Astana
(1999 pop. 319,300). Astana (Akmolinsk until 1961, Tselinograd from 1961 to 1992, and Aqmola from 1992 to 1998) is the capital of Kazakhstan and is located on the Ishim River in north-central K...
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Berlin (dpa) - German cyclist Matthias Kessler of the Astana team
has tested positive for the banned hormone testosterone at a random
doping control, the team said Wednesday...
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Geneva (dpa) - The embattled Astana cycling team, which has faced
a series of doping scandals this year, has applied for a new ProTour
licence and will retain its sponsor un...
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Geneva (dpa) - The embattled Astana cycling team, which has faced
a series of doping scandals this year, has applied for a new ProTour
licence and will retain its sponsor un...
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Hamburg (dpa) - The Astana cycling team plans no internal doping
probe ahead of the Tour de France, team leader Marc Biver said amid
conflicting reports whether its Belgian ...
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Pau, France (dpa) - Disgraced Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana
team face a multi-million euros lawsuit from the Predictor-Lotto team
over missed publicity at the Tour de ...
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Hamburg (dpa) - German cyclist Andreas Kloeden has withdrawn from
a two-week training camp with the Astana team in Switzerland and has
criticized team-mate Andrej Kashechkin...
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Paris (dpa) - The Swiss-based Astana team has quit the Tour de
France after its leader, Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, tested
positive for a homologous blood transfusio...
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Amsterdam (dpa) - The Astana cycling team on Monday announced the
firing of star rider Alexandre Vinokourov over a doping offence at
the Tour de France.
The s...
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Moscow (dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakh
counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana on Thursday, as the two
used a string of energy agreements and a c...
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Team Astana missed last year's Tour de France over a doping probe. Now, its star riders have another problem: crashes on the course.Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Kloeden, the Swiss squad's top t...
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Astana
Astana rider Kessler tests positive
