The United States Anti-Doping Agency has launched a strongly-worded attack on the International Olympic Committee after 28 Russian athletes had lifetime doping bans overturned on appeal.

US Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart has urged Fifa to move next year’s World Cup out of Russia.

A Russian diplomat has described the decision to ban their Paralympics team from the Rio Games next month as "filthy and inhumane".

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Russia faces being banned from the Rio 2016 Olympics after an investigation revealed “state-sponsored” doping on a wide scale in one of sport’s biggest ever scandals.

Coe v Ovett. Unless you were hung up on some British class divide thing, or had a bit of a Brideshead Revisited phobia, you had to be a Coe man, didn’t you?

A former team-mate of Lance Armstrong was shocked to learn he has tested positive for testosterone and denies doping.

UK Athletics has found no evidence of wrongdoing by Mo Farah in the initial findings of its investigation into allegations of doping against his coach Alberto Salazar.

Manny Pacquiao will undergo surgery on a shoulder injury this week and could be out of action for up to a year following his unanimous points defeat by Floyd Mayweather, according to reports in the United States.

A (not so) learned sage once altered the expression “it’s better late than never” by including the addendum “but never late is better”. 

The anti-doping chief who compiled the dossier which led to Lance Armstrong’s downfall has no objection to the American returning to the Tour de France this summer.

Professional cyclists continue to take performance enhancing drugs, according to a major report.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has said he would cheat again if faced with the decision he made to dope in 1995, but believes the time has come for him to be forgiven.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has said he would cheat again if faced with the decision he made to dope in 1995, but believes the time has come for him to be forgiven.

Travis Tygart will forever be known as the man who brought Lance Armstrong down. The USADA chief executive explains how he has managed to retain his love for sport despite all he’s uncovered

Team Sky has called for opioid Tramadol to be added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list in response to comments made by a former team-mate of Lance Armstrong.

CYCLING: Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong’s long-time team director, has been banned for 10 years by the American Arbitration Association.

Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong’s long-time team director, has been banned for 10 years by the American Arbitration Association.

Former UCI president Pat McQuaid is still to decide whether he will take part in the Cycling Independent Reform Commission set up by his successor Brian Cookson, vowing not to be drawn into a “witch hunt”.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey says it would take something “close to a miracle” for Lance Armstrong to have his lifetime ban from cycling reduced even if he co-operated with an inquiry into doping.

New UCI president Brian Cookson will aim to establish quickly whether his predecessors were embroiled in covering up the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The UCI has dropped its legal action against the Irish writer Paul Kimmage, the cycling body's new president has confirmed.

Irishman Pat McQuaid has promised not to prolong the bitter battle over the presidency of the International Cycling Union (UCI) if he is deposed from office by British challenger Brian Cookson in Friday’s vote.

Irish athletes face more stringent anti-doping tests than many of their international rivals, claims the Irish Sports Council’s anti-doping programme director Dr Una May.

Athletics was today facing one of its darkest periods in recent history thanks to a devastating drug scandal.

Disgraced career-long drug user, Lance Armstrong says UCI president Pat McQuaid does not want a truth and reconciliation commission because it would bring down the Irishman and the world governing body.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has claimed it was impossible to win the Tour de France without using drugs during the time he doped his way to seven victories between 1999 and 2005.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) was fault free in their handling of the Lance Armstrong doping affair that severely tarnished the sport’s reputation and triggered harsh criticism of the federation, UCI president Pat McQuaid said.

The head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) yesterday lashed out at the UCI for failing to take decisive action to clean up the sport in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

Former vice president of the board of Cycling Ireland Anthony Moran last night outlined the reasons for his shock resignation from the post yesterday, revealing he had lost faith in the UCI and Pat McQuaid.

Lance Armstrong has been stopped from competing at a masters swimming event in Texas in what would have been the banned cyclist’s first return to competitive sport.

The United States Government has confirmed it has joined a civil lawsuit against Lance Armstrong to claim around $100m (€75m) from the disgraced cyclist.

Chief executive Travis Tygart is confident the United States Anti-Doping Agency can continue its investigation to clean up cycling without the help of Lance Armstrong.

Lance Armstrong’s attorney, Tim Herman, has confirmed that the disgraced American cyclist will not speak under oath to US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) officials about his doping past.

Lance Armstrong has refused to be interviewed under oath by the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s officials, his attorney confirmed tonight.

Pat McQuaid insists at no time in recent months has he considered his future as president of the International Cycling Union, despite the barrage of criticism over the Lance Armstrong scandal and intense demand for a change of leadership at the world governing body.

Lance Armstrong could be called before a Texas court after a lawsuit was filed by SCA Promotions in an effort to recoup more than 12 million US dollars from the disgraced cyclist.

World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey believes today’s damning report into widespread drug-taking and match-fixing in Australian sport should act as a wake-up call to governing bodies around the world.

The International Cycling Union switched its focus to a truth and reconciliation commission after disbanding its own independent commission set up to investigate any alleged involvement cycling’s world governing body may have had in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

United States Anti-Doping Agency head Travis Tygart has claimed Lance Armstrong is still lying about the full extent of his doping past.

United States Anti-Doping Agency head Travis Tygart has claimed Lance Armstrong is still lying about the full extent of his doping past.

Dave Brailsford, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome are all looking towards a bright, drug-free future as cycling attempts to recover from the damage done by Lance Armstrong.

Lance Armstrong is likely to avoid criminal prosecution for perjury following his belated confession to using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a lawyer who questioned the disgraced cyclist under oath.