Major League Baseball's so-called "steroid era" is sure to come under renewed scrutiny as Hall of Fame voters consider a 2013 ballot that includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa.

An American university has stripped disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong of an honorary degree after a unanimous vote by the school's trustees.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Sunday that sport has the power to expose cheaters, and one of its earliest crusaders against the drug-soaked culture of cycling has been its founding president Dick Pound.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) proposed a draft code Sunday that would usher in stiffer sanctions against cheaters and grant itself investigative powers in cases where national sports bodies refuse to take action.

The former chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Sunday that revelations of pervasive doping in cycling is a vindication of anti-doping safeguards and 'immensely embarrassing' for the sport's governing body UCI.

Australia's sports anti-doping body on Friday urged cyclists who took drugs to come forward, saying "the days of remaining silent are over" in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal.

Australia's sports anti-doping body on Friday urged cyclists who took drugs come forward, saying "the days of remaining silent are over" in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal.

Profesionnal cyclists have called for tougher sanctions for dope cheats, the sport's governing body has said, as it seeks to restore its reputation after the damaging Lance Armstrong drug scandal.

Frankie Dettori's failed drugs test in September was not for a performance-enhancing substance, the British-based Italian jockey's lawyer said Wednesday.

Lance Armstrong's cancer battling charity took another step to dissociate itself from the disgraced former cycling champ by dropping his name from its title.

Frankie Dettori's failed drugs test in September was not for a performance-enhancing substance, the British-based Italian jockey's lawyer said Wednesday.

Disgraced cycling star Lance Armstrong has stepped down from the board of the cancer-fighting Livestrong charity he founded 15 years ago in the wake of a huge doping scandal.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday called for wider efforts to tackle the use of banned substances in sport, warning that lack of funding was hampering its fight against increasingly sophisticated cheating.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong posed provocatively on Sunday with his framed seven Tour de France winners jerseys, tweeting a picture of him in his Austin home - unleashing dozens of comments for and against the Texan.

Former Triathlon World No. 1 Mark Fretta has been given a four-year doping ban after variations in his blood profile indicated EPO, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday.

Mark McGwire, whose former single-season home run record was sullied by an admission of steroid use, was named hitting coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

The "clean cycling" union has called for a zero tolerance approach to doping from next year, as the sport tries to claw back its credibility after the damaging Lance Armstrong scandal.

Disgraced US cyclist Floyd Landis Wednesday dropped an appeal on a suspended sentence given by a French court over a shady espionage operation to hack the computers of an anti-doping laboratory.

The Lampre team have suspended Italian rider Michele Scarponi, winner of the 2011 Tour of Italy, for contacts with controversial doctor Michele Ferrari, banned for life following a US doping investigation, cyclingnews.com reported on Tuesday.

South African cycling champion, and former Lance Armstrong teammate, David George has tested positive for a banned substance, the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport said on Tuesday.