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 ...
Wiggins, doping case in spotlight as Giro starts
With cycling again shadowed by doping, Bradley Wiggins begins his possible attempt Saturday to accomplish that rarest of doubles — victories in the ...
Pat McQuaid's bid in doubt to remain cycling chief
Pat McQuaid's bid for a third term as head of cycling's governing body is in doubt, with his role in the Lance Armstrong scandal under scrutiny.
Pat McQuaid's UCI nomination to be re-considered
Pat McQuaid's nomination by Cycling Ireland to stand for a third term as head of the sport's world governing body is to be re-considered. The UCI ...
USADA chief: Armstrong has evidence against UCI
The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wants Lance Armstrong to come forward with information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing ...
Justice says Armstrong was 'unjustly enriched'
The federal government is going after Lance Armstrong's money. As much as it can get. The Justice Department unveiled its formal complaint against ...
LeMond: 'no vendetta' against Armstrong
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond says he has "no vendetta" against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and hopes professional cycling can ...
Lance Armstrong manager hails cycling's 'new era'
Lance Armstrong's former team manager believes cycling has entered a new era after months of controversy, much of it provoked by the disgraced former ...
Pat McQuaid to seek third term as UCI president
Pat McQuaid will stand for a third term as president of cycling's world governing body after winning the nomination of Cycling Ireland.
Lance Armstrong sells his Austin estate
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has sold his Austin estate to an oil-and-gas rights agent. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.
Armstrong asks court to dismiss SCA lawsuit
Lance Armstrong has asked a Texas court to dismiss a lawsuit by a Dallas promotions company seeking repayment of more than $12 million in bonuses paid ...
Lance Armstrong drops out of swimming event
Lance Armstrong's doping past got him kicked out of the pool. Armstrong was forced to withdraw Thursday from the Masters South Central Zone ...
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 ...
CAS upholds Italian cyclist Ricco's 12-year ban
Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco has lost his appeal against a 12-year ban for blood doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it dismissed ...
Livestrong Foundation charts post-Armstrong course
Leaders of the cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong struck a determined, sometimes defiant tone on Thursday as they declared the organization ...
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 ...
USADA lobbied DOJ to join lawsuit
The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency lobbied Attorney General Eric Holder for the Justice Department to join a whistle-blower lawsuit against Lance ...
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 ...