Tag - Doping
Sprinter Marion Jones has been slapped a two-year ban by the world governing body of athletics, IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation), for doping. She has also been stripped of her Olympic and world championship titles and all her..
The Deutche Telekom company is realizing the nightmarish marketing scheme and the drug problems involved in granting sponsorships to the cycling teams. Even though the company started with lofty goal of eliminating the drug problem in the sport of..
The unbeatable five Olympic medals of sprinter Marion Jones during the Sydney 2000 Games were snatched from her by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after admitting she was a drug cheat.
All her hard work and pains were put to waste after...
It is inspiring indeed to see some of the toughest men on the planet battle it out across the heights of Alps & then finish on the Champs- Elysees to be crowned as the champions. It is unbelievable when you watch Lance Armstrong attack on the slopes..
Martina Hingis might be ranked among the best female players of all time in the glamorous sport of tennis but she won't be able to shake off the doping issue that has lifted its ugly head to entrap the Swiss tennis star. Although the WTA has...
Jones considered as one of the longest and most dismal tales in sports that has been disfigured by doping, reached its denouement by handing over the five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. Jones won the 100 metres, 200 metres in addition.
For years, American sprint queen Marion Jones kept everyone in dark, denying any doping allegations even to the extent to sue BALCO founder Victor Conte in 2004 for $25 million, who repeatedly accused her of the same charges. Though under scrutiny by.
The 2007 season for tennis appears to be crammed with drug abuse and bans. Two of the men's players have been suspended this year for failing drug tests and three others are serving bans, including Slovakia's Karol Beck. With singles ranking much lower...
The 2006 edition of Tour de France enabled Landis in capping one of the most remarkable comebacks in cycling history but for now he cannot boast it for long, as he has been stripped off the title after a panel upheld a two-year ban on the cyclist and...
Inevitable doping scandals tarnishing cycling as a sport have, of late, provoked cycling's governing body to impose severe sanctions, leading to a life ban on riders found guilty.
Pat McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union said:.
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