Marion Jones is expected to plead guilty on Friday to using steroids in the build-up to the 2000 Olympic games.

OLYMPIC 100m champion Justin Gatlin must serve a minimum drugs ban of four years, says the world governing body.

The decision to ban American sprinters Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines for two years each has been hailed as “a great day for clean athletes” by the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Former world record holder Tim Montgomery has been stripped of his American 100 metres record following his two-year drug suspension handed down by the Court of Arbitration.

FORMER 100 metres world record-holder Tim Montgomery and three-time world sprint relay champion Chryste Gaines have been banned for two years after being found guilty of doping offences by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Marion Jones will compete in the Grand Prix Regione Lombardia in Milan on June 1 despite reports she would not be invited to compete in European meetings.

Marion Jones will compete in the Grand Prix Regione Lombardia in Milan on June 1 despite reports she would not be invited to compete in European meetings.

The agent of Marion Jones insists he is not aware of plans to exclude the former triple Olympic champion from European meetings because of links to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO).

FORMER Olympic and world champion Marion Jones had a dismal return to the track when she finished last over 400metres in her first race of the season.

Former Olympic and world champion Marion Jones had a dismal return to the track when she finished last over 400metres in her first race of the season.

The ex-girlfriend of one of America’s richest, most high-profile baseball stars has told a grand jury that he used steroids, according to reports.

Multiple swimming world record holder Ian Thorpe believes athletics would not be embroiled in the ongoing Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) drugs scandal if officials had dealt with the drugs issue earlier.

THE lawyer for Marion Jones has challenged the man who alleged he supplied the former Olympic sprint champion with performance-enhancing drugs to take a lie detector test.

Marion Jones has filed a multi-million euro lawsuit for defamation against the man who alleged he supplied the former Olympic sprint champion with performance-enhancing drugs.

BASEBALL superstar Barry Bonds told a federal grand jury in California that he used substances supplied by the now notorious Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, or BALCO, but said he never thought they were steroids, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Marion Jones has denied new allegations she has used performance-enhancing drugs.

Discredited former world champion sprinter Kelli White has revealed the misery she felt while running as an undetected drug cheat.

World 100 metres record-holder Tim Montgomery has been given a new date for his appeal to the Court of Arbitration over charges of doping violations.

The future of sprinters Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines will be decided within the next few weeks after the Court of Arbitration set a date for their drug offence hearings.

The future of sprinters Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines will be decided within the next few weeks after the Court of Arbitration set a date for their drug offence hearings.

A lawyer representing American sprinter Marion Jones insists her former husband CJ Hunter “is lying” over claims she used a number of illegal substances during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

MARION JONES has outlined her determination to prove wrong the critics who think she is a spent force in athletics.

Anti-doping chief Dick Pound has warned sport’s drug cheats the net is starting to close in on them.

Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Marion Jones has withdrawn from tonight’s 200m heats at the US Olympic trials in Sacramento.

HISTORICALLY a meeting with the sparkle and tension of the Olympic Games, this year's US trials, starting today, are a test not only of America's best but of the sport itself.

World 100 metres record-holder Tim Montgomery has decided to bypass the US Anti-Doping Agency’s appeals process and go directly to the highest court in his bid to contest the agency’s decision to seek a lifetime ban for alleged drugs offences.

Europe’s number one sprinter Dwain Chambers fights for his career today when a UK Athletics independent disciplinary committee rules on his positive drug test.

Former Olympic champion Lord Coe today warned Dwain Chambers that ignorance is no defence in his battle to clear his name after a positive drugs test.

The laboratory at the centre of the drug scandal which has rocked world athletics in the past week is being investigated for allegedly receiving millions of dollars in return for undetectable performance-enhancing drugs.