Olympic women's shot put champion Nadzeya Ostapchuk (pictured) has been stripped of the gold medal she won at the London Games a week ago after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid.
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has complained to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after being woken from his sleep for drug testing, the former 100 metres world record holder's manager said on Friday.
Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku became the first athlete caught of doping at the London Olympics after failing a test for a banned steroid, officials said Saturday.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a revised draft code inserting a proposed Olympic ban for serious doping offenders from January 2015.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) warned the British Olympic Association (BOA) to get back in step with the rest of the world on Tuesday after its appeal over a lifetime Olympic ban for drug cheats was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
A decision on the legality of the British Olympic Association's (BOA) ban on convicted dopers competing in the Games will be made next week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement on Monday.
US sprinter Mike Rodgers has accepted a nine-month ban for a failed drug test but will still be able to compete in the London Olympics if he qualifies.
Thirty athletes are being investigated in connection with a suspected doping affair involving a doctor in the city of Erfurt, the German anti-doping agency said.
The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) Thursday unveiled the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited anti-doping laboratory to be used in 2012.
The British Olympic Association's (BOA) controversial lifetime ban for drug cheats looks set to return to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and a showdown with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), who have declared the 2012 Olympic host non-compliant.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) risks sanctions if its lifetime Olympic ban for drug offenders contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency code, WADA president John Fahey said on Thursday.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accepted that five Mexican footballers who failed doping tests this year had ingested contaminated meat and should not be punished.