Say it ain't so, badminton.
Badminton heads open to Olympic format changes after match-throwing scandal
Badminton's world governing body will study changes to the Olympic sport to avoid a repeat of the match-throwing scandal that blighted the London Games.
- The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada NewsOf course, I couldn't resist searching for "olympic doping"...
- A Chinese doctor said to be at the centre of a state-sponsored Olympic doping regime in the 1980s and 1990s defended his actions Saturday, claiming the US, France and Russia were all doing the same.AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 10:49pm
- ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Olympic 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer was excluded from the London Games on Monday after failing a doping test. "I made a mistake. My career is finished," Schwazer, who took gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, told the Italian news agency Ansa. "I wanted to be stronger for this Olympics, I made a mistake." The confirmation came after the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI ...Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 06 11:24am
- Anti-doping officials are gathering intelligence to see where they need to target their testing programme.Newstalk ZB via Yahoo! New Zealand News - Jul 30 07:05pm
- ROME (Reuters) - An unnamed Italian athlete in an unnamed sport has been excluded from the London Games after failing a doping test, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Monday. A CONI statement said the body had received "an adverse result from an anti-doping test previously arranged by the World Anti-Doping Agency". The statement said the athlete had not yet arrived in London ...Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 06 09:34am
- LONDON - Olympic competition finally kicked off Wednesday, two days before the London Games' official opening ceremony, although the joy of the first day of sport was tempered by athletics' ruling body saying it had suspended nine track and field competitors for what it called "sophisticated doping."Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Jul 25 01:10pm
- LONDON (Reuters) - The equestrian doping scandal at the 2008 Olympics was a rude awakening for top officials in the sport but it has also led to tough new regulations they hope will ensure a clean London Games for horses and riders. "It was an extraordinary wake-up call," Lisa Lazarus, general counsel for governing body Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), told Reuters. Six of the 20 ...Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 05:44pm
"More, Fyodor! Give us much more!"
- LONDON (Reuters) - The expulsion of an American judo player from the London 2012 Olympic Games on Monday after he tested positive for marijuana prompted scientists to question the sense behind the drug's inclusion on the World Anti Doping Agency's (WADA) banned list. Few experts think marijuana, or cannabis - whether it's eaten or smoked - can do much to enhance the kind of speed, strength ...Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 06 04:14pm
- Melbourne, July 28 (ANI): Americans and Soviets 'fooled' China into using performance-enhancing drugs, resulting in humiliating scandals and limited success during the Olympics from the late 1970s into the early 1990s, according to a top Chinese Olympic team doctor.ANI via Yahoo! India News - Jul 28 02:15am
- LONDON (Reuters) - The International Olympics Committee (IOC) said on Saturday that 1001 drugs tests have been conducted since the start of the London 2012 Olympic period on July 16. Of these, 715 were urine tests and 286 were tests on blood. IOC President Jacques Rogge says a crackdown on doping cheats in the run-up to the London Olympics has been a success, with testers catching more than 100 ...Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 05:05am
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