Pau Gasol to consider freezing sperm to avoid Zika (Yahoo Sports) Spain's Pau Gasol says he will consider freezing a sperm sample because of concerns over Zika if he decides to play in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 35-year-old Chicago Bulls center has yet to commit to playing for Spain. Gasol has led Spain to two consecutive silver medals after losing to the United States in the 2008 … [Read more...]

South Korean Olympic committee reaffirms Park ban (Yahoo Sports) South Korea's Olympic committee reaffirmed its decision to ban former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan from competing at the Rio de Janeiro Games even though he finished an 18-month doping suspension in March. The Korean Olympic Committee upheld on Thursday its decision not to change its rules that block athletes from … [Read more...]

Kremlin: It's unclear what WADA's latest doping allegations are based on (Reuters) The Kremlin said on Thursday it was unclear what the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was basing its allegations against Russia on in its latest report, which accused Russian athletes of still failing drug tests and of obstructing doping control officers. "These (allegations) need to be thoroughly analyzed by … [Read more...]

4 Olympic weightlifting champions fail doping retests (Yahoo Sports) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Four Olympic weightlifting gold medalists from Kazakhstan face sanctions after their doping samples were positive in retests from the 2012 London Games. … [Read more...]

Russia: We ready to help WADA with doping tests any way we can -Ifax (Reuters) (Adds quotes, details) MOSCOW, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Thursday his country was ready to assist the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in testing Russian sports people for doping any way it could, the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying. Mutko was speaking after WADA … [Read more...]