MONACO (AP) — Former Tokyo Marathon runner-up Tsehay Gemechu was banned for four years because of suspected blood doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday. The 25-year-old Ethiopian also was ...

A new undetectable doping trick that would help athletes to move faster for longer is being investigated by authorities. Experiments performed on mice by Prof James McCully of Harvard Medical School ...

Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. To compete in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games ...

Michael Brinegar’s hopes of competing in a second consecutive Olympic Games ended before he had a chance to attempt to qualify in the 1,500-meter freestyle. On the eve of the 1,500 freestyle ...

COLOGNE, GERMANY - APRIL 17: Danilo Hondo of Germany and Team Lamonta looks on prior to the Rund um Koeln cycling race on April 17, 2006 in Cologne, Germany. Hondo didn’t get permission from the UCI ...

Performance enhancers, secret syringes, and shattered reputations—sports history has seen its fair share of scandal. When athletes cross the line in search of an edge, the fallout ripples across ...

Kenyan 10,000-meter runner Rodgers Kwemoi was banned for six years on Friday for suspected blood doping 18 times and disqualified from Olympics and world championships races. Track and field’s ...

Chalk it up to another example of cheaters never prospering. New discoveries about the properties of stored blood suggest that athletes who resorted to blood doping are unlikely to improve performance ...

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Former professional cyclist Danilo Hondo was banned Friday for blood doping revealed in an Austrian-led investigation and got a reduced sanction for his confession and ...