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Gatlin's appeal to be held next month - Santa Barbara News
Apr 1st 2008, 7:11pm | Controversy
LONDON (AP) - Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin will have hisappeal of a four-year doping ban heard next month by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport.
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Dwain Chambers joins rugby league - Times Online
Mar 31st 2008, 2:42pm | Controversy
Dwain Chambers, the disgraced British sprinter, is to make a dramatic careerswitch to rugby league. Castleford Tigers, the bottom club in the engage
Super League, are set to announce his signing on Monday.
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French President Sarkozy says he might boycott Olympics opening ceremony
Mar 28th 2008, 4:09pm | Controversy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy became the first world leader tosuggest he might boycott the Beijing Olympics yesterday as London and
Paris increased the pressure on China over Tibet.
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Frenchwoman Ghezielle tests positive for EPO - L'Equipe | Reuters
Mar 28th 2008, 3:57pm | Controversy
PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - Sports news in brief from aroundthe world:
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Beijing torch lit as police scotch protest
Mar 24th 2008, 3:59pm | Controversy
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IAAF Releases 2007 Annual Doping Control Statistics - iaaf.org
Mar 20th 2008, 6:11pm | Controversy
Monte Carlo – The IAAF has today released the detailed statistics ofits 2007 anti-doping programme including testing numbers, concluded
positive cases and a list of athletes tested out-of-competition.
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2010 organizers defend Beijing Olympics
Mar 20th 2008, 6:20am | Controversy
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The organizers of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver spoke out Wednesday against a boycott of the Beijing Olympics over the violence in Tibet.A boycott of the Aug. 8-24 games would only end up hurting athletes, said Joh... [Read More]
Calls mount for Olympic ceremony boycott
Mar 19th 2008, 6:33am | Controversy
By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press Writer
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BILLIARDS PLAYER SUSPENDED FOR DOPING - rrw
Mar 18th 2008, 2:17pm | Controversy
3/18/08By David Monti(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permissionWhile traditional Olympic sports like athletics and cycling tend to draw the headlines in doping cases, the sport of billiards finds itself in that unenviable ... [Read More]
TheDay.com - It's Time Race Officials Enforce Ban On Headphones
Mar 18th 2008, 2:45am | Controversy
By Joe Wojtas Published on3/16/2008
Two weeks
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Gebrselassie expects athletes to bow out - SBS World News Australia
Mar 18th 2008, 2:38am | Controversy
March 18, 2008Haile Gebrselassie expects more athletes to follow his lead and drop
out of some events at the Olympics because of Beijing's notorious air
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Drugs cheat Lombard quits running - BBC
Mar 15th 2008, 12:04am | Controversy
Self-confessed drugs cheat Cathal Lombard has announced his retirement from competitive athletics.The 32-year-old from Cork made his decision just a fortnight after he
claimed a shock win at the Irish Cross Country Championships in
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World marathon record holder told he must run in Beijing - Radio New Zealand News
Mar 14th 2008, 9:12pm | Controversy
March 15, 2008Ethopia's athletics federation says world record holder Haile
Gebrselassie cannot opt out of the Beijing Olympics marathon and must
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iaaf.org - Hengelo path to Beijing for Gebrselasssie – IAAF World Athletics Tour
Mar 13th 2008, 12:38am | Controversy
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – World marathon record holder and two-timeOlympic and four-time World 10,000m champion Haile Gebrselassie of
Ethiopia today (12) announced that he intends to compete in the 2008
FBK Thales Games - IAAF World Athlet... [Read More]
Steroids In America: The Real Dope - SI.com
Mar 13th 2008, 12:37am | Controversy
Steroids in America: The Real Dope
Culture of enhancement extends far beyond sports
Posted: Tuesday March 11, 2008 11:02AM; Updated: Tuesday March 11, 2008 1:46PM
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allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Edinburgh Bound Team in Poor State
Mar 13th 2008, 12:25am | Controversy
12 March 2008Posted to the web 12 March 2008Bonnie Mugabe in RuhengeriKigali
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Justin Gatlin participates in Tennessee's pro timing day - USATODAY.com
Mar 12th 2008, 11:57pm | Controversy
Justin Gatlin participates in Tennessee's pro timing dayKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Olympic sprint
champion Justin Gatlin showed off his skills to NFL scouts Wednesday
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Chasing Kimbia - Conditions in Kenya Improving
Mar 12th 2008, 2:31am | Controversy
While there is still much reconciliation and healing to occur, weare happy to note that conditions are improving in Kenya. A few hopeful
signs from our perspective:
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Beijing Olympic organizers say security assured following news of terror plot
Mar 10th 2008, 8:28am | Controversy
BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing's Olympic organizers say the Games are safe fromterrorism.
The announcement came a day after an official said that alleged terrorists
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1500 medal changes hands- Kipchirchir declared winner after Mekkonen gets DQed
Mar 9th 2008, 12:04am | Controversy
Men's 1500m - FINAL...UPDATED RESULT after Jury of Appeal decision... [Read More]
Goof ousts hurdler Robles from indoor worlds - SI.com
Mar 8th 2008, 10:22pm | Controversy
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) -- There's no doubt about it, Liu Xiang of China is ready for the Beijing Olympics.And so is Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia.
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Olympic notes: USADA takes tougher approach - USATODAY.com
Mar 8th 2008, 9:37pm | Controversy
By Janice Lloyd, USA TODAYThe United States Anti-Doping Agency is
introducing new testing and storage plans described by a top official
as "very significant" measures to be conducted when athletes are
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Dayron’s elimination a disappointment for all hurdlers - iaaf.org
Mar 8th 2008, 6:46pm | Controversy
No one could have expected a worse scenario to unfold during themorning’s heats of what has been billed as the highlight event of the
12th World Indoor Championships, the men’s 60m Hurdles.
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