Riccardo Ricco

Briefs3-Ricco appeals to CAS against two-year ban for doping

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Sports news in brief from around the world on Monday: Cycling - Riccardo Ricco has appealed to the Court of Arbritration for Sport against a two-year ban for doping handed down by the Italian Olympic...

Doping-plagued cyclist Sella faces one year ban

ROME, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Emanuele Sella, the latest cyclist to fail a test for CERA is facing a one-year ban, ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday. The Societa CSF Gruppo Navigare rider was caught in an out-of-competition test...

Doctor accused of getting Ohio officer steroids (AP)

AP – In this July 30, 2008 file photo, Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco leaves after he appeared before an Italian … CLEVELAND – A doctor accused of supplying professional baseball players with illegal performance-enhancing drugs...

IOC to retest Beijing doping samples

Any athletes who thought they got away with doping at the Beijing Olympics shouldn't rest easy. The drug police are coming back. The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it will retest samples from the games to...

Tour of Portugal samples to be retested for CERA

Updated: November 6, 2008, 11:20 AM ET PARIS -- The Swiss Anti-Doping laboratory will retest blood samples from August's Tour of Portugal for the new generation of the banned blood-booster EPO, lab supervisor Neil Robinson said...

Piepoli demands counter test

From correspondents in Paris, France ITALIAN Leonardo Piepoli, one of seven riders to fail drug tests at the Tour de France, has demanded a counter-test, according to the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD). Piepoli, one...

German TV told it must put Tour on the telly

German public broadcaster ARD has been told it has no basis on which to bring a premature end to its contract with Tour de France organisers to show the race in 2009-2011. A spate of recent doping scandals, some of which...

Agencies vie to control anti-doping program

The French Anti-Doping Agency wants to know why an international testing program failed to catch cheaters before it allows cycling's governing body to take over drug testing at the Tour de France. UCI chief Pat McQuaid insists...