Government cooperation needed in doping fight
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SALVO, North Carolina  - Marion Jones's prison sentence for lying about steroid use proves how effective cooperation between government and anti-doping agencies can be in the fight against drugs in sport, officials and coaches say.
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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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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The discovery of a  new designer steroid shows anti-doping authorities need better  intelligence-gathering, the International Olympic Committee  president said Tuesday.
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The IAAF will increase testing and funding as well as cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency in its bid to detect and stem the use of new performance-enhancing substances, the sport&#39;s governing body said Sunday.
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As the use of performance-enhancing substances draws concern from the halls of Congress to the offices of high school coaches, prosecutors have turned their targets into partners in a broader endeavor.
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The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency warned Friday that 'âmore than a handfulâ' of Olympic sports have failed to comply with anti-doping rules.
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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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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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Two of Lance ArmstrongÂs 1999 Tour de France teammates said they used the banned endurance-boosting drug EPO in preparing for that yearÂs race.
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Leading physicians call for more sports medicines specialists to help UK athletes and to help tackle obesity.
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ATHENS -- Weightlifting&#39;s aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters will continue even if it jeopardizes its future in the Olympics, its top official said yesterday after six more positive doping cases in what is again becoming the Games&#39; dirtiest sport. Five ...
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The World Anti-Doping Agency is to challenge the lifting of drugs bans on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.
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World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound warned Friday that "more than a handful" of Olympic sports have failed to comply with anti-doping rules, endangering their place in future games.
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Just eleven days into the 2004 Olympics in Athens, we have already been confronted with the seemingly common problem of drug use within sport. So much so, in fact, that it has been dubbed "The Gene Games" by chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's ethical issues review panel, Thomas Murray.    In a recent interview conducted by the New York Times, Murray talks about the impact of drugs in sport, and what effect they have on the athletes involved.
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The Football Association announced yesterday that it will introduce testing for erythropoietin (EPO), &quot;in the near future&quot;, indicating a serious desire to address the threat of doping in the game.
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Nation needs government help to maintain competitive edge, group says.
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Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.