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    May 1, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  1. Golfer Singh cleared of doping after deer antler spray admission

    Reuters
    May 1 (Reuters) - Vijay Singh has been cleared of doping by the PGA Tour despite admitting that he used a spray containing elements of a banned substance. Although he never failed a drugs test, Singh was deemed to have breached golf's rules on doping...

    Tags: Golf, Sports, PGA Championship, Dietary Supplements, Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement)

  2. May 1, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  3. Doping-WADA disappointed with Puerto verdict, considers appeal

    Reuters
    BARCELONA, May 1 (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has voiced its disappointment with Tuesday's decision by the judge in Spain's "Operation Puerto" doping trial to destroy all the evidence from the case instead of making it available to...

    Tags: Cycling Trial, Cycling, Olympic Games, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges

  4. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  5. Singh avoids suspension for deer-antler spray

    Reuters
    The Sports Xchange Singh avoids suspension for deer-antler spray Vijay Singh acknowledged earlier this year that he had used a banned substance, but he will not be penalized by the PGA Tour as a result. Singh, 50, was told Tuesday by commissioner Tim...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Dietary Supplements, Deer Antler Velvet (dietary supplement), PGA Tour

  6. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. Press Box: Hamlin intends to race Sunday

    Reuters
    The Sports Xchange Press Box: Hamlin intends to race Sunday Denny Hamlin plans to start Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway, but won't finish it. Hamlin tweeted Tuesday that he was cleared "just to start." echoing what he said last...

    Tags: National Hockey League, Fox Sports (tv network), Green Bay Phoenix, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Medical Procedures and Tests

  8. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant
  9. On The Fly

    Sports Business Journal reported that new Jets quarterback Geno Smith, who fell to the second round of the NFL draft, will hire a new agent after parting ways with the folks from Select Sports Group. Smith confirmed the story to SiriusXM NFL Radio, but...

    Tags: J.R. Smith, National Hockey League, NFL Draft, Kevin Youkilis, National Football League

  10. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Puerto doctor gets jail term, evidence to be destroyed

    Reuters
    MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the central figure in the Operation Puerto probe into a doping ring in cycling, was given a one-year prison sentence for crimes against public health on Tuesday. Fuentes was also barred from practicing...

    Tags: Punishment, Culture, Tour de France, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture

  12. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. Cycling-UCI go on the attack after latest accusations by USADA

    Reuters
    PARIS, April 26 (Reuters) - Cycling's world governing body hit back at the US Anti-Doping Agency on Friday after being accused by USADA president Travis Tygart of failing to deal with the consequences of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Armstrong...

    Tags: Tour de France, Cycling, Sports, Lance Armstrong, International Cycling Union

  14. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Oscar Pistorius' reps name substance found in his bedroom

    Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.”
    Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...

    Tags: International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, Shootings, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice

  16. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Lance Armstrong pulls out of swimming event after FINA objects

    Lance Armstrong won't be returning to competition this weekend after all. The disgraced former cyclist, who has been banned for life from all events sanctioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, decided not to take part in three distance events in the...

    Tags: Tour de France, Cycling, Andy Enfield, Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong

  18. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV
  19. News of the Weird: Doping on Ice

    Leaders of the ice-fishing community, aiming for official Olympics recognition as a sport, have begun the process by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to randomly test its “athletes” for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a February New York Times report. However, said the chairman of the U.S. Freshwater Fishing Association, “We do not test for beer,” because, he added, “Everyone would fail.” Ice-fishing is a lonely, frigid endeavor rarely employing strength but mostly requiring guile and strategy, as competitors who discover advantageous spots in the lake must surreptitiously upload the hauls lest competitors rush over to drill their own holes. Urine tests have also been run in recent years on competitors in darts, miniature golf, chess and tug-of-war, and in 2011, one chess player, two minigolfers and one tugger tested positive.
    Leaders of the ice-fishing community, aiming for official Olympics recognition as a sport, have begun the process by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to randomly test its “athletes” for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a February...

    Tags: BBC, Nokia Corp., Lifestyle and Leisure, Chess Playing, Shootings

  20. Jan 13, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  21. Expect Armstrong's 'confession' to be all about him

    It's not likely to be about the truth.
    It's not likely to be about the truth. Or about cleansing a guilty conscience. Or about clearing the air to help cycling's Sisyphean efforts to rid itself of the anything-goes attitude that prevailed for at least a decade and has yet to disappear,...

    Tags: Music, Tour de France, USA Today, Oprah Winfrey, Crime, Law and Justice

  22. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Lance Armstrong declines to cooperate with USADA

    Lance Armstrong’s interest in cooperating with anti-doping authorities does not include plans to speak to the agency that most thoroughly detailed the transgressions that left him stripped of his seven Tour de France cycling titles.
    Lance Armstrong’s interest in cooperating with anti-doping authorities does not include plans to speak to the agency that most thoroughly detailed the transgressions that left him stripped of his seven Tour de France cycling titles. Armstrong on...

    Tags: Tour de France, Crime, Law and Justice, Oprah Winfrey, International Court or Tribunal, Lance Armstrong

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