If a fighter was going to cheat and knew he could get away with it, EPO would have to be among the choices he’d have to strongly consider taking. It is a powerful drug that increases red blood cell ...

Sportsmen and women have been known to dope with the blood hormone Epo to enhance their performance. Researchers have now discovered, through animal testing, that Epo has a performance-enhancing ...

PARIS -- A French inquiry into sports doping uncovered proof that 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani and runner-up Jan Ullrich used the banned blood-booster EPO to fuel their performances.

Epo is a hormone sometimes misused by athletes to boost their endurance. Since the test to identify the drug's presence was introduced in 2000, 33 labs have been accredited by the World Anti-Doping ...

LANCE charts the rise and fall of former pro cyclist Lance Armstrong—and if you’re unfamiliar with his story, which was damn near a world event at its peak, here’s the gist. For most of the ’90s and ...

The United States Anti-Doping Agency has suspended former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw for two years for testing positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) before a flyweight title fight against ...

A Kenyan television documentary purportedly showing a man being offered an injection of the blood booster EPO in a shop for $100 (£67) “corroborates” previous doping allegations in the country, the ...