As sure as death and no new taxes, American sports fans are always convinced that the people who run sports here are dimwits. Well, yes, we have occasionally had some real nincompoops in charge of various professional American sports, and not even Pericles could successfully manage the NCAA, but in point of fact, our domestic sports are a paragon of efficiency and integrity compared to the way international athletic organizations are managed.
Cycling's world governing body is to appeal to sport's highest court against the Spanish federation's decision to acquit three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of a doping charge.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) have confirmed they are to investigate the circumstances surrounding cyclist Riccardo Ricco's admission to hospital over the weekend, amid reports the 27-year-old told doctors he had given himself a blood transfusion.
Alberto Contador has been banned for one-year by the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) after testing positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol on his way to winning last year's Tour de France.
Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador faces a disciplinary hearing into alleged doping after cycling's ruling body asked his Spanish federation to open a case against him.
Thor Hushovd won a bunch sprint from a whittled down leading peloton to claim the blue riband men's road race title at the world championships in Australia on Sunday.
Three-time Tour de France champ Alberto Contador talks about testing positive for a banned steroid.
Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has rejected the findings of a positive dope test taken while the cyclist was competing in this year's race, blaming it on bad meat.
Tour of Spain runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera and his Xacobeo team-mate David Garcia Da Pena have tested positive for banned substances during the race, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) revealed on Thursday.
Lance Armstrong's RadioShack cycling team must go before a disciplinary hearing after delaying the final stage of the Tour de France on Sunday when team members "[breached] the regulations governing riders' clothing," the International Cycling Union said.
Who will crash on the early, cobbled sections of this year's Tour de France, which starts in Rotterdam on Saturday? Can Alberto Contador repeat as champion, despite being surrounded by less talent on this year's Astana team? Does Lance Armstrong, two months shy of his 39th birthday, riding in his final Tour and under the shadow of a federal investigation, have even an outside shot at winning No. 8?
Cyclist Floyd Landis has acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career after disputing for years a positive doping test result that led to his suspension from the sport, two news organizations reported on Thursday.
Cyclist Lance Armstrong responds to allegations of doping leveled by Floyd Landis.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for CERA, the International Cycling Union has confirmed.
Kazakh cyclist Alexander Vinokourov will be free to launch his competitive comeback before the end of next month following a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling in Switzerland on Tuesday.
World cycling's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), have expressed their concern at the financial situation surrounding Lance Armstrong's Astana team.
Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been cleared to race in the 2009 Tour Down Under in Australia, the International Cycling Union (UCI) have announced.
French police detained Spanish cyclist Moises Duenas Nevado on Wednesday after he tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO during the Tour de France
World cycling's governing body suspended the French federation on Thursday for a breach of rules, the latest chapter in a long-running dispute over control of the sport.
Bradley Wiggins retained his world pursuit title on a day which saw his British teammate Rob Hayles excluded from the championships after "anomalies" were found in his blood test.
Kjell Carlstrom won the third stage of the Paris-Nice race Wednesday, pulling away early and holding off the pack in the mountains.
Belgian rider Gert Steegmans triumphed in a sprint finish after the first stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race was slashed because of bad weather on Monday.
Anti-doping officials at the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) have requested that Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca be banned for two years after an abnormal doping test.
Belgium's Tom Boonen retained the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Tour of Qatar after finishing third in Thursday's 170-kilometer fifth stage around Al Khor.
Alejandro Valverde can compete in the world road cycling championships after a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday, the chief of world cycling Pat McQuaid announced.
Oscar Freire, riding for Dutch team Rabobank, won the second stage of the Tour of Spain to take the overall lead after a 149km run from Allariz to Santiago de Compostela.
The three-week Tour of Spain begins in Vigo this Saturday but last year's first three will be missing because of proven, or suspected doping offenses.
Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has been banned from next month's world championships because of his possible implication in the Operation Puerto doping investigation.
Spanish climbing specialist Iban Mayo became the latest rider to fail a drugs test after it was revealed he had tested positive for EPO during the Tour de France, it was announced by his Saunier Duval team on Monday.
The team of Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen questioned on Tuesday the legality of drugs tests conducted on the rider by the Danish Anti-Doping Agency (ADD).
Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen maintained his lead on the 12th stage on Friday with controversy raging after it was announced that he was being dropped from the Danish international team
Saunier Duval rider Leonardo Piepoli is under suspicion of doping at this year's Giro d'Italia, two days after the Italian cycling federation said it was to investigate Alessandro Petacchi.
Giro D'Italia stage winner Iban Mayo did not breach anti-doping rules even though he tested for high levels of testosterone during the race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Thursday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is keen for skateboarding to become an official sport at the 2012 London Games.
Erik Zabel has kept his place in his current Milram team despite admitting to doping during the 1996 Tour de France when he was riding for Telekom.
Dane Bjarne Riis has become the first rider to admit having used performance enhancing drugs while winning the Tour de France.
Cycling's major teams will be able to compete in the Paris-Nice race without fear of sanctions after the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the race organizers reached an agreement on Monday.
Team managers have postponed a decision on the dispute over the Paris-Nice race and have asked for a conciliation meeting with the International Cycling Union (UCI) and event organisers.
International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid has threatened to punish teams that decide to take part in next month's Paris-Nice race, French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Wednesday.
Tour de France runner-up Oscar Pereiro has said that his failed drugs test for salbutamol had been a 'massive misunderstanding' and he expected to have the situation cleared up very soon.
Spanish cyclist Oscar Pereiro, who was second to drug-tainted Floyd Landis in the 2006 Tour de France, tested positive for the banned substance salbutamol during the race, French newspaper Le Monde has claimed on its website.
Spain's Astana team will be part of the ProTour peloton next season after being belatedly granted a license by the International Cycling Union (UCI).
The European Pro Tour series ends on Saturday with the 100th edition of the Tour of Lombardy, a tough 245km trek around Lake Como in northern Italy.
International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid has launched a blistering attack on World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound, claiming he was trying to kill off the sport of cycling.
Olympic gold medallist Tyler Hamilton, whose two-year suspension for blood doping ends this month, is to be investigated for alleged links to the Spanish doping scandal dubbed "Operation Puerto."
The second urine sample of Tour de France champion Floyd Landis confirmed a high ratio of testosterone in the American's body before his victory, the International Cycling Union announced Saturday.
Some of the testosterone found in Tour de France winner Floyd Landis' "A" sample is from an external source and not his body's, the New York Times said on Tuesday, quoting an unidentified International Cycling Union official.
A rider on this year's Tour de France failed a dope test during the race, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced.
Kazakh star Alexandre Vinokourov defied Tour de France chiefs Wednesday by flying into Strasbourg with his Astana team determined to start the race.
An independent investigation has cleared seven times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong of doping during the 1999 event and strongly criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Germany's Tour de France contender Jan Ullrich is back in training after overcoming a minor knee injury, his T-Mobile team have said.
The 2006 Giro d'Italia will start and feature four stages in Belgium before heading for tough mountain stages in the Dolomites and Western Alps, organizers revealed on Saturday.
German rider Danilo Hondo has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his two-year doping ban.
David Moncoutie celebrated Bastille Day by handing the host country its first stage victory in this year's Tour de France on Thursday.
Olympic cycling time-trial gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has appealed to world sport's top tribunal to overturn a two year ban for blood doping imposed last year.
German team Gerolsteiner have sacked star sprinter Danilo Hondo, after being informed by the International Cycling Union (UCI) that a B sample from a recent doping test is positive.
Troubled Swiss cycling team Phonak have parted company with their team manager and sporting director after a season blighted by doping incidents.
Switzerland's only cycling team, Phonak, has been denied a place on next year's Pro Tour after losing an appeal to the International Cycling Union.
Christophe Brandt has been cleared of doping by the Belgian cycling association.
British cyclist David Millar has been handed a two-year ban and stripped of his world time trial title by the British cycling federation for taking the banned substance EPO.
Belgian Christophe Brandt was the only cyclist to return a positive drug tests during the Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday.
Huberlino Mesa Estepa of Colombia and Slovenian Jure Golcer have been dropped from the list of Giro d'Italia starters, organizers said on Thursday.
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