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Sunday - June 24th 2012
Recent News - Who needs doping? Most creative Tour de France cheatsThere's a good chance that the old saying 'cheats never prosper' derives from the catalogue of foul play at the 'Tour de France'. The depths of skulduggery to which riders have gone down the years beggars belief, but the real surprise is how they expected to get away with it in the first place. Read more...
Friday - June 22nd 2012
Recent News - Athletes should contribute to and support WADA Code review processSportsmen and women around the world should use their expertise and experience to help strengthen the World Anti-Doping Code said WADA Athlete Committee member Dr. Sara Fischer. Read more...
Thursday - June 21st 2012
Recent News - Antidoping Agency Braces for Long FightWhen officials from the United States Anti-Doping Agency told Lance Armstrong he was facing charges so serious that he could lose his seven titles and receive a lifetime ban from cycling, they understood that a potentially complicated, contentious and costly legal battle was ahead. Read more...
Monday - June 18th 2012
Recent News - Cycling Doctor Under a MicroscopeAs a physician for the U.S. Postal Service professional cycling team, Luis Garc del Moral shared in the glory of five of Lance Armstrong's seven consecutive Tour de France victories. Read more...
Friday - June 15th 2012
Recent News - NZ Sports Tribunal Suspends Touch Player for Methylhexaneamine Anti-Doping ViolationThe Sports Tribunal has suspended touch player, Wiremu Takerei, for 12 months for testing positive for the prohibited substance 1,3-dimethylpentylamine, also known as methylhexaneamine, after playing in the final of the National Touch Championships. Read more...
Thursday - June 14th 2012
Recent News - Sports doping: an extreme game of biologyAs London gears up for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, cheating athletes and antidoping officials continue their game of hide-and-seek. Doping is as old as sports itself, but the past few decades have seen the phenomenon grow more sophisticated. Read more....
Wednesday - June 13th 2012
Recent News - Lance Armstrong faces fresh doping charges from USADAThe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency brought formal doping charges against former cyclist Lance Armstrong in an action that could cost him his seven Tour de France titles, according to a letter sent to Armstrong and several others Tuesday. Read more...
Monday - June 11th 2012
Recent News - Olympics struggle with ‘policing femininity’There are female athletes who will be competing at the Olympic Games this summer after undergoing treatment to make them less masculine. Still others are being secretly investigated for displaying overly manly characteristics Read more.....
Saturday - June 9th 2012
Recent News - Cheating at Olympics deserves the “wrath of Zeus”The ancient Olympics immortalized cheaters in stone, and we could do the same for today's transgressors. Read more...
Friday - June 8th 2012
Recent News - UCI says that biological passport is helping to change the doping culture in cyclingEvidence of reduced doping due to a pioneering blood passport programm can be seen in racing and not through the number of cyclists sanctioned in the past four years. Read more...
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