Doping in sport news headlines 2008/04/24

Anti-doping czar chosen to lead Glasgow Games in 2014
The Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
British sport's anti-doping czar has been named chief executive of the organising company for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. ...

Jones teammates start fundraising defense
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
But Jones had her medals stripped last year after she admitted to doping during the Sydney Games. Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee ...

2014 Commonwealth Games chief named
The Press Association -
... the chief of an anti-doping agency. John Scott, currently director of Drug Free Sport at Sport UK, has been appointed chief executive of the 2014 Games. ...

New UN Special Adviser visits the IOC
Olympic.org (press release) - USA
... of the World Anti-Doping Code. It calls upon governments to join efforts to strengthen ethics, personal responsibility and integrity in sport. ...

HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION - SPORT
Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland
According to the commercial Finnish television channel Nelonen’s news programme Nelosen Uutiset, the use of doping and covering it up was systematic within ...

WADA dropping appeal in sprinter's doping case
Oakland Tribune - Oakland,CA,USA
WADA appealed that decision in February to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland but decided to drop the case last week. ...

Doping law to become weightier
Kathimerini - Athens, Greece
Doping is a national issue. We want sport to be about values and not substances.” Liapis was flanked by Yiannis Ioannidis, his deputy minister who is in ...

Olympic gold medalist drugged with GHB
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins can compete again after the World Anti-Doping Agency dropped its appeal of a US arbitration ruling that cleared her of a ...

Greene doping allegations hit IAAF
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... glow of another Olympic summer looming, the sport is yet again rife with allegations about doping involving one of its greatest champions. ...

The role of genes in doping tests
EUROPA - Brussels, Belgium
Sport is all about fair play. But for some athletes it is more about winning at all costs, even if it means using prohibited substances to improve their ...

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