Sentences with phrase «doping scandals»

I hear Olympics, and my mind starts imagining protests over athletes being excluded, the odd bribe here and there, a little bit of trade - mark infringement, a few doping scandals, maybe demonstrators being kettled and baton charged, which all leads to: lawsuits!

The new one, Tour De Pharmacy, swings its glare towards the doping scandals in cycling.

Tour de France officials have experience handling doping scandals, but like other agencies, they haven't perfected a test for detecting gene doping — yet.

Scientific American's resident skeptic Michael Shermer writes about the doping scandals plaguing cycling, baseball and other sports, and he suggests how to curb those practices.

As a way to combat the doping scandals that were destroying its sport, the cycling union in 2008 started an antidoping effort called the biological passport program.

And then there were the scandals: match - fixing scandals, betting scandals, referee scandals, blackmail scandals, cheating scandals, and doping scandals.

The effect of cycling's doping scandals was arguably most damaging in the United States, however.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea A second Russian athlete has tested positive for a performance - enhancing drug at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, a major blow for the nation's hopes of regaining its Olympic status and drawing a line under years of doping scandals.

Doping scandals surrounding Russian and Kenyan athletes could cast a shadow over the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Lance Armstrong resigned from his Livestrong foundation, created to raise funds for cancer research, as he faced charges in a widespread doping scandal that has cost him his medals and his corporate sponsorships.

Bryan Fogel's quest to show how easy it is for athletes to dope (by doping himself) led to his stumbling across the biggest Olympic doping scandal of all time — and we're there for the entire ride.

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Floyd Landis is best known for his 2006 Tour de France title - which he was later stripped of after his involvement in a major doping scandal.

Reading about Sakho getting caught out with doping scandal and I'm wondering about Leicester, it's probably unfair of me but I couldn't help wondering all the same.

The ruling comes on an difficult day for Lord Coe, who has been accused of withholding information to MPs over the Russian doping scandal.

Despite her fitness and mindset having been in question, with her coach Jama Aden embroiled in a doping scandal, Dibaba had still been considered the favourite ahead of the Games.

It has been revealed that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not believe his team will be done any favours in the Dinamo Zagreb doping scandal.

Baseball's chief arbitrator has slapped Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez with a 162 - game suspension in connection with the Biogenesis doping scandal.

In a surprise move, the doc jury also invented a new trophy, which they dubbed the «Orwell Award» (for an era of «post-truth, double - speak, and alternative facts») and presented to Bryan Fogel's «Icarus,» about the whistle - blower behind the Russian sports doping scandal.

The Program (2015): A by - the - book story about Lance Armstrong's doping scandal that suffers from the problem that plagues many biopics: namely, it operates with the understanding that we already know the real story (or most of it), so it doesn't work that hard to make the characters seem real or to make the emotional beats land with any sense.

This remarkable film, which shockingly stumbled on to the Russian Olympic athlete doping scandal, led to the banning of the Russian team from the Winter Olympics and resulted in the film's key subject and whistleblower, Grigory Rodchenkov, being put into a U.S. witness relocation program.

The breakdown: Speaking of docs that went for a lot of money, there's this dive into the world of the Russian athletic doping scandal, produced by the same company as «Step,» in fact.

Fogel, a comedian and amateur cyclist, is fascinated by the doping scandal of Lance Armstrong and decides to put himself through a similar regimen to see how much it helps.

Stephen Frears)-- World Premiere Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) directs Ben Foster in this docudrama about disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong's doping scandal and downfall.

This Netflix Original documentary takes a deep dive into the 2016 Sochi Olympics doping scandal and its effects on the larger sports community.

Icarus Filmmaker Bryan Fogel's self - experimentation and its effect on his cycling performance leads him into the heart of the state - sponsored Russian Olympic doping scandal.

The Lance Armstrong doping scandal has been explored in documentaries such as «The Armstrong Lie» and «Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story»; now comes Stephen Frears» narrative take on the seven - time Tour de France winner (played by Ben Foster) who was stripped of his victories after an investigation revealed his systematic use of performance - enhancing drugs.

In his pursuit to fool the authorities, the filmmaker recruits the help of Grigory Rodchenkov, the man who is credited for orchestrating the biggest doping scandal in Olympic history.

February 23, 2018 • In the shadow of a doping scandal, Russian athletes, friends and fans are gathering at a hospitality venue during the Winter Games.

As Rodchenkov decides to finally come clean about Russia's doping scandal during the 2012 and 2014 Olympics, the documentary shifts from a vaguely interesting experiment to the revelation of a full - blown conspiracy.

If you want to understand why Russia has been banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics and how the country was able to get away with this doping scandal for so long, Icarus is a must watch.

In California and Florida, state lawmakers alarmed by the unfolding doping scandal in professional baseball introduced legislation this year that would require...

I temporarily interupt this investing blog to give my thoughts on Le Tour de France and the doping scandal du jour.

Bird & Bird has acted on a number of sporting mandates recently including the sale of Wolves FC and the Russian athletics doping scandal

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Suspicions of a doping violation have rocked the Russian team, which have been trying to draw a line under years of drug - cheating scandals, and shocked the sport of curling, where steady hands and sharp eyes outweigh physical fitness.

A Russian Olympic medallist has left the Pyeongchang Winter Games on suspicion of doping, a team official said on Monday, in a scandal that has shocked his teammates and could imperil Russia's efforts to regain full Olympic status.

Gethsemane tells the story of corruption and scandal at the very top of a Labour government: fundraising by a flamboyant music mogul in return for unspecified rewards, a dope - smoking, gangbanging teenager and a HomeSecretary with a dodgy businessman for a husband.

If you've ever been curious about the international scandal that was the Olympic Russian team's doping charges — then you need to watch this.

Bryan Fogel's film sees the director set out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, only for a chance meeting with a Russian scientist to transform his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death, and Olympic Gold — exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.

Looking to provide an in depth view of the Lance Armstrong scandal is «The Program,» an exploration of the shocking doping deception behind the Tour de France winner's success and the people who worked to uncover the truth.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: The Orwell Award was presented to: Icarus (Director: Bryan Fogel)-- When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold — exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.