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04.02.2010, 12:26 1 comment

Team Russia is “doping-free” ahead of Vancouver

Russia will not be caught up in any doping scandals at the Winter Games as the country's doping chiefs say they have done all they can to ensure their athletes are clean.

09.02.2010, 11:46

IOC boss warns Russia against doping

Russia's Winter Olympic team has been told to get tough on drugs cheats, just three days before the games begin.

12.02.2010, 11:44

Doping puts end to Olympic dream for 30 athletes

More than 30 athletes have been prevented from competing at the Vancouver Olympics by The World Anti-Doping Agency for breaking anti-doping rules.

28.02.2010, 07:30

“Possibly not everyone is aware of what doping control is today”

Sunday marks the last day of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and, as is routine now at all major sporting events, measures to stop drug cheats are a key part of the games.

Yellow jersey of Tour de France overall leader, Spain's Alberto Contador (C). (AFP Photo / Lionel Bonaventure) 30.09.2010, 13:21 2 comments

Contador suspended after failing doping test

Cycling has been rocked by another drugs scandal as three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for a banned stimulant and has been suspended from the sport.

Olga Zaitseva (AFP Photo / Sven Nackstrand) 13.04.2009, 12:40

“It’s terrible what they did to Russian biathlon”

2006 Olympic biathlon champion Olga Zaitseva says she’s shocked by the current doping situation on Russia’s biathlon team, Novye Izvestia newspaper reports.

24.02.2009, 19:43

Putin calls to toughen anti-dope control

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called on sports officials to establish a state doping control system and toughen penalties for doping.

29.04.2009, 16:59

Six Olympic athletes caught on doping

Russian sporting officials say its athletes are not among those caught using banned substances at the Beijing games, AP news agency reports.

22.07.2009, 19:36

Russian athletes suspended until April 2011

Sport’s highest court has extended doping bans until April 30, 2011, for seven Russian athletes who tampered with urine samples.

Albina Akhatova 12.08.2009, 11:15

Three Russians part with Olympic dreams due to doping

Three Russian biathletes have seen their Olympic careers effectively come to an end as they received two-year bans for doping offences.

Will football be excluded from Olympic competition?

Published: 25 March, 2009, 20:06


On Tuesday, European football’s governing body, the UEFA, joined forces with FIFA in unanimously rejecting WADA's controversial ‘whereabouts’ rule – a move which they may pay dearly for.

 
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