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Dr Richard Freeman: Guilty verdict and the questions it raises - why this saga is far from over By Dan RoanBBC sports editor Last updated on 13 March 202113 March 2021.From the section Cycling Watch BBC sports editor Dan Roan's report on ex-British Cycling doctor found guilty of ordering banned testosterone Just over four months before the start of the Olympics, British sport has suffered arguably its most serious doping scandal. Is it really that bad? After all, Richard Freeman is not a household name. He left cycling four years ago. He is a medic, not an athlete. The delivery of testoster...

Richard Freeman insists he is “not a doping doctor” as he declared himself “shocked” at the “unbelievable” verdict delivered by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal earlier this week over an order for the drug Testogel made in 2011. On Friday, former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Freeman was found guilty of ordering testosterone knowing or believing it was to be illegally administered to a rider - the identity of whom has not been disclosed....

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The reputation of British cycling was dealt a severe blow Friday when a doctor involved in the country's transformation into an Olympic superpower and the Tour de...

On a dramatic day, which could have huge ramifications for the sport in the UK: – UKAD was urged to retest all samples from the years in which-Freeman was at Team Sky/British Cycling, as it was confirmed that it had charged the doctor with two anti-doping rule violations. – Shane Sutton, the former British Cycling head coach, said he had been used as a "scapegoat" and that it was important to find out who the doctor had ordered the drug for. – British Cycling described the findings as "extremely disturbing", admitting it was "a day for sober reflection" for the sport. – Julian Kn...

Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman is found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 "knowing or believing" it was to help dope a rider.