6-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon gets license to return after doping ban for cocaine

October 11th, 2009 57-year-old jockey wins steeplechase racePARDUBICE, Czech Republic — A 57-year-old jockey rode Tiumen to victory at the Velka Pardubicka steeplechase in the Czech Republic. Jocky Josef Vana won the 4.3-mile race, which is considered one of the toughest in Europe.

October 10th, 2009 Zenyatta stays perfect, wins 13th straight raceARCADIA, Calif. — Zenyatta has done it again, running her record to 13-0 with a victory in the $300,000 Lady's Secret Stakes.

October 10th, 2009 Mine That Bird finishes 6th in Goodwood StakesARCADIA, Calif. — Mine That Bird missed the winner's circle again Saturday, finishing sixth behind upset winner Gitano Hernando in the $350,000 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita.

September 5th, 2009 Fallon wins for 1st time since cocaine banWOLVERHAMPTON, England — Jockey Kieren Fallon has his first winner since returning from an 18-month ban for cocaine use. The 44-year-old six-time champion jockey was aboard Our Kes at Wolverhampton on Saturday.

August 17th, 2009 Jockey faces cocaine charges in upstate New YorkSARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr.

August 15th, 2009 BALTIMORE - US swimming star Michael Phelps came out unscathed after his car collided with another vehicle in his hometown here but would be booked for running a red light and driving with an expired license, police said. Phelps gave the police an expired Michigan license, even though he is a resident of the state of Maryland, the Baltimore Sun reported.

August 6th, 2009 ITF appeals doping ruling that cleared GasquetLONDON — The International Tennis Federation has appealed a doping ruling that essentially cleared tennis player Richard Gasquet, who was said to have inadvertently taken cocaine by kissing a woman in a nightclub. The ITF said Thursday it was appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after an independent tribunal's decision last month exonerated Gasquet for a positive cocaine test.

July 28th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Denmark's Michael Rasmussen hopes to return to cycling's elite after serving his two-year ban for doping even at the ripe old age of 35. Rasmussen, who was kicked out of the 2007 Tour while leading after lying about his whereabouts in connection with doping tests, finished second in the Designa Grandprix in Kjellerup Monday on his return to competition since his ban expired on Saturday.

July 24th, 2009 Jockey Rafael Bejarano undergoes surgeryDEL MAR, Calif. — Jockey Rafael Bejarano has undergone surgery and is doing well in the hospital a day after he sustained serious facial injuries in a spill at Del Mar.

July 16th, 2009 WADA asks court to ban cyclist Hamilton for lifeLAUSANNE, Switzerland — The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked the sport's highest court to ban U.S. cyclist Tyler Hamilton for life for doping.

July 16th, 2009 Ex-NFL player gets 3 years in cocaine caseBILLINGS, Mont. — Former NFL player Travis Henry has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for financing a drug trafficking operation that moved cocaine between Denver and Montana.

July 15th, 2009 Gasquet cleared to resume playing tennisLONDON — Richard Gasquet escaped a lengthy doping ban Wednesday when the International Tennis Federation ruled that he inadvertently took cocaine. The 23-year-old Frenchman, who was cleared to resume playing after completing a 2½-month ban Wednesday, convinced an independent anti-doping tribunal that he ingested cocaine by kissing a woman he met at a nightclub in Miami.

June 19th, 2009 PARIS - Organisers of the Tour de France have said they would not allow 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen to take part in this year's race because he tested positive for cocaine. "Tom Boonen's image and behaviour are incompatible with the image of the Tour de France," the Amaury Sports Orgainzation said Thursday in a statement issued in Paris.

June 5th, 2009 PARIS - Richard Gasquet, facing a two-year ban after testing positive at the Miami Masters, said Friday he might have come into contact with cocaine at a party before the event which he did not play due to injury. The under-fire Frenchman told French radio Europe 1 that a person he did not identify had offered him the drug but he had refused.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - Tottenham Hotspurs and England striker Jermain Defoe, 26, is to lose his license after being found guilty of two speeding offences. According to The Sun, Defoe was also convicted of failing to declare who was behind the wheel for both offences.