http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/14/doping-in-tennis-is-andy-murray-onto-something/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/14/doping-in-tennis-is-andy-murray-onto-something/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:00:38 +0000 Charles Reynolds http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29885 While the revelations about doping in cycling are in many cases not new or particularly surprising, the spectacular fall of an athlete previously idolised by so many and the subsequent destruction of his ill-gotten legacy has had a huge impact on cycling and raised wider concerns about drug taking in other sports as well.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/14/doping-in-tennis-is-andy-murray-onto-something/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/24/lance-armstrong-norway-richard-iii-live-while-were-young/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/24/lance-armstrong-norway-richard-iii-live-while-were-young/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:24:42 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27750 What's trending and why?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/24/lance-armstrong-norway-richard-iii-live-while-were-young/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/09/doping-does-not-undermine-the-olympic-spirit/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/09/doping-does-not-undermine-the-olympic-spirit/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:00:50 +0000 Douglas Morton http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27214 The furore over drug use in professional sport has escalated to monumental proportions in recent times. The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) inquisitional enthusiasm to prevent any kind of doping has resulted in the institution of one of the most intrusive and inhumane inspection systems ever conceived.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/09/doping-does-not-undermine-the-olympic-spirit/feed/ 20 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/tom-daley-twitter-ye-shiwen-guy-adams-nbcfail-maeve-binchy/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/tom-daley-twitter-ye-shiwen-guy-adams-nbcfail-maeve-binchy/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:43:34 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26945 What's trending and why? ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/tom-daley-twitter-ye-shiwen-guy-adams-nbcfail-maeve-binchy/feed/ 0