confession to Oprah had, but the Cycling Independent Reform Commission's (CIRC) 227-page report into doping

fellow dopers and International Cycling Union (UCI) officials, who are also culpable in allowing the doping

does well to provide balance to the debate.Instead, there is an acknowledgement that the problem of doping

tag.Double Olympic champion Geriant Thomas labelled the estimate that 90 per cent of cyclists were doping

with night time testing, although positive ideas, seem unlikely bring about a dramatic decrease in doping

By Mike RowbottomTwo United States runners have been added to the field for this year's Boston Marathon on April 20 - double Olympian Matthew Tegenkamp and former Chicago Marathon runner-up Adriana Nelson.

Both will join the John Hancock Elite Athlete Team, which will be subject to rigorous anti-doping monitoring

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesFebruary 2015: "Integrity" key as World Marathon Majors announces unprecedented anti-doping

By Emily GoddardDavid Howman, the director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has commended

research funds, as well as working with the UCI to advance its own information gathering techniques to end doping

that riders made payments to officials in order to avoid testing and/or analysis - a so called 'anti-doping

leadership did not hesitate to deliberately conceal the truth and attack those who raised concern about doping

de France titles in 2012 and is currently trying to overturn his life ban by the United States Anti-Doping

February 2015: Cookson warns UCI independent report on doping will make "uncomfortable reading"January

By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliOutgoing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack will be honoured for his services to sport here this week at the Africa International Sports Convention (CISA).

leadership, the sport of athletics has continued to grow, although it has recently been embroiled in several doping

Presidents Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid colluded with Lance Armstrong to help him avoid being caught for doping

covered all of the American's seven consecutive Tour de France victories, in his row with then World Anti-Doping

page report published by the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) into the UCI and the sport's doping

Marty was supported by German Professor Ulrich Haas, an expert in anti-doping, and Peter Nicholson, a

Hein Verbruggen allegedly protected Lance Armstrong from doping allegations in the belief he presented

Agency and US Anti-Doping Agency."

By Nick ButlerChina's world champion Chen Long enjoyed a superb victory over two-time Olympic gold medal winning compatriot Lin Dan on a busy day of semi-finals action at the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena.

Malaysian Lee Chong Wei, last year's All England winner, was suspended from competition after failing a doping

By Nick ButlerA JMD J$14 million (£81,000/$121,000/€112,000) cut to the Jamaica Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO

) budget has been announced just days after World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie

"Our athletes are more aware as a result of the Anti-Doping Commission embarking on a programme of work

were heightened last year, one of which was the hiring of a consultant to assist with the new Anti-Doping

body more powerJuly 2014: Powell and Simpson free to race again after doping bans cut from 18 to six

monthsMay 2014: Powell launches appeal to CAS to reduce doping ban to three monthsApril 2014: Exclusive

: Fennell "relieved" progress made in Jamaican doping cases

By Nick ButlerHamad Kalkaba Malboum has been unanimously re-elected President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) in Addis Ababa, to serve a third four-year term at the helm of the continental body.

next four years will be preparations for the All African Games later this year, as well as lingering doping

By Michael PavittA workshop has been held by the Japanese Government in Tokyo to help identify partnership opportunities to support sports development for people with an impairment ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

several National Paralympic Committees (NPC).Additionally the University of Tsukba and the Japanese Anti-Doping

To work with selected NPCs on specific programmes such as athlete pathway support, anti-doping education

Japan are hoping to assist developing nations and extend anti-doping initiatives globally ©Getty ImagesThe

the Olympic and Paralympic movements.They aim to offer assistance to developing nations, extend anti-doping

RowbottomTurkey's two-time European 100 metres hurdles gold medallist Nevin Yanit has had her two-year doping

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which this year adopted standard four-year bans for serious doping

TAF.Turkey's Nevin Yanit, pictured retaining her European outdoor 100m hurdles title in 2012, has had her doping

testosterone - on multiple occasions between August 2012 and February 2013, and committed a separate anti-doping

rule violation, namely blood doping, between June 2012 and February 2013."

handed two-year ban for dopingAugust 2013: Multiple suspensions "signal of how seriously Turkey taking doping

By Mike RowbottomFrance's world pole vault record holder Renaud Lavillenie is among major names taking part in the European Athletics Indoor Championships starting tomorrow in Prague, with outgoing European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz predicting it will be "the best ever".

following year when the original winner Russia's Yevgeniya Zinurova was retrospectively banned for doping

By Mike RowbottomDahlan Al Hamad will serve for another four years as President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) with unanimous support from all 45 Member Federations as he pursues his ambition of putting the continent "at the centre stage" in world athletics.

youngsters on the sportsmanlike principles, to teach them the virtues of fair play and to fight against doping

By Michael PavittTwo appeals concerning the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal's decision to ban Olympic

Kostner herself has lodged an appeal at the decision, which deemed she had assisted in the cover up of doping

Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer.The Italian had denied having anything to do with Schwazer's doping

rules.But at the same time, a second appeal by the Italian National Olympic Committee's (CONI), anti-doping

caseNovember 2014: Olympic figure skating medallist facing four year ban for aiding doping of former

boyfriendSeptember 2014: Italy given approval to use WADA Anti-Doping Administration and Management

By Nick ButlerAn appeal launched by violinist turned skier Vanessa Mae is being heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today following claims she helped "manipulate" races in order to qualify for last year's Winter Olympics in Sochi.

nonsense"November 2014: Mike Rowbottom: Pulled strings for Vanessa Mae – and hovering handcuffs for Germany's doping

By Michael PavittThe International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Executive Board has stripped the United Arab Emirates of two endurance races scheduled to be held later this month in an emergency measure, they claim, designed to protect horse welfare.

strengthened endurance rules to protect and promote horse welfare, with measures including additional doping

officials unhappy over remarks by Belgian coach about endurance racingOctober 2009: Sheik returns after doping