Women Players Deny Knowledge of Positive Doping Test
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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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Canadian scientists uncover a new steroid designed to avoid detection in standard drug tests, but say they found no evidence it was used by athletes.
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British team management were forced to issue a denial here Tuesday that top medal hope Paula Radcliffe was carrying an injury.
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Russian shot-putter Irina Korzhanenko, who won the women&#39;s event at the Athens Olympics, has been stripped of her gold medal for failing a drugs test.
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If there was any contact between the league and the players on Saturday, it was not made public by their official spokesmen.
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Adrian Mutu&#39;s professed innocence that he has not taken illegal drugs was undermined yesterday when both his agent, Gheorge Popescu, and his union, the Professional Footballers&#39; Association, confirmed
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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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Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams has tested positive for a stimulant and could lose her bronze medal, Olympic officials said on Sunday.
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* Weightlifters Wafa Ammouri of Morocco, Zoltan Kecskes of Hungary, Viktor Chislean of Moldova, Pratima Kumari Na of India and Sule Sahbaz of Turkey were suspended last week by the International Weightlifting Federation for failing drug tests taken before
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Soccer&#39;s world governing body on Sunday rejected a request to sign a female player by a professional men&#39;s soccer club in Mexico.
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Indian sports officials have issued lifetime bans to three female weightlifters and the sport&#39;s top coach after the athletes tested positive for banned drugs at international competitions, including the Athens Olympics.
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The two clubs at the centre of a UEFA investigation into an alleged match fixing scam angrily denied any wrongdoing. European football&#39;s governing body announced they were opening an inquiry into Wednesday&#39;s
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U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine during an exhibition tournament last month, a Belgian sports minister said Monday.
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A spokesman for Greece's Olympic team confirms that a Greek athlete has failed a dope test.
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In the month since the NCAA prohibited players from attending prep schools to improve their grades after high school, the rule remains a mystery to those in directly affects.
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Marion Jones is clearedÃÂ of an anti-doping violation because testing on the second-half of her urine sample does not confirm the positive result on the first, according to her attorney.
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Soccer&#39;s world governing body has rejected a request to sign a female player by a professional men&#39;s soccer club in Mexico, a spokesman for the FIFA in Switzerland said on Sunday.