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USA

Ex-cycling star Armstrong settles $100m doping fraud lawsuit

But the disgraced former champion will only pay a fraction of the amount sought in a lawsuit brought by fellow cyclist Floyd Landis and the US government

Sport

UCI unveils mobile X-ray machine to combat mini-motors

The International Cycling Union (UCI) will use X-ray equipped trucks on Grand Tour stages and leading classic races this season following an increase in concerns about riders using motors inside their bikes

South Korea

IOC bans athletes from flying Russian flag at Pyeongchang closing cere

Russia’s Olympic status will be restored automatically once it is confirmed there were no other doping violations by its athletes at this year’s Games.

Russia

Russian Olympic delegation launches investigation into curling doper

The delegation said it could not explain how meldonium ended up in Alexander Krushelnitsky's body.

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Sport

Slovenian ice hockey player is third doper caught at Winter Olympics

Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for fenoterol, an asthma drug which aids breathing.

Sport

Japanese speed skater expelled from the Winter Olympics

Kei Saito failed an out-of-competition doping test the day he arrived in Pyeongchang.

Italy

Italy cycling team staff arrested after doping-related drugs found in

The doping raids involved team Altopack Eppela and took place around Tuscany.

Russia

The fate of 47 Russian athletes hoping to take part in the Winter Olym

The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport will come on Friday, just hours before the Olympics open.

Russia

EOC refuses Russian athletes cleared from doping participate in 2018 W

The International Olympic Committee declined a request for 13 Russian athletes, recently cleared of doping, to attend the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

South Korea

Olympics step up anti-doping measures

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says the upcoming games will offer the most comprehensive and independent anti-doping measures in Olympic history.

Russia

Putin praises CAS decision to lift doping bans on 28 Russian athletes

The Russian president says the ruling proves the "vast majority of our athletes are clean."

Sport

Russian athlete welcomes the overturning of her doping ban

Elena Nikitina will also get the bronze medal she won at the 2014 Sochi Games returned to her.

Sport

Russia says justice done as doping ban on 28 athletes overturned

Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned by sport's highest ruling body.

Russia

Russian paralympics team banned from Winter Olympics in March for dopi

Some of the athletes will be invited to compete in five sports under a neutral flag.

Sport

'Shocked' US sprinter Justin Gatlin sacks coach over doping claims

The IAAF is investigating allegations that the world champion's coach Dennis Mitchell and an agent offered to supply performance-enhancing drugs.

Sport

Mutko: Olympic ban no effect on World Cup

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko who was heavily implicated in the Sochi doping scandal said that being given a lifetime Olympic ban doesn't have any impact on his current work with FIFA

Sport

IOC deliberate of Russia doping ban

The International Olympic Committee is set to decide whether to ban Russia from next year's Winter Olympics over alleged institutionalised doping

Russia

Doping allegations part of ‘anti-Russian campaign' - Medvedev

Relations with Washington are in an 'appalling' state, the worst he can recall, says the Russian prime minister.

Sport

Could the 'Doping Diaries' bring down the Russian Olympics team?

Journals kept by the former chief of Russia's anti-doping lab are being used as evidence in a case that will determine the fate of the country's Winter Olympics team.

World News

IAAF extend Russian ban over doping

The world's athletics governing body has maintained Russia's ban on competing in international track and field events as top Russian officials continue to deny operating a doping system.