Asthma drug salbutamol, for which four time Tour de France winner Chris Froome returned a test revealing twice the permissible amount, is widely used in cycling circles.
What is salbutamol?
Widely prescribed as Ventolin in inhaler form to treat asthma as a fast action method of opening airways to and from the lungs at the onset of breathing difficulties. ItRead more
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pledged to establish an "independent" system to tackle doping in the country, but insisted again that the state had never run a drug cheating programme.
"We are creating a new system of fighting against doping," Putin was quoted as saying by TASS news agency in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
"We will transfer thisRead more