Non-Compliance With Doping Rules Could Endanger Some Olympic Sports
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The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency warns that "more than a handful" of Olympic sports have failed to comply with anti-doping rules, endangering their place in the Games.
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Russia could miss the rowing at this year's Olympics, after more of their athletes were found guilty of drug offences.
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Comment is free: Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Football, athletics, even cricket - the stain of cheating and doping now seems ingrained in our most cherished games.
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Colorado Springs, CO (Sports Network) - American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, the champion in the road time trial at this year&#39;s Olympics, may lose his gold medal due to a blood doping violation.
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The International Olympic Committee will investigate charges that gold medalists Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery used steroids and other banned drugs, possibly the first step toward stripping their records from the Games.
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ATHENS -- On the day the world track federation (IAAF) opened an investigation into alleged drug violations by two Greek sprinters and their coach, IAAF Doping Commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist said the organization had long been unhappy with Greece's approach to anti-doping rules.
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Reports from the Olympics Saturday, say Greece&#39;s first medal winner at the Athens games has twice tested positive for illegal substances, and could lose the bronze medal he won for weightlifting.
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THE TOUR de France announces that any rider refusing to sign a no-doping pledge before next week's start will be banned from the race. Jason Giambi agrees to meet with baseball's steroid investigator George Mitchell. Barry Bonds closes in on Hank Aaron's home run record, but fans greet him with signs marked simply with an asterisk. After numerous Yankees come ...
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ATHENS : Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou are to be investigated by the world governing body of athletics and face being charged with a doping offence, it was announced.
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Germany could lose its Olympic gold medal in the equestrian team jumping event to the United States because a horse's backup doping sample tested positive for banned substances.
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We do not dare to believe that our two champions, Katerina Thanou and Kostas Kenteris, avoided the IOC&#39;s drug test because they were doped.
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Years of ignoring or downplaying steroid use among athletes have come back to haunt baseball and Olympics officials. By STEVE WILSTEIN.
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The 2008 Olympics are still a long way away but worries are already growing about whether it will become the first genetically enhanced competition in the crown jewel of international amateur sports.
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ATHENS  Weightlifting&#39;s governing body isn&#39;t about to give up its aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters, even if it jeopardizes the sport&#39;s future in the Olympics, the group&#39;s top official said yesterday after six more ...
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Athens, Aug 20. (PTI):In a belated damage-control exercise, the Indian Olympic Association today announced setting up of a Committee to probe into the Olympic Games doping scandal and suggest stringent measures to curb the menace.
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A Greek Olympian has been stripped of his bronze medal after testing positive for drugs, and a Russian gold medallist has also reportedly failed a test.
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Awareness of the problem is growing, but few sports are taking vigorous, systematic steps to counteract it.