May 22, 2013

Tennis: Doping-Tennis to introduce biological passports

International Tennis Federation President Bitti speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok

(Reuters) – Tennis will introduce biological passports for players and increase the number of blood tests done each year, the sport’s anti-doping agency said on Thursday. A number of players, including 17-times grand slam winner Roger Federer, had called for the sport to up its anti-doping measures in the wake of high-profile cases in other [...]

Skiing: First look at the Sochi downhill

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The view from the start gate for the women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor, site of the 2014 Olympics competition. (Kelly VanderBeek) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Since returning from a World Cup stop in Russia I’ve been bombarded with people hungry for information. Everyone wants to know what Russia was like and how preparations look [...]