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/ 2 May 2008

Pistorius Games verdict expected in two weeks

South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will learn in two weeks whether a ban on him competing at the Beijing Olympics will be overturned, his manager said on Friday. Pistorius (21), who runs with carbon-fibre blades attached to both legs below the knees, took the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport this week.

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/ 30 April 2008

Pistorius to hear Games fate soon

South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius should know within three weeks if he can compete at the Beijing Olympics, an official for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Wednesday. ”We have been asked to deliver a decision as soon as possible,” CAS secretary general Mathieu Reeb said on the last day of Pistorius’s two-day hearing.

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/ 2 April 2008

Court to hear Pistorius, Gatlin appeals

Appeals by South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius and Olympic champion Justin Gatlin will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this month and next, the Lausanne-based court said. Pistorius’s hearing will take place on April 29 and 30 and Gatlin’s will follow on May 28 and 29, CAS said.

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/ 25 March 2008

Landis appeal ends, decision expected in June

Disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis will have to wait until June at the earliest for a ruling on an appeal to overturn his positive doping test at the 2006 Tour de France after a five-day hearing ended on Monday. Landis, who has denied wrongdoing, made his final appeal in closed-door sessions before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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/ 14 February 2008

Pistorius not giving up without a fight

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has asked world sport’s highest court to overturn a ruling that he is ineligible to compete in the Olympics. The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled last month that the South African cannot participate in the Beijing Games because his prosthetics give him a clear competitive advantage.

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/ 18 January 2008

The changing face of tennis

Suddenly there seem to be as many policemen involved in tennis as there are players. Gone are the days when a London bobby, with minimum fuss and barely a whiff of publicity, would quietly lead away an offending clergyman from the packed aisles of the outside courts at Wimbledon for having something less than pure intentions towards certain members of the watching flock.

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/ 16 January 2008

Pistorius eyes independent tests

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius hopes that independent tests will show that he does not get an unfair advantage from his prosthetic racing blades. The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled on Monday that the South African is ineligible to compete at the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetics give him a clear competitive advantage.

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/ 21 December 2007

Another year of doping leaves cycling tainted

Under a golden sun, Paolo Bettini capped a perfect day for cycling by outracing, outwitting and, finally, outsprinting everyone to win the world road race title. If ever there were a glorious highlight to a season, that was it. As the Italian crossed the line, though, there was little joy because he had been involved in a doping scandal.

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/ 16 October 2007

Pereiro replaces Landis as 2006 Tour winner

Spain’s Oscar Pereiro on Monday received the yellow jersey from the 2006 Tour de France at a ceremony in Madrid, officially replacing United States rider Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his title for doping. ”This is an emotional moment, a day that I will never forget,” said Pereiro after Tour director Christian Prudhomme awarded him the jersey.

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/ 11 October 2007

Landis to continue doping fight

Floyd Landis, facing the loss of his 2006 Tour de France title on a doping charge, will take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the cyclist said on his website on Wednesday. Landis will ask the Lausanne-based CAS to overturn the decision handed down on September 20 by a panel of three United States arbitrators.

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/ 6 October 2007

US track star Jones admits to steroid use

Reversing years of denials, United States track superstar Marion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to federal investigators and admitted using steroids, which could cost her the five medals she won in the 2000 Olympics. In a sober court hearing and a tear-filled appearance before reporters, Jones (31) admitted using performance-enhancing drugs.