Paris: The Lance Armstrong doping scandal reaches a decisive day on Monday when cycling's governing body announces whether it has ratified the US Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions but whatever happens the affair is set to run and run. International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid will hold a news conference at 1100 GMT on Monday at which he is widely expected to confirm that Armstrong, 41, is banned for life and...
10:14 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Paris: The International Cycling Union (UCI) are expected to give their reaction on Monday to USADA's ruling that seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong doped throughout his career, the governing body said on Friday. "On this occasion, UCI President Mr Pat McQuaid will inform on the UCI position concerning the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) decision on the Armstrong case," the UCI said in a statement announcing a news...
10:35 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Austin: Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity on Wednesday and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the cyclist escalated. Armstrong announced his move at the charity in an early-morning statement. Within minutes, Nike said that it would end its relationship with him "due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for...
06:57 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian athletics official Karim Ibrahim has been hit with a six-year ban after he was found guilty of being involved in two doping cases, local media reported on Friday. Ibrahim, a former Malaysian Athletic Federation (MAF) deputy president, would be forced out of his roles as vice president of the Malacca Athletic Association and as council member of the Asian Athletic Association, the Malaysian Star reported. Ibrahim is...
10:56 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Kingston: Two Jamaican athletes, including 4x400 metres relay pool member Dominique Blake, are facing disciplinary action after testing positive for doping. A preliminary hearing began in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday for Blake and national 800 metres champion Ricardo Cunningham over doping violations returned by the pair at Jamaica's Senior Championships in June. Cunningham, who trains with the MVP track Club in Jamaica, appeared in person at the hearing while Blake,...
12:22 PM, Oct 03, 2012
A much-awaited report on Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban should be sent to cycling's world governing body no later than October 15, a spokesman for the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday. "USADA is in the process of finalizing the written reasoned decision in its US Postal Services pro cycling doping case," Annie Skinner said in an email to Reuters. "We will provide the reasoned decision addressing the lifetime bans...
10:58 PM, Sep 26, 2012
August 25, 2012, was a black day in cycling history when the legendary Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and handed a life ban from the game. The cycling world was mortified the moment the inspirational motivator and iconic Armstrong was tagged as a dope taint. The record seven-time Tour de France winner was banned from the sport for life after refusing to defend drug...
11:47 PM, Aug 27, 2012
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief John Fahey has told Reuters that American cyclist Lance Armstrong's decision not to fight doping charges meant there was substance' to those allegations and that he should be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong on Thursday said he would no longer fight charges by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which quickly said it would strip him of his titles and ban him from...
04:16 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Austin, Texas: There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a two-year federal criminal investigation followed by Travis Tygart's unconstitutional witch hunt. The toll this...
12:20 PM, Aug 24, 2012
London: American cyclist Tyler Hamilton was officially stripped of his Athens 2004 time trial gold medal on Friday ending an eight-year doping case, the International Olympic Committee said. "I can announce that we have communicated to Tyler Hamilton that he has been disqualified and we will reallocate the medals," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters after a disciplinary commission meeting in London. The IOC was eager to close the case...
09:22 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Moroccan 1,500 metres runner Amine Laalou is out of the Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday. Laalou, an Olympic semi-finalist four years ago, won gold at the IAAF Continental Cup in 2010. "They were both pre-Games testing and it shows that that system is working," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said, referring to Laalou and Russian track cyclist Victoria Baranova,...
09:05 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Hammer thrower Marina Marghieva of Moldova has been withdrawn from the London Games after she tested positive for doping. The Moldovan Olympic Committee says it removed Marghieva from the team after the governing body of athletics, the IAAF, notified that she failed a drug test before the games. The Olympic body says the 26-year-old athlete's backup sample will be tested to confirm a doping violation. The substance was not...
03:25 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: China's 16-year-old swimming sensation Ye Shiwen has denied that she took performance-enhancing drugs after smashing a world record at the London Olympics. Ms Ye swam the 400m individual medley seconds faster than she ever had before and on the last 50m, she swam faster than the US star Ryan Lochte. Her stupendous performance left commentators stunned. BBC's Clare Balding said questions would be asked about the swimmer's performance while...
04:37 PM, Jul 31, 2012
London: The crackdown on doping offenders in the run-up to the London Olympics has been a success after testers caught more than a 100 athletes using performance-enhancing drugs in recent months, IOC President Jacques Rogge said on Friday. Hours before the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Games, Rogge said the International Olympic Committee's efforts for a clean Olympics were bearing fruit. On Wednesday nine track and field athletes were handed...
11:01 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: They are returning to the Olympics after eight years and more than the medals, the Indian weightlifters would feel the pressure of staying clear of the dope taint which has haunted the country in this discipline for about a decade. In fact, little is expected in terms of medals from the two lifters - K Ravi Kumar (69kg) and N Soniya Chanu (48kg) - at the London Games but...
05:50 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: In order to avoid a repeat of Monika Devi doping scandal-like incident before the Olympics, the National Anti-Doping Agency has tested the urine samples of all the athletes except for a few who have been based abroad for training, its Director General said on Wednesday. NADA Director General Mukul Chatterjee on Wednesday told PTI that all the Indian athletes, except for a few who have been based in...
05:17 PM, Jul 25, 2012
ARCHERY - London's iconic cricket ground, Lord's, will host the archery events. BOLT - Can Usain Bolt reproduce his history-making performance of Beijing when the Jamaican sprinter produced two of the most memorable performances of the Games to complete a sprint double? His form is in doubt after he lost both the 100 metres and 200m to compatriot Yohan Blake in the Jamaican trials. COPPER BOX - Handball events will...
12:35 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Madrid Steeplechaser Angel Mullera has been dropped from the Spanish Olympic team while an investigation into a possible doping offence takes place, the country's athletics federation (RFEA) said on Friday. "This decision is independent of the possible opening of disciplinary proceedings and a suspension for failing to comply with our anti-doping regulations which is being evaluated at the moment," the RFEA said in a statement. The 28-year-old was called to...
07:04 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: They are returning to the Olympics after eight years and more than the medals, Indian weightlifters would feel the pressure of staying clear of the dope taint that has haunted the country in this discipline for about a decade. When K Ravi Kumar and N Soniya Chanu enter the arena, they would like the nation to put behind the ignominy of the past decade and script a new...
12:21 PM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: Paralympics-qualified athlete Hitesh Sachdeva has been banned from competing in the London Paralympics after being caught for doping. Sachdeva had qualified for London Paralympics in the Malaysia Paralympics Championships in Kuala Lumpur in April. The 'A' sample of Sachdeva, a totally blind Uttar Pradesh shot-putter, was found to contain banned steroid nandrolone. The test was done here last week. He has been provisionally suspended and will not take...
09:11 AM, Jul 12, 2012
