Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro cleared in doping case involving bee sting

October 10th, 2009 ROME - A doping case involving international defender Fabio Cannavaro appears set to be dismissed as a sports prosecutor ascertained that it was based on a miscommunication, Italian media reported Saturday. The 36-year-old player of Juventus was treated with an anti-allergy drug after being stung by a hornet.

October 9th, 2009 Cannavaro set to join Italy despite doping caseROME — Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro will join the team as scheduled Sunday despite failing a doping test, his coach Marcello Lippi said. Cannavaro's club team Juventus has said the failed test was the result of cortisone used to treat a bee sting.

October 9th, 2009 ROME - Italy's World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro failed a drug test in September but could escape sanction as an anti-allergy treatment could have caused him to test positive. Italian media reported late Thursday that Cannavaro's club Juventus alerted the National Olympic committee (CONI) that the veteran defender, 36, had been treated with a cortisone injection after being stung by a hornet.

October 9th, 2009 Cannavaro awaits ruling after positive doping testROME — Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro is awaiting a decision on whether he will be punished for failing a doping test, allegedly for cortisone used to treat a bee sting. Ettore Torri, anti-doping prosecutor for the Italian Olympic Committee, held a hearing with Cannavaro and Juventus medical director Bartolomeo Goitre in Turin on Thursday, hours after the positive test was made public.

October 8th, 2009 Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro fails doping testROME — Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has failed a doping test, with his club Juventus saying Thursday it was the result of cortisone used to treat a bee sting. The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor, Ettore Torri, opened an investigation.

September 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has dropped a defamation case against the publisher of a French newspaper and a journalist over doping claims. Thorpe had sued the daily sports newspaper L'Equipe, its publisher, and journalist Damien Ressiot, over an article published in March 2007.

September 24th, 2009 Valverde stays in Swiss hotel, avoids Italian raidMENDRISIO, Switzerland — Alejandro Valverde and his Spanish road race teammates have checked into a Swiss hotel, avoiding possible raids by Italian authorities during the cycling world championships. The Spanish cycling federation said Thursday that its elite men's team was now staying at the five-star Eden hotel on the banks of Lake Lugano to prepare for its gold medal race Sunday.

September 3rd, 2009 Jamaica appeals tribunal clears sprinter BrooksKINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks has been cleared of doping. A Jamaican appeals tribunal Thursday agreed with a disciplinary panel's decision to clear Brooks because her backup sample was tested without her knowledge.

August 12th, 2009 IAAF still awaiting Jamaican doping informationBERLIN — The world athletics federation is still awaiting information on a ruling that cleared five Jamaican athletes of doping and a decision on their participation in the world championships is likely to come close to Saturday's opening. "We are following the matter.

July 19th, 2009 FIG bans gymnast, fines Taiwan body in doping caseLAUSANNE, Switzerland — The governing body of gymnastics has fined and criticized the Taiwanese federation for its conduct in a doping case involving a teenage athlete. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Chiu Shih-Hui after the 18-year-old aerobic gymnast tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide.

July 16th, 2009 Cops arrest ex-Serbia cycling coach in doping raidROME — Italian police have arrested Serbia's former national cycling coach in an alleged doping ring involving both professional and amateur riders in northeastern Italy. Police in Padua said in a statement Thursday that another 30 people were suspected of being involved in the doping ring, including 12 professional cyclists, executives of pharmaceutical companies and three directors of cycling teams.

June 19th, 2009 Top court to hear Valverde appeal on doping banLAUSANNE, Switzerland — Sport's highest court says it will hear Alejandro Valverde's appeal to overturn a doping ban that stops the star cyclist from riding in the Tour de France. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday it will try to schedule the case as soon as possible.

June 15th, 2009 Carlos Bocanegra out of US lineup against ItalyPRETORIA, South Africa — U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra is out of the starting lineup for his team's Confederations Cup opener against Italy because of his strained right hamstring from a World Cup qualifier on June 6.

June 14th, 2009 PRETORIA - Former World Footballer of the Year Fabio Cannavaro is likely to miss Italy's opening Group B Confederations Cup match against the US here Monday. The defender, who needs just three more games to break Paolo Maldini's record of 126 games for the Azzurri, is suffering from an injury to his right calf and could also miss his side's second game against Egypt.

June 13th, 2009 Italy in defense crisis for its Confed Cup openerIRENE, South Africa — Italy faces defensive problems for its Confederations Cup opener against the United States on Monday, with injured captain Fabio Cannavaro almost certainly out and replacement Nicola Legrottaglie also in doubt. Alessandro Gamberini, an inexperienced defender, most likely will team with Giorgio Chiellini in central defense against the U.S.