The Tour de France reached such a nadir in the 2006-08 period that something had to be done about the mainly older generation of cheats, says Brendan Gallagher. Now, there are reasons to feel positive.
Drugs in sport
Tour de France: sport’s ultimate enfant terrible faces doping chaos
The Tour de France is now beset by more drug controversies in its lead-up than ever before.
Former England cricketer’s cocaine smuggling scheme
Former England cricketer Chris Lewis smuggled cocaine worth more than £140,000 into Britain hidden in cans of fruit and vegetable juice, a court heard today.
Manny Ramirez joins the lost generation
The LA Dodgers baseball star is the latest in a long long of sporting heroes who have thrown away everything because of drugs.
Tennis drug ban proves that WADA has lost the plot
A young man’s life was saved by his sensible use of his own asthma medication but his career has been destroyed by a totalitarian doping agency, writes John Orchard.
Drugs and sport: an obvious combination
Why exactly do we ban performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, wonders Dr James Connor?
