USOC and pro sport leagues unite to fight doping
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Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA  and NHL will join forces with the United States Olympic  Committee (USOC) to combat the use of performance enhancing  drugs in sport.
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Baseball World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey criticized Major League Baseball yesterday, saying the sport was resisting George Mitchell's recommendation to transfer drug testing to an independent organization. Fahey also challenged baseball's policy on human growth hormone, saying a scientifically valid and effective test for HGH exists. Testing has been used at the Olympics, and storing blood is a "scientifically ...
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Victor Conte, the head of BALCO lab at the centre of a global doping scandal, has detailed his role in doping some of the top names in sport.
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Cycling's governing body will use target testing and blood profiling to beef up its anti-doping program and try to restore credibility to the sport.
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Suspicion of performance-enhancing drug use circles the sport now, but the evidence of past doping remains in black and white.
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Steroids, stimulants, hormones, blood  boosters and even insulin have been combined in potentially  life-threatening cocktails by elite track athletes, according  to evidence collected by U.S. federal investigators.
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The U.S. PGA Tour, the Royal & Ancient and other leading golf organizations are expected to outline a comprehensive anti-doping policy for the sport on Thursday.
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TAMPA - United Soccer Leagues announced that the organization and its professional teams have restructured the two pro leagues, the A-League and Pro Soccer League, under the USL umbrella to form a new two-tiered division.
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TURIN, Italy  - The discovery of a new, highly  sophisticated steroid designed to evade drug-testers is a  positive step in the war against doping in sport although more  illegal substances are sure to surface, says Olympic chief  Jacques Rogge.
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A gathering yesterday to discuss ways to improve amateur basketball included representatives of the NBA, NCAA and many other basketball associations.
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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have accused the governing body of world gymnastics of putting &quot;outrageous and improper&quot; pressure on gold medallist Paul Hamm to give his medal to a South Korean rival.
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The four major U.S. professional sports leagues pitch future meetings with the DEA and other federal drug enforcement agencies.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - A member of the Greek Olympic team has tested positive for a banned substance, this according to a news bulletin released by the Hellenic Olympic Committee on Friday.
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Russia has created an independent anti-doping agency, RusADA, in an effort to boost the fight against performance-enhancing drugs, Russia's sports minister said on Friday.
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The PGA Tour is getting closer to a rule on performance-enhancing drugs, and with testing likely to follow, commissioner Tim Finchem says golf organizations around the world should make sure they're on the same page.
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The world governing body for athletics will consider lowering from three to two the number of drug test no-shows before an athlete is considered to have committed a doping offense.
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The U.S. PGA Tour, the Royal & Ancient (R&A) and other leading golf organizations outlined a comprehensive anti-doping policy for the sport on Thursday that will begin in 2008.