Doping in sport news headlines 2008/04/20

The dark side of sport
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Former athletics golden girl Marion Jones lied to federal agents three times over doping and subsequently received a six-month prison sentence. ...

Opinion: LeMond speaks out to help cycling
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Now he looks at his sport with sadness. Cycling has been devastated by doping scandals. Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton and dozens of others have been ...

Is golf an Olympic game?
Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA
By Garry Smits, The Times-Union Tim Finchem has golf's governing bodies on board for a uniform anti-doping policy, the Federation of PGA Tours, ...

Boldon letter' adds to Greene crisis
Guardian - UK
The letter says: 'My own coach, doping my competition while he smiles in my face and preaches the "we are clean and they are not" gospel. ...

Lazar takes sport objectives to international stage
SKNVibes.com - Basseterre,St. Kitts and Nevis
We also talked about the development of improved and standardized anti-doping laws when it comes to sports," said Lazar. Because an official report from the ...

Random drug tests for all athletes
The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
He also said education workshops would be undertaken "to sensitise Barbadian athletes of National Federations on the issue of doping in sport". ...

Olympics: Fair play, solidarity and fraternity
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Since this proclamation, the next three Olympics have been staged peacefully, with the media back to focusing on world records, doping issues and the hosts' ...

Austria to tighten anti-doping laws
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Under current legislation, athletes who dope cannot be charged under criminal law, but merely face being banned from their sport by the sporting authorities ...

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