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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 a pretty picture. Despite increased testing and scientific advances to detect more sophisticated substances, Pound said anti-doping programs are failing. Drug cheats are getting away scot-free because ...
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 de France by covering the entire distance on kick bikes. Kick bikes have no pedals, but the sturdy riders say ...
Spain investigates Armstrong doping ring
Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into individuals involved in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Spain's anti-doping agency said Friday that prosecutors in the eastern province of Alicante are examining the Spanish citizens mentioned in a report by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency into Armstrong's doping activities. The USADA report that ...
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 future of cheating in sports. IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist said researchers have made significant advances in devising a test, leaving officials hopeful a method ...
Aussie ex-cyclist given 6-month ban for doping
Former Australian cyclist Matt White, who admitted to doping when his name came up in the Lance Armstrong scandal, says he received a six-month suspension. White says in a statement Friday that the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority informed him of the penalty last week. The ban started on Oct. 13 ...
Lance Armstrong case could hinge on USPS benefit
Lance Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrupt the cyclist who until last year ranked among the wealthiest and most popular athletes in the world. Armstrong's best chance at protecting his personal fortune may ...
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. The Irishman secured the nomination of his national cycling organization two weeks ago on the condition he overhauls the UCI following revelations of Armstrong's ...
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 president has been under pressure since details emerged of systematic doping by Lance Armstrong to win seven Tour de France titles. But McQuaid received ...
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 body in his doping. Travis Tygart appeared at a French government hearing in Paris on Thursday to discuss ways to improve the fight against doping. After the USADA'S ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Mystery remains in case of ricin-lace letters sent to Obama, others after charges dropped TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials searched the home of a second Mississippi man implicated in the mailing of ricin poison-laced letters to the president and a U.S. senator after charges were dropped without explanation ...
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 Armstrong on Tuesday, saying the cyclist violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service and was "unjustly enriched" while cheating to win the Tour de France. The ...
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 clean up its sport. LeMond spoke Monday night at a University of Texas symposium on doping in sports. Despite more than a decade of clashes with Armstrong in ...
LeMond: Get drug testing out of UCI
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond says he has "no vendetta" against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and hopes professional cycling can clean up its sport. LeMond spoke Monday at a University of Texas symposium on doping in sports. Despite more than a decade of clashes with Armstrong in a ...
Armstrong scandal drains meaning from sentimental photo
My moral dilemma of the week was a prized photo that has followed me around for a number of years. In the picture, a desperate 11-year-old boy, wrapped in an American flag, urges cycling hero Lance Armstrong through an uphill pull during a Rome time trial, part of the 2004 Tour ...
U.S. Anti Doping Agency files official charges against Lance Armstrong
The U.S. Anti Doping Agency has filed official charges against Lance Armstrong, putting his seven Tour de France titles in jeopardy and at least temporarily ending his reemergence in triathlons. The Washington Post reported on the existence of the 15-page letter, which was provided to them by a source the ...
U.S. Anti Doping Agency files official charges against Lance Armstrong
The U.S. Anti Doping Agency has filed official charges against Lance Armstrong, putting his seven Tour de France titles in jeopardy and at least temporarily ending his reemergence in triathlons. The Washington Post reported on the existence of the 15-page letter, which was provided to them by a source the ...
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