56 cyclists implicated in doping scandal
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Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich was suspended by his racing team Friday amid a doping scandal in Spain, forcing him out of cycling&#039;s premier race. Oscar Sevilla, Ullrich&#039;s teammate, also was suspended by the T-Mobile team.
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Through the first 12 stages of the Tour de France, at least 10 riders have been cited for violating Articles 12 and 29 of the cycling code, regarding correct comportment on the race course.
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The doping scandal surrounding the Greek athletes, Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, and their controversial coach Christos Tsekos, intensified yesterday when it was reported that premises
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Disgraced Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have been charged with obstructing a dope test on the eve of August&#39;s Athens Olympics and providing authorities
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The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it would launch an inquiry into potential drugs rules violations at past Games following doping confessions by Telekom team riders.
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Jacques Rogge defended professional cycling amid a flurry of doping allegations against high-profile riders, including Tour de France winner Floyd Landis.
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The worldâs most famous bicycle race is: A) in the grip of doping, B) completely drug-free or C) somewhere in between and with a lot of explaining to do.
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Organizers of the Tour of California, who boasted after last yearâs race that no riders tested positive for banned substances, have acknowledged that riders were not tested for the blood booster EPO.
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The International Cycling Union unveils its zero tolerance anti-doping programme on Friday to clean up the sport's image.
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Victor Conte, the head of BALCO  lab at the center of a global doping scandal, has detailed his  role in doping some of the top names in sport.
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AP Correspondent John Leicester is covering the Tour de France and he and other AP writers will be filing periodic reports on the three-week cycling extravaganza that got under way July 1.
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Former Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso received a maximum two-year doping penalty Friday from the Italian cycling federation.
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LYON, France  - A French judge confirmed on  Thursday a preliminary probe had been launched into doping  claims against Tour de France six-time winner Lance Armstrong.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Three players at the  center of doping allegations in Belgium -- Russians Svetlana  Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva and Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy  -- on Sunday denied any knowledge of or involvement in the  scandal.
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ATHENS : Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are to face charges for missing a mandatory doping test and faking a motorbike crash to keep testers at bay on the eve of the Athens Olympics, legal sources revealed.
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The investigation into a doping scandal that rocked the 2006 Tour de France ends with no criminal charges.
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Weightlifting&#39;s aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters will continue even if it jeopardizes its future in the Olympics, its top official said yesterday following six more positive doping cases in what is again becoming the Games&#39; dirtiest sport. Five ...