https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Newly-crowned world champion Alejandro Valverde headlines the season-finale Tour of Lombardy on Saturday looking for his first win in a race where he has twice finished runner-up. https://www.thelocal.it/20181012/world-champ-valverde-eyes-maiden-tour-of-lombardy-triumph Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:15:00 +0200 world-champ-valverde-eyes-maiden-tour-of-lombardy-triumph Italian athletes topped the rankings of drug cases in 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency revealed on Thursday in its annual report. https://www.thelocal.it/20180427/italian-athletes-are-the-worlds-worst-doping-cheats Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:19:18 +0200 italian-athletes-are-the-worlds-worst-doping-cheats The investigation into the death of cyclist Linas Rumsas, son of former professional rider Raimondas Rumsas, led on Thursday to sweeping arrests at his former Altopack amateur team, Italian prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180208/italian-cycling-doping-linas-rumsas-altopack-eppela Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:30:08 +0100 italian-cycling-doping-linas-rumsas-altopack-eppela Benevento captain Fabio Lucioni on Wednesday apologized after posts on his Instagram account wishing death on those who imposed a one-year doping ban on him. https://www.thelocal.it/20180118/benevento-football-captain-fabio-lucioni-apologizes-over-instagram-death-posts-doping-ban Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:24:23 +0100 benevento-football-captain-fabio-lucioni-apologizes-over-instagram-death-posts-doping-ban Italian beach volleyball player Viktoria Orsi Toth has been excluded from the Rio Olympics after failing a doping test, the Italian federation said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160805/olympics-italy-beach-volley-player-banned-from-rio Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:44:32 +0200 olympics-italy-beach-volley-player-banned-from-rio Olympic triple jump bronze medallist Fabrizio Donato was among eight Italian athletes, including several hoping to compete at the Rio Games, cleared of doping violations on Monday by the country's anti-doping tribunal. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/eight-italians-cleared-of-doping-violations Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:00:25 +0100 eight-italians-cleared-of-doping-violations Italian Matteo Rabottini was on Wednesday suspended for 21 months for using the banned blood booster EPO, cycling's world body the UCI announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20150513/cycling-italian-rabottini-banned-for-doping Wed, 13 May 2015 13:30:55 +0200 cycling-italian-rabottini-banned-for-doping Three Italian athletes accused of doping after setting a new national record in the 4x100 metres were cleared of any wrongdoing by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150123/italian-sprinters-cleared-of-doping-claims Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:21:00 +0100 italian-sprinters-cleared-of-doping-claims A doctor banned for life for doping offences involving top athletes including Lance Armstrong has hit back at reports of a secret meeting with members of the embattled Astana cycling team. https://www.thelocal.it/20141209/banned-doping-doctor-denies-astana-link Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:09:00 +0100 banned-doping-doctor-denies-astana-link Police officers involved in investigating the death of top Italian cyclist Marco Pantani have threatened to start defamation proceedings following a spate of new press reports questioning their professionalism, it emerged on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/pantani-probe-officers-threaten-to-sue Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:43:35 +0100 pantani-probe-officers-threaten-to-sue Four nurses in Pistoia, northern Italy, have been accused of stealing medicine from the hospital pharmacy to sell on the black market to the town's amateur cycling community. https://www.thelocal.it/20140228/italian-nurses-in-cyclist-doping-scandal Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:53:00 +0100 italian-nurses-in-cyclist-doping-scandal Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego was among 28 people connected to the Lampre team charged with doping-related offences, the Padua prosecutor's office said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130719/italian-cyclist-charged-with-doping Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:06:00 +0200 italian-cyclist-charged-with-doping