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Doctor accused of helping top athletes dope

Sport: 31 Jan 12
A doctor considered well connected to several German Olympians is being investigated on suspicion of performing blood doping transfusions for nearly 30 elite athletes. READ »

Official didn't apologise to maligned speedskater

Sport: 7 Jan 12
The vice president of the International Skating Union (ISU) has denied telling German speed skater Claudia Pechstein that he was sorry for her two-year suspension from competition that forced her to miss the 2010 Winter Olympics. READ »

Art swindler quartet jailed for forgery scam

Society: 27 Oct 11
A German court sentenced a ring of four art forgers Thursday for copying Expressionist artworks by masters such as Max Ernst and Max Pechstein and selling them in a Europe-wide scam that even duped US comedian Steve Martin. READ »

Man admits multi-million euro art forgery

Society: 28 Sep 11
A German man has admitted engaging in a spectacular series of art forgeries, faking at least 14 “masterpieces” that he said were the work of famous artists and selling them for millions of euros. READ »

Spectacular art forgery trial begins in Cologne

Society: 1 Sep 11
One of the most audacious art forgery cases in German history went on trial in Cologne on Thursday, with four people accused of making €16 million euros from selling fake modern masterpieces. READ »

Speed skater Pechstein set on Olympics despite doping ban

Sport: 8 Feb 11
German speed skater Claudia Pechstein has said she is determined to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, although technically she remains banned after serving a two-year suspension for doping. READ »

Enke's suicide changed little in German sports, expert says

Sport: 8 Nov 10
Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke’s tragic suicide has changed little in “brutal” professional football, a leading sports philosophy professor said, ahead of the anniversary of his death on Wednesday. READ »

German Olympians look to dominate winter games

Sport: 28 Jan 10
Germany will be looking to stay top of the Winter Olympics medal table at Vancouver despite a morale-sapping doping scandal which claimed multiple gold-medal winner Claudia Pechstein. READ »

Speed skater Pechstein makes provisional Olympic squad

Sport: 22 Jan 10
The German Speed Skating Federation (DESG) on Friday included Claudia Pechstein in a provisional squad list for the German 2010 Winter Olympics team, despite her two-year suspension for doping. READ »

Banned Pechstein gets permission to compete

Sport: 8 Dec 09
Germany’s five-time Olympic champion speed skater Claudia Pechstein will be allowed to compete at the World Cup events in Salt Lake City despite her doping ban, following a surprise decision from a Swiss court on Tuesday. READ »

Court upholds Pechstein blood-related doping ban

Sport: 25 Nov 09
Germany's Olympic champion speedskater Claudia Pechstein remains barred from the sport after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday rejected her appeal against a ban due to irregularities in her blood. READ »

Pechstein blames lab for failed doping test

Sport: 6 Aug 09
German speedskating star Claudia Pechstein, whose bid to compete in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver has been hit by a two-year ban for blood doping, on Thursday blamed a lab error for her failed drugs test. READ »

German speed skater Pechstein banned for doping

Sport: 4 Jul 09
German speed skate star Claudia Pechstein on Friday hotly proclaimed her innocence after the International Skating Union handed her a two-year ban for blood doping which would force her to miss next year's Winter Games in Vancouver. READ »

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