Russian Deputy Prime Minister Mutko no longer involved in World Cup
Arkady Dvorkovich appointed chairman
DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
ROB HARRIS
Investigation: Drug enhanced Bradley Wiggins’ performance in Tour de France win
Team Sky crossed ‘ethical line’
DATE: Mar 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
North America touts ‘risk averse’ World Cup soccer bid amid Donald Trump presidency
LONDON – With barely four months until FIFA votes on the 2026 World Cup host, Morocco got round to launching its bid on Tuesday.
There’s now a campaign logo and social presence bu...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Joshua won’t take Parker’s drug-cheat bait ahead of unification bout
LONDON – If Joseph Parker wants to rile Anthony Joshua it’s going to be tough.
Not even being branded a drugs cheat ahead of their heavyweight unification fight provoked a mellowe...
DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Chris Froome maintains innocence as rival doubts handling of case
Martin believes something is amiss with Froome’s case
DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Chris Froome’s cycling doping case: What’s salbutamol and what’s banned?
LONDON – Cycling’s governing body was clear: Chris Froome returned an “adverse” finding — failing a drugs test. The five-time Tour de France champion insists it “was not a positive test.” ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Putin welcomes soccer world to Kremlin for World Cup draw
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin welcomes soccer luminaries to the Kremlin on Friday for a World Cup draw that provides a global audience for the Russian president to attempt to burnish the image of ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Russia yet to regain trust of sport before World Cup
MOSCOW – Gary Lineker was furious, astonished at how FIFA’s executives were handing out the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Leaving the roped off area for dignitaries...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
No doping charges in UK cycling probe but methods criticized
Case could be reopened if new evidence emerges
DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Neymar says move not cash-driven; PSG expects financial lift
PARIS – Neymar opened a new extravagant chapter in soccer history Friday as the game’s costliest player by fending off questions about his financial motivations as deftly as he repels oppone...
DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
IAAF not ready to lift Russia’s suspension from track
LONDON — The IAAF is not ready to lift Russia’s suspension from track and field competitions as the country fails to fully accept the findings of an investigation into its state-sponsored do...
DATE: Jul 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports
Candidate to run world cycling calls for team budget caps
LONDON — The challenger for the presidency of world cycling is proposing budget caps to prevent teams from dominating the sport.
David Lappartient, the French cycling federation l...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
