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German Soccer Players tested out-of-competition

14 players on the The German National Soccer Team was tested Out-of-competition during their training camp in Italy.

Mickael Larpe and Alessandro Coló provisionally suspended

The UCI has informed the riders Mickael Larpe (FRA) and Alessandro Coló (ITA) that they are provisionally suspended.

Admitting extentive doping usage

The American cyclist, Floyd Landis, has admitted using doping, also before the positive doping test during The Tour de France in 2006.

WADA has released the independet observer report from Vancouver Olympics

WADA was an independent observer during the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010.

Two years suspension for possession of HGH

The International Tennis Federation announced today that Wayne Odesnik has been found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation under Article C.6 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (Possession of a Prohibited Substance without a therapeutic use exemption).

46 Weightlifters banned

Suaid Arabia's official sports regulator has banned 46 weightlifters.

Two volleyball players banned by the Qatar Anti-Doping Commission

Doha: Within its efforts to promote a drug free practice of sport in the State of Qatar, the Qatar Anti-Doping Commission took dissuasive decisions against two players from Al-Rayyan and Al-Sadd clubs, convinced of taking prohibited substances.

Press Release - Commencement of disciplinary proceedings on the basis of the biological passport

After having informed all the parties concerned (riders, National Federations, teams, National Anti-Doping Organisations and the World Anti-Doping Agency), the International Cycling Union announces that disciplinary procedures have been requested against the following riders for apparent violation of the Anti-Doping Rules on the basis of the information provided by the blood profiles in their biological passports:

Press Release regarding nutritional supplements

The Cyprus Anti-Doping Authority (CyADA), in its mission to protect athletes from inadvertent doping, announces today that in two different nutritional supplements an emerging drug candidate, namely Growth-Hormone-Releasing Peptide-2 (GHRP-2), has been detected, for the first time.

USADA True Sport awards program receives 2010 Mom's choce gold

COLORADO SPRINGS (April 14, 2010) – USADA announced today that the USADA True Sport Awards program, created in partnership with Discovery Education, was recognized as a Gold winner in the 2010 Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA), and was named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services. The agency is honored to receive this prestigious award, and to be recognized for outstanding educational excellence with such a distinguished designation.

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