Erythropoietin was part of Lance Armstrong's doping regimen, which led to one of the most dramatic falls from grace in sporting history. The drug is part of a practice called blood doping.

American Olympic swimmer Michael Brinegar has been handed a four-year ban for blood doping. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) said Brinegar, 24, had irregularities between July to ...

chuv.ch Objective and method: To outline the direct and indirect approaches in the fight against blood doping in sports, the different strategies that have been used and are currently being used to ...

The first-ever positive test for HGH in the sports world came earlier this year, when British doping authorities obtained a positive test for a rugby player. The HGH test requires a blood sample ...

Austrian investigators have launched an inquiry that could ensnare dozens of elite athletes in summer and winter Olympic sports in a major blood doping scandal. The inquiry was prompted by a ...

During the 1990s, ‘blood doping’ in the form of rHuEPO use and/or blood transfusions became widespread. In response, the IFs such as the International Cycling Union (UCI), FIFA and the IOC introduced ...