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BC-AP Sports Digest
SI.com
The pair defeats Olympic doubles champs Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka to seal the first-round series. Fish was a late replacement for 19-year-old Ryan Harrison. By Graham Dunbar. Sent. AP Photos. - Separates on the other seven first-round series ...

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Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Two Malaysian athletes fail doping test
Times of India
"They face a mandatory ban of at least two years and would lose their medals," Sieh Kok Chi, secretary-general of the Olympic Council of Malaysia said. Sieh said their "A" samples had tested positive for a banned substance in December and subsequently ...
Malaysia's medal winners face lengthy bans after failing drugs testMalaysia Star
Doping-Malaysia athletes face ban after B samples test positiveYahoo! Eurosport UK

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The Voice of Russia
Lance Armstrong: doping investigation closed
The Voice of Russia
Lance Armstrong, American former professional road racing cyclist, says he's now clear of any doping allegations. A week ago, federal prosecutors decided to close a criminal investigation without charging the seven-time Tour de France champion.
Armstrong Returning to Professional Triathlon in Title BidBusinessWeek
Armstrong to take a run (and swim, and bike ride) at pro triathlon eventsAustin American-Statesman
International Capsules: Armstrong says he's happy investigation overBrownsville Herald

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FRANCE 24
Fights Over Doping Charges Cast Shadow Over Cycling
New York Times
That doping is a problem in cycling and other sports is hardly a shocking revelation anymore. And despite continual scandals, cycling is gaining popularity, at least by some measures. But the Contador case, along with a similar decision days later ...
Doping overshadows Spain's efforts to host 2020 OlympicsMonsters and Critics.com
1 in 10 athletes may be doping, WADA saysCBS News
Alberto Contador And Professional Cycling's Drug ApologistsSabotage Times
FRANCE 24
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Zee News
For 2005 Tour, Ullrich stripped of 3rd-place finish
Shreveport Times
AP Cycling revisited its scandal-scarred recent history again Thursday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport found a Tour winner guilty of doping for the second time this week. Jan Ullrich, the 1997 champion, was stripped of his third-place finish in ...
Cycling's Ullrich gets two year banThe Sun
Fights Over Doping Charges Cast Shadow Over CyclingNew York Times
Banned Ullrich pedals back into public domainHindustan Times
Cyclingnews.com -Reuters -Bike World News
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New York Times
Another Tour de France Is Winner Penalized for Doping
New York Times
On Wednesday, French authorities searched the home of the four-time Olympic medalist Jeannie Longo and detained her husband on allegations that he illegally imported doping materials, presumably on her behalf. Last Friday, American prosecutors dropped ...

USA TODAY
Spanish govt may sue French TV for doping skit
Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet MADRID – The Spanish government is considering legal action against a French TV station that poked fun at alleged ties to doping by athletes. Some of Spain's most famous athletes came out in defense of their ...
Spanish government may follow tennis federation, sue French TV show over ...Washington Post
Spanish government may sue French TV for doping skitsUSA TODAY

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Belize to host regional anti-doping meet...
The Guardian, Belize
The National Sports Council, Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association, Central America and Colombia Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) in collaboration with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be holding the Annual Board of ...

USA TODAY
Lance Armstrong Returns to Pro Triathlon to Compete in World Championship
Bloomberg
The US Anti-Doping Agency, the official anti-doping agency for Olympic sports in the US, is continuing its investigation of Armstrong and the World Anti-Doping Agency asked this week for federal authorities to turn over any evidence they uncovered.
Armstrong says he's happy investigation overNews On 6

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Aljazeera.com (blog)
Rogge happy to take the heat
Aljazeera.com (blog)
By Lee Wellings in The temperature outside the IOC headquarters in Lausanne is minus 12, but Olympic president Jacques Rogge is warming up as he talks about the challenges ahead, the London games approaching, and even taking on the mafia.

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Chicago Tribune
Simpson bears heavy burden
Chicago Tribune
One in an occasional series on the Road to London for the 2012 Olympics, which open July 27. Shawn Simpson began his workout on a treadmill. He wore a diver's short wetsuit, a rubberized shirt and a windbreaker over his steeled, 5 feet 31/2 inches, ...

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AFP
CAS bans Jan Ullrich for two years
ESPN
AP GENEVA -- Sport's highest court banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years on Thursday and stripped him of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 38-year-old ...
Ullrich stripped of 3rd-place finish at 2005 TourThe Associated Press
Olympic official defends Spain after Contador banAFP
Depths of doping revealed in 1997 Tour winner Jan Ullrich's caseGlobal Winnipeg

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IBNLive.com
Ashwini and Co out of Olympics?
sportal.co.in
Asian and Commonwealth 4x400m champions could miss out on the 2012 London Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) decision to seek for a two year ban on the athletes for steroid abuse. WADA has appealed for a two-year ban on runners ...
WADA seeks two-year ban on tainted athletesDaily News & Analysis
Reflections on Contador's casePractical Ethics (blog)

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USA TODAY
Home of Top Female Cyclist Searched
New York Times
PARIS — Antidoping authorities in southeastern France searched the home of the country's top female cyclist Wednesday morning and detained her husband on allegations that he illegally imported doping materials, presumably on her behalf, ...
Jeannie Longo's husband arrestedESPN
Officials: Husband of seven-time Olympian arrested for EPOUSA TODAY
Officials: Longo's husband arrested over EPO buySan Francisco Chronicle
road.cc -Cycling Weekly -VeloNation
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AFP
Olympic official defends Spain after Contador ban
AFP
MADRID — The head of Spain's Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador's two-year ban for doping. The committee president Alejandro Blanco defended Spanish ...
CAS bans Jan Ullrich for two yearsESPN
Ullrich stripped of 3rd-place finish at 2005 TourThe Associated Press
Alberto Contador ban clears Olympic and Tour path for Bradley WigginsThe Guardian
Daily Mail
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USA TODAY
Officials: Husband of seven-time Olympian arrested for EPO
USA TODAY
France's police agency responsible for anti-doping investigations, OCLAESP, also was involved. Longo's list of titles covers nine pages in "Jeannie by Longo," her biography. Longo won gold at her fourth Olympics, at Atlanta in 1996.
Home of Top Female Cyclist SearchedNew York Times
Longo's husband arrested for suspected EPO purchasesCycling Weekly
Jeannie Longo's husband arrestedESPN
road.cc -San Francisco Chronicle
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Eurosport.com AU
Where are they now? Shamed Seoul sprinter Ben Johnson
Eurosport.com AU
When Ben Johnson crossed the line first in the men's 100 metres final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, it should have been one of Canada's greatest ever sporting achievements. Instead, it became one of world sport's most notorious and shameful episodes, ...

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AFP
Jan Ullrich doping verdict Thursday
ESPN
The panel could opt to make a definitive ruling on Ullrich's alleged doping links, or send the case back to the Swiss Olympic committee for a fresh hearing. Swiss officials said last year they have no authority over Ullrich, who gave up his license in ...
Olympic official defends Spain after Contador banAFP
Alberto Contador ban clears Olympic and Tour path for Bradley WigginsThe Guardian
Ullrich stripped of 3rd-place finish at 2005 TourThe Associated Press
Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal
Prosecutors drop Lance Armstrong doping investigation
Washington Post
Hamilton, who was allowed to keep his Olympic gold medal from Athens despite failing a doping test, confessed to cheating and accused other top cyclists, including Lance Armstrong, of doing the same. Lance Armstrong lifts his cap as he cycles past a US ...
Officials Clashed on ArmstrongWall Street Journal

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New novel documents author's 'Morphed' perception of sport doping
Park Record
During the Games, Shapiro, who trained with the United States Doping Association for his volunteer posts at the Utah Olympic Park and Olympic Oval in West Valley, also did drug testing on the hockey players in Provo. It was during his spare time that ...