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Chris Froome claimed victory in what seems to have a 100% clean Tour De France

No positive tests from Tour de France

Chris Froome's success at this year's Tour de France has officially been given the green light by drug testers.

Warren Weir claims that doping is not ruining sprinting

Weir insists sprinting is not tainted by doping

Usain Bolt's training partner Warren Weir insisted sprinting was not tainted by doping as the athletics world governing body emphasised its commitment to the fight against drug cheats.

Athletics • 09 Aug 13

Tyson Gay is among a host of athletes who recently failed doping tests

IAAF announces four-year doping bans

The world governing body for Athletics - the IAAF - has announced that from 2015 it will begin handing out four-year bans to those caught doping.

Athletics • 08 Aug 13

Lance Armstrong's claims that 'everyone was at it' have been boosted

Armstrong not surprised by EPO revelations

Lance Armstrong has said he is "not surprised" that 18 top riders in the 1998 Tour de France have been named by the French Senate as having taken the blood-boosting agent EPO.

Cycling • 25 Jul 13

Asafa Powell's failed test has cast a shadow across athletics

Powell's trainer denies doping involvement

Asafa Powell's trainer has insisted he is not to blame for the Jamaican sprinter's positive drugs test and claims he is being made a scapegoat.

Athletics • 17 Jul 13

Asafa Powell is among those to have tested positive for a banned substance

Jamaica to ramp up testing programme

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission will be step up its education and testing programmes following five athletes, including Olympic medallists Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, testing positive for banned substances.

Athletics • 17 Jul 13

Allison Randall has tested positive for a banned substance

Jamaican discus thrower fails drugs test

Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall has become the third athlete to confirm a positive drugs test from the Jamaican trials.

Athletics • 16 Jul 13

There were only 131 blood tests carried out in professional tennis in 2011

Tennis to increase fight against doping

Tennis is to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme this year to boost the sport's fight against doping.

Tennis • 07 Mar 13

UCI hope to proceed with doping amnesty

Cycling's world governing body the UCI is willing to provide an amnesty for those who give evidence to its independent commission on drug use in the sport, providing that does not contravene the World Anti-Doping Agency code.

Cycling • 16 Jan 13

Oprah Winfrey admits she was 'surprised' by Lance Armstrong's answers (Pic: OWN TV)

Oprah 'surprised' by Armstrong in interview

Oprah Winfrey has revealed Lance Armstrong did not come clean in the way she had expected him to in her interview with the disgraced cyclist.

Cycling • 16 Jan 13

Ivan Tsikhan was poised to compete at London 2012 before his failed doping test was discovered

Quartet stripped of 2004 Olympic medals

Four medallists from the 2004 Athens Olympics have been disqualified and stripped of their medals after testing positive for anabolic steroids, the International Olympic Committee has announced.

Paris 2024 • 05 Dec 12

Armstrong admits: 'It's been tough'

Lance Armstrong admitted he had experienced "a difficult couple of weeks" as he made his first public appearance since the publication of the scathing United States Anti-Doping Agency's report.

Cycling • 20 Oct 12

Lance Armstrong speaks to the media in Aspen, Colorado

Armstrong tells fans not to 'cry' over punishment

Lance Armstrong was back on his bike yesterday, urging his supporters not to 'cry' for him a day after the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) decision to strip his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.

Cycling • 26 Aug 12

Pictured is the doping control kits issued to all athletes should they be tested for banned enhancement drugs at the Team GB training camp at Loughborough University

Doping crackdown is working, says IOC's Rogge

The crackdown on doping offenders in the run-up to the London Olympics has been a success after testers caught more than a 100 athletes using performance-enhancing drugs in recent months, IOC President Jacques Rogge said on Friday.

Paris 2024 • 27 Jul 12

Lance Armstrong to face doping charges

The US Anti-Doping Agency have confirmed they are to file formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong which could see the cyclist lose his record-breaking total of seven Tour de France titles.

Cycling • 29 Jun 12

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