Doping in sport news headlines 2008/04/23

American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins free to compete after WADA drops ...
The Canadian Press - LONDON
LONDON — American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins is free to compete again after the World Anti-Doping Agency dropped its appeal of a US arbitration ruling that ...

Petacchi frustrated by CAS wait
AFP -
ROME (AFP) — Italian sprint king Alessandro Petacchi admitted on Tuesday that the wait to find out if a doping appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport...

Is professional cycling dead?
GwinnettHerald.com - GA,USA
... of his title and banned from the sport for two years. Cycling has long been the subject of intense scrutiny by fans and the media alike over doping. ...

LaTasha Jenkins cleared to compete
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The two-time world championships medalist is the first to successfully get a doping charge by the US Anti-Doping Agency overturned. ...

Greece toughens doping law following weightlifting scandal
International Herald Tribune - France
... substances by athletes in competitive sport a felony instead of a misdemeanor. The law will also bolster powers at the domestic anti-doping agency, ...

Wells makes doping claim
TeleText - Scotland,UK
The Scot, who won the 100m gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, admits he is disillusioned with the sport after hearing the damning allegations...

Digicel donates $8m to JOA
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
With the Games just over three months away the sports minister came out strongly against doping in sports. "Doping in sports is becoming too prevalent and ...

Softball is the victim of a bad call by the IOC
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Eliminating softball, a women's sport, won't help those numbers or promote the inclusiveness the Olympic movement supposedly promotes. ...

With checkered roster and brash style, Rock Racing bringing ...
International Herald Tribune - France
... with riders scorned by other teams in the cycling establishment, especially now, when the sport tries to escape its darkest chapter, the doping era. ...

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