Sports / Cycling

WADA calls for wider effort to tackle doping 13 Nov 2012 - 08:36 am

PARIS: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) yesterday called for wider efforts to tackle the use of banned substances in sport, warning that lack...

Wiggins back home after crash 09 Nov 2012 - 12:46 pm

WRIGHTINGTON, United Kingdom: Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins left hospital yesterday after a training crash but in a black day for British...

IOC to investigate Armstrong’s Olympic medal 02 Nov 2012 - 05:57 am

BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate Lance Armstrong’s (pictured) 2000 Olympics bronze medal after the American was stripped of his seven...

Insurers ask Armstrong to repay bonus money 01 Nov 2012 - 05:49 am

WASHINGTON: Dallas insurance company SCA Promotions confirmed yesterday that it has sent Lance Armstrong a letter demanding the return of $12m in bonuses...

European newspapers publish cycling reform manifesto 28 Oct 2012 - 03:55 am

LONDON: Five European newspapers yesterday published a manifesto to reform cycling in the wake of the Lance Armstrong (pictured) affair, saying the sport...

No winners for 1999-2005 Tour de France races: UCI 27 Oct 2012 - 03:05 am

GENEVA: The 1999-2005 Tour de France races will have no winners attributed to them, embattled world cycling officials announced yesterday, ordering doping-tainted icon...

Cycling: Embattled UCI set for reform talks 26 Oct 2012 - 04:34 am

GENEVA: Embattled world cycling officials will meet today under pressure to implement real reforms in the wake of the doping scandal around global...

2013 Tour finish at nightfall 25 Oct 2012 - 05:18 am

PARIS: The 100th edition of the Tour de France next year will finish in Paris at nightfall for the first time, organisers said...

War of words between UCI and USADA 25 Oct 2012 - 05:17 am

NEW YORK: A day after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life, the war of...

‘Everybody doped’ in Armstrong era: WADA chief 24 Oct 2012 - 06:44 am

SYDNEY: World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey (pictured) said yesterday that “everybody doped” in cycling during the Lance Armstrong era and the sport’s...

Banned cyclist Armstrong facing financial meltdown 24 Oct 2012 - 06:30 am

PARIS: World cycling’s decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France wins could cost the shamed US rider millions,...

Hamilton hits out at UCI boss McQuaid 24 Oct 2012 - 06:29 am

PARIS: Tyler Hamilton, whose testimony helped bring down Lance Armstrong, blasted International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid yesterday, saying the Irishman has...

Tour De France to unveil 100th race route 24 Oct 2012 - 06:24 am

PARIS: Tour de France organisers today will unveil the route for the historic 100th edition of cycling’s most famous race, with celebrations overshadowed...

‘Sickened’ UCI strips Armstrong of all seven Tour de France titles 23 Oct 2012 - 05:03 am

Pat McQuaid, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), informs about the position of the UCI regarding the decision from USADA in the...

Cycling chiefs cast out as Armstrong ban confirmed 23 Oct 2012 - 04:55 am

GENEVA: Disgraced Lance Armstrong’s fate was sealed yesterday, as cycling’s under-fire world governing body decided to back a life ban for doping and...

USADA wants probe to restore the sport’s name 23 Oct 2012 - 04:54 am

WASHINGTON: The head of the US anti-doping body called yesterday for a truth commission to uncover drug cheats in cycling, saying that punishing...

Federations and race organisers welcome ban 23 Oct 2012 - 04:54 am

PARIS: European cycling federations, race organisers and former riders yesterday broadly welcomed a decision to ban Lance Armstrong for life and scrub his...

Doping case was ‘win-at-all-costs’: UCI 23 Oct 2012 - 04:53 am

GENEVA: Drug cheat Lance Armstrong’s doping programme bore testimony to the disgraced cycling champion’s win-at-all-costs attitude, the head of the International Cycling Union...