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Caffeine, nicotine to be monitored by WADA

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 14:21

Effects of caffeine, part of everyone`s morning cup of tea or coffee, has got into the new list of substances that would be monitored by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) in order to detect patterns of misuse in sport.

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.

Spanish police bust sports doping gangs, arrest 84

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 18:27

The Interior Ministry says Spanish police have busted two gangs that imported and trafficked doping substances used in sports and arrested 84 people.

Australian anti-doping authority introduces new rules

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 00:02

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has introduced new rules forcing athletes and officials to "truthfully answer" questions from the country`s doping authority.

Russian`s London Olympics silver medalist faces 10-yr ban over doping charges

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 20:07

Russia`s world discus champion Darya Pishchalnikova will reportedly be facing losing her London 2012 Olympic silver medal and a ban for 10 years from the sport for failing a drug test.

Cycling ace Valery Kaykov suspended for failing drug test

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 13:48

Cycling champion, Valery Kaykov has been terminated from his contract with the Rusvelo cycling management following a drug test that tested the rider positive for a banned substance.

Oz sports chief slams ‘unfair generalization’ in dope, organised crime revelations

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 14:00

Sports chiefs have slammed a report by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC), which revealed the existing drug and betting culture in various sports throughout the country.

Armstrong ready to cooperate with USADA: Report

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 12:45

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has agreed to cooperate with the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) following reports that he would be facing a federal investigation for witness tampering, obstruction, and intimidation, according to an American daily.

Armstrong ready to co-operate with agencies to ‘clean up cycling’

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 16:13

Lance Armstrong’s attorney, Tim Herman has claimed his client is ready to work with the doping agencies to help them clean cycling from the stigma of drugs.

Former doctor says Armstrong would have achieved same success even without doping

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 15:29

Lance Armstrong’s former doctor, Michael Ferrari has claimed the American was more talented than other cyclists of his generation and could have achieved the same success without taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Sporting history replete with doping scandals much before Lance Armstrong’s ‘disgrace’

Last Updated: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 11:04

An editorial in The FASEB Journal by US Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) Larry D. Bowers shows that Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal is clearly not the first.

Lance Armstrong still remains my hero, says Yuvraj

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 21:23

India`s star cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who was honoured with the Arjuna Award, said Lance Armstrong continues to be his hero despite the cyclist having been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned by the US Anti-Doping Agency last week.