Tag: Doping
Russian Akkaev gets 8-year ban for third doping offence
MOSCOW: Russia’s former world weightlifting champion Khadzhimurat Akkaev has been banned for eight years for a third doping offence since 2005, the domestic weightlifting...
Doping agency denies trying to bully athletes’ representative
NEW YORK: The World Anti-Doping Agency denied on Friday that it had disrespected or attempted to bully athletes’ representative Beckie Scott during a debate...
PCB slaps 4 month ban on Ahmad Shahzad for doping
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned cricketer Ahmad Shahzad for four months following his violating of the board's anti-doping rules, a press release said...
Indian boxing coach denies doping days before Commonwealth Games begin
BRISBANE: India's men's boxing coach denied any doping had taken place on Monday after syringes were found in the Commonwealth Games athletes' village, saying one...
Arbitration court lifts life ban on 28 Russians accused of doping
SOCHI: The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday lifted life bans on 28 of the 43 Russians accused of doping at the 2014...
Probe launched as Russian athletes withdraw before doping tests
MOSCOW: The Russian track-and-field federation says it has launched an investigation after dozens of athletes suddenly withdrew from a competition in Irkutsk following the...
Chinese marathon champion banned for eight years over doping
BEIJING: China's national marathon champion and Olympian Wang Jiali has been banned for eight years after failing a drugs test, her second violation, the...
Report reveals high level of drug use in athletes
The study, conducted by researchers from Germany’s University of Tuebingen and Harvard Medical School in 2011, found that more than 30 percent of world championship participants and over 45 percent of athletes at the 2011 Pan-Arab Games said they had taken banned drugs.
Paralympics ban over doping is grave human rights abuse
The head of the Russian Paralympic Committee said on Monday a decision to bar Russian athletes from taking part in next month's Rio Paralympics...
Call for Russia ban from Olympics after probe finds state-run doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) called for Russia to be completely banned from the Rio Olympics and other international sport after an investigation found...
Premier League footballers, English cricketer prescribed banned drugs, says report
English Premier League footballers were among 150 sports stars prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs, a London doctor claimed in an expose by The Sunday Times.
The...
Nadal plans to sue France’s ex-sports minister over doping allegation
Rafael Nadal stepped up his attack on Sunday on those who label him a drugs cheat, threatening to sue the French ex-sports minister who...
Irina Maracheva among four Russians banned for doping
European 800m silver medallist Irina Maracheva has been banned for two years by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for doping.
Race walker Anna Lukyanova has...
Sri Lanka recalls Kusal Perera over doping
Sri Lanka Monday recalled wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera from New Zealand after he tested positive for a banned steroid, the national cricket board said.
The 25-year-old...
Murray outraged by blood bag ruling
Britain's tennis star Andy Murray has waded into the row over Operacion Puerto by blasting a Spanish court's order that the evidence be destroyed...
Tennis steps up fight against doping
Tennis is to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme this year to boost the sport's fight against doping.
The International Tennis Federation, which manages and...
Armstrong refuses USADA interview
Lance Armstrong has refused to be interviewed under oath by the United States Anti-Doping Agency's officials, his attorney confirmed.
The USADA had given the disgraced...
