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(Reuters) – Former Court of Appeal judge Philip Otton will chair the three-member commission set up to investigate allegations made against the International Cycling Union (UCI) over the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, the UCI said on Friday. The retired judge, who has dealt with Formula One disputes at the International Court of Appeal, will work [...]
Cyclist Lance Armstrong (L) addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride as Doug Ulman (R), Livestrong President and CEO, looks on at Palmer Events Center on October 21, 2012 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors. Armstrong has recently been accused of leading “the most sophisticated, professionalized [...]
(Reuters) – Lance Armstrong’s success pushed Jan Ullrich to resume doping at the start of the last decade to give the German any chance of competing against his American rival, the 1997 Tour de France winner’s mentor said on Friday. Under Rudy Pevenage’s guidance, Ullrich won the race 15 years ago but finished second to [...]
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador speaks during a press conference a day after the court of arbitration for sport handed him a two-year ban and stripped him of his 2010 Tour de France title following a positive test for clenbuterol on February 7, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. (February 6, 2012 – Source: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Europe) [...]
GENEVA (AP) – Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam won his appeal against a lifetime ban but failed to clear his name in an election bribery case on Thursday. The Qatari official scored a victory at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which lifted his life ban from football imposed by FIFA for allegedly [...]
(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA has issued a revised draft code inserting a proposed Olympic ban for serious doping offenders from January 2015. The revision, if left in the final draft to be approved at a world conference on doping in sport in Johannesburg in November 2013, would mean athletes whose suspension ends [...]
(L-R) Lance Armstrong, Billy Starr and Scott Brown gather at the starting line of the 2011 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge on August 6, 2011 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. (August 5, 2011 – Photo by Gail Oskin/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Two old cycling rivals were reunited last week but in the news, not on the [...]
(Reuters) – WADA president John Fahey labeled Alberto Contador a “doping cheat” Tuesday and said the Spanish rider might have escaped with half of his two-year doping ban had it not been for remarks by a Spanish politician during the case. The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency added that politicians should steer clear of [...]
Alberto Contador of Spain and Team Saxo Bank prepares to take part in a bicycle ride through the alleys of the old city, on December 6, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. (December 5, 2011 – Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Europe) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it plans to publish [...]
(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Mohamed bin Hammam has asked sport’s highest court to overturn his life ban imposed by FIFA for alleged election bribery. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it has registered bin Hammam’s appeal. No date has been set for the hearing. Bin Hammam will seek a verdict by next [...]
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