WADA plans to target entourages behind drug cheats

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 09:14

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey has vowed to introduce measures to help catch the coaches, agents and physiotherapists who help drug cheats.

Powell, Simpson get support from their club

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 14:11

Jamaica`s MVP track and field club says it intends to be vigilant in ensuring two of its superstar athletes who tested positive for a banned substance are given a fair hearing.

Doping in sports is unacceptable: Kohli

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 20:21

Indian cricket team vice-captain Virat Kohli today said doping in sport is simply not acceptable and called for the harshest possible punishment for those who bring disrepute to the game.

Gatlin wishes Gay, Powell the best at `stressful` time

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 23:02

Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m champion who went on to serve a four-year doping ban, wished Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell "all the best in stressful times" in the wake of their failed drugs tests.

Powell’s sponsorship woes

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 11:18

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has started facing the side effects of being trapped into the doping net.

Injured Yohan Blake out of Worlds

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 20:20

Reigning 100 metre world champ Yohan Blake has withdrawn from next month`s World Athletics Championships in Moscow with a hamstring injury.

Asafa Powell's physio hits back over doping blame

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 18:04

Asafa Powell`s physiotherapist on Wednesday hit back at claims from the Jamaican sprinter that he was to blame for a positive dope test, maintaining that he did not provide him or compatriot Sherone Simpson with banned drugs.

Italian police open investigation for doping against Powell, Simpson, physio

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 10:03

Italian police have opened an investigation for doping against Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday, as the athletes blamed their physiotherapist after they failed drugs tests.

Italian police find stash of pills, medicine in Powell’s room

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 14:35

Italian police have said they discovered a stash of unidentified pills and medicines in the hotel room of Asafa Powell, the Jamaican sprinter accused of doping.

Powell’s agent takes blame over suspected trainer

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 13:29

The agent for former men’s 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell has conceded not doing enough background check on the physical trainer believed to have given the Jamaican sprinter tainted supplements.

Asafa Powell, other Jamaican athletes deny doping

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 23:12

Three of Jamaica’s top athletes including Asafa Powell have denied taking banned substances after the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) confirmed that five of the country’s athletes have tested positive for illegal substances.