A Greek prosecutor today launched an official investigation into the circumstances surrounding the positive dope test given by Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, a judicial source said. Sampanis, ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis received a suspended six-month prison sentence Friday for taking a banned substance during the 2004 Athens Olympics. Sampanis, who denies any ...

Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis has been charged with intentionally taking performance-enhancing drugs at the Athens Olympics by Greek prosecutors, a judicial source said on Monday. Sampanis, who ...

Greece's first Athens Games medallist, weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, has tested positive for a banned drug, his coach Christos Iakovou said. "The boy is a wreck and I cannot imagine what could have ...

Athens: Greece’s first medallist Leonidas Sampanis here on Saturday denied taking banned substances despite testing positive for the male hormone testosterone. The IOC will announce on Sunday whether ...

Greece are to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) after weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal. Sampanis was third in the 62kg category but a doping test showed ...

ATHENS — He swore on his children — his “two little angels” — that he’s clean. In Greek terms, there’s no more powerful oath. This is the Olympics, though, and the real authority rests with the ...

Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis handed back his Athens Olympic bronze medal Sunday after failing dope test. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned the twice Olympic silver medallist ...