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12.08.2009, 11:15
Three Russian biathletes have seen their Olympic careers effectively come to an end as they received two-year bans for doping offences.
13.04.2009, 12:40
2006 Olympic biathlon champion Olga Zaitseva says she’s shocked by the current doping situation on Russia’s biathlon team, Novye Izvestia newspaper reports.
22.03.2009, 20:22
On Sunday, Tora Berger matched her male counterpart on the Norwegian team, Ole Einar Björndalen, by giving the thousands of Norwegian fans in Trondheim something to cheer about with her glory at Women’s Mass Start.
25.03.2009, 20:06
On Tuesday, European football’s governing body, the UEFA, joined forces with FIFA in unanimously rejecting WADA's controversial ‘whereabouts’ rule – a move which they may pay dearly for.
22.07.2009, 19:36
Sport’s highest court has extended doping bans until April 30, 2011, for seven Russian athletes who tampered with urine samples.
09.10.2009, 11:19
The captain of the Italian national football team Fabio Cannavaro has failed a doping test, Football Italia reports.
13.11.2009, 14:53
Russian biathletes Albina Akhatova and Ekaterina Yurieva have lost their appeal against two-year doping bans.
19.12.2009, 15:30
Russia's Svetlana Sleptsova capped a flawless shooting performance with strong running to grab victory in the women's Biathlon World Cup sprint event at Pokljuka on Saturday.
20.12.2009, 17:47
Team Russia produced a terrific performance this weekend at the biathlon World Cup event in Slovenian Pokljuka, claiming four golds in four disciplines.
16.01.2010, 21:09
Russian biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov has remained top in the overall World Cup standings after finishing second in the 15-kilometre mass start in Germany.
Published: 24 August, 2009, 20:19
It was one of the biggest scandals to hit Russian sport in a generation. Two of the country's most decorated biathletes have been banned for two years for doping - but are they guilty?
