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The most enduring of boxing champions, 48-year-old Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins, knows that controversy sells, even when he's not intentionally trying to sell it.

MILAN: Australian Cadel Evans said he has not thrown in the towel ahead of his bid to overthrow Italian race leader Vincenzo Nibali and win this year's Giro d'Italia. Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion, is second overall at 1:26 behind Nibali heading into the final week of the race which features key mountain stages including an uphill time ... (more)

Garmin-Barracuda's Ryder Hesjedal of Canada smiles as he waits for the start of the 149-kilometre Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on May 24, 2012.

There's an old adage: "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying." Whoever developed that idea not only lacked a sense of morality, but also lacked respect for sports.

The Tour of California is a wrap for 2013, and race organisers are patting themselves on the back for crafting a south-to-north course that challenged riders on each of the eight days of racing.

Levi Leipheimer has confirmed to reporters in California that he is indeed retired after his six month ban for doping violations was completed on March 1. His contract with Omega Pharma-Quickstep was terminated in the fallout of the US Anti-Doping Agency's release of its full dossier of evidence in the case against Lance Armstrong.

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Three Rajasthan Royals players, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan have been charged with spot fixing in IPL 2013.

You can do it without flashing people. A-line or wider styles work best. Equip your bike with a skirt guard or fashion a garter out of a headband and safety pin.

YouTube turned eight years old on Sunday, reminding each of us in some odd way how young or old we really are.

Thomas De Gendt with Team Vacansoleil-DCM, leads the pack just ahead Jason MCartney with the Bissell Pro Cycling Team of USA as they sprint through Pt.

Nibali prefers warmer climates , but the Shark has erased any doubt about who is charge of this year's Giro d'Italia. In a weather-shortened stage 14, Nibali had such command of the race he could afford to play kingmaker at the same time as taking small, but important gains on his most direct GC rivals.

Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana Pro team crosses the line to take second place in the 14th stage of the 96th Giro d'Italia. Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA Welcome to the latest edition of the Gruppetto, your daily blogpost on the Giro d'Italia , reflecting on the previous stages and looking ahead to stage 15.

The army of road warriors spawned by Lance Armstrong obscured a more fundamental cycling shift: riding a bicycle is increasingly just another form of commuting in cities across North America.

Australian sprinter Matt Goss has welcomed the report of an independent review into his Orica-GreenEDGE team's anti-doping processes.

From left, spectators Mark Gong and Peter Myers encourage cyclist Lucas Sebastian Haedo during the Amgen Tour of California Stage 6 Time Trial, in San Jose, Calif.

Calling it a "heartbreaking" decision, defending champion Ryder Hesjedal has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia after struggling to regain the form that led him to victory in 2012.

JAMES TARANTO: President Asterisk: Why the Obama IRS scandal may be worse than "a cancer on the presidency." "No one can deny that Lance Armstrong and Mark McGwire were highly skilled athletes.

Is it true that the childless don't give a damn for the planet or its future? That's the criticism historian Niall Ferguson recently aimed at the late economist John Maynard Keynes, who was bisexual, married and childless: "Keynes was a homosexual and had no intention of having children," the Harvard historian told a business conference in ... (more)

Just 41 seconds separate Cadel Evans from the overall lead at the Giro d'Italia as the race faces into a crucial Alpine doubleheader this weekend, but " maglia rosa " seems something of a taboo expression on his BMC team for now.