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27.04.2010, 18:35

Russia’s European Champ fails doping test

Russia's middle-distance runner Anna Alminova has failed a doping test at the indoor world athletics championships, which took place in Doha, Qatar, in the middle of March.

Yaroslav Rybakov and his Berlin 2009 gold medal (AFP Photo / John Macdougall) 25.08.2009, 11:42

“I am the only one not on dope”

Most athletes competing at the top level are using doping, says World High Jump Champion Yaroslav Rybakov.

Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 100m final race of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships (AFP Photo / Adrian Dennis) 17.08.2009, 01:03 10 comments

9.58 seconds that shocked the world

Three time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has won his first world title with an incredible time of 9.58 seconds. That broke the record of 9.69 that Bolt set last year in Bejing.

Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the final of the 150 metres sprint at the Citygames in Manchester, north-west England, on May 17, 2009 (AFP Photo / Andrew Yates) 18.05.2009, 11:00 5 comments

Lightning Bolt sets another world record

Usain Bolt has set yet another world record. The triple Olympic champion is now the fastest in the world at 150 meters after winning a street race in Manchester, AP news agency reports.

Olga Zaitseva (AFP Photo / Sven Nackstrand) 13.04.2009, 12:40

“It’s terrible what they did to Russian biathlon”

2006 Olympic biathlon champion Olga Zaitseva says she’s shocked by the current doping situation on Russia’s biathlon team, Novye Izvestia newspaper reports.

22.08.2009, 17:43 2 comments

Bolt could smash long jump record

Current long jump world record holder Mike Powell claims Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt could break his own record and jump over 9 metres, Reuters reports.

26.08.2010, 19:29

Russia second in Youth Olympic Games dubbed “successful”

The first ever Youth Olympic Games have been officially closed in Singapore, putting en end to 12 days of competition, seen much more widely than a triumph for Chinese and Russian athletes.

16.06.2009, 09:31 1 comment

World’s best athletes settle scores at Russian Challenge

With two months to go until the start of the World Athletics Championships, no less than three Beijing gold-medalists have chosen the annual Russian Challenge tournament to fine-tune their skills.

25.03.2009, 20:06

Will football be excluded from Olympic competition?

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.

24.08.2009, 20:19

Russian biathletes won’t back down

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?

Russian athletes suspended until April 2011

Published: 22 July, 2009, 19:36


Sport’s highest court has extended doping bans until April 30, 2011, for seven Russian athletes who tampered with urine samples.

 
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