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Spain passed a new anti-doping law on Thursday in an effort to clean up the country's tarnished image after the Operation Puerto case and boost Madrid's bid for the 2020 Olympics.

Russian rider Nikita Novikov was provisionally suspended on Friday by the International Cycling Union after testing positive for doping.

Anti-doping experts reported progress Thursday in the search for a reliable test for gene doping, although they still don't know when it will be ready for use in competition.

Giro d'Italia stage winner Mauro Santambrogio tested positive for EPO from a sample given on the opening day of the race last month and has been temporarily suspended by cycling's governing body.

Cycling federation President Pat McQuaid is waiting for a visit and an apology from Lance Armstrong.

Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping.

Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez has told FIFA.com that he welcomes improved doping controls but does not believe it is an issue in football.

Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.

Olympic leaders held a summit meeting on doping and match-fixing but declined to give any details of the discussions.

The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is criticizing cycling's governing body for failing to take decisive action to clean up the sport since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn't paint a pretty picture.

The World Anti-Doping Agency's top officials spent the weekend honing a new global code that includes doubling suspensions for some drug cheats.

Vijay Singh filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour on Wednesday, claiming the Tour subjected him to "public humiliation and ridicule for months" after he admitted to using deer-antler spray, which was at the time on the Tour's list of banned substances.

Cyclists and team directors at the Giro d'Italia have condemned a Spanish court's decision this week to destroy the blood bags seized in the Operation Puerto doping case.

Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into individuals involved in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.