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(Reuters) – Rider Stefan Schumacher’s admission that he had used banned substances was welcomed by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and national cycling federation (BDR) on Friday. Schumacher, who failed two drug tests in 2008, said in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel that doping was part of his training just like eating [...]
(Reuters) – Former professional women’s basketball player and Olympic gold medal winner Chamique Holdsclaw has been indicted in Georgia on charges that she shot into a player’s car and smashed the windows with a baseball bat, prosecutors said on Thursday. The six-count indictment issued by a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday stems from a [...]
(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Wrestling’s world governing body Fila has parted company with its president in the wake of the recommendation to drop the sport from the Olympics. The sport must now vie with other fringe disciplines for a spot in future Games, following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision. Switzerland’s Raphael Martinetti had [...]
(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate Lance Armstrong’s 2000 Olympics bronze medal after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in the biggest doping scandal to hit the sport. “The IOC will now immediately start the process concerning the involvement of Lance Armstrong, other riders and particularly their [...]
Usain Bolt of Jamaica seen winning the gold medal in the 100m at the Olympic Stadium, London Olympic Games 2012. The world record holder took the gold with his team mate Johan Blake taking silver and Justin Gatlin of USA taking the bronze. (August 5, 2012 – Source: PacificCoastNews.com) LONDON (AP) — Five things to [...]
(Reuters) – Strikes by train drivers and passport officials threaten major disruptions to the London Olympics, prompting the government to warn unions on Thursday that they risked public anger if the industrial action went ahead. In a blow on the sporting front, the Games lost one of their biggest draws when reigning tennis champion Rafa [...]
Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica attends an IAAF Golden Gala press conference on May 29, 2012 in Rome, Italy. (May 28, 2012 – Source: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images Europe) LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt withdrew from his final race before the Olympics on Thursday with what his coach called a “slight” injury problem following [...]
(Reuters) – Winning a gold medal for your country at the Olympic Games is the greatest achievement in tennis, world number two Rafa Nadal said on Friday, while also leaving the door open to a possible return to Spain’s Davis Cup team in September. After his triumph in Beijing four years ago, Nadal will be [...]
(Reuters) – During an informative and entertaining address to an anti-doping conference last month, German researcher Mario Thevis referred to “80, 90, 100″ new performance-enhancing drugs for which no tests yet exist. “They act like EPO (erythropietin) but they are structurally different and that means the current EPO tests will not pick them up,” he [...]
Brad Spence is expecting to be on crutches for around six weeks but the timeline for his return to snow is less certain. (Christophe Pallot/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Canadian Olympic skier Brad Spence has undergone surgery to fix a chronic knee pain that has slowed down the slalom specialist. The 27-year-old from [...]
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