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UFC star Jon Jones has been fined $ 205,000 and had his fighting license revoked. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) found Jones guilty of violating anti-doping rules by using the banned anabolic steroid turinabol. Jones, 30, insisted the drug had accidentally entered his system prior to UFC 214, but has been banned from competition […]
SHE may have beaten a FINA doping panel ban but Rio Olympic swimming medallist Madeline Groves may still miss this week’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games selection trials. Australia head coach Jacco Verhaeren said the champion butterflier had entered the four-day trials starting on Wednesday but it remained to be seen whether Groves contested them after […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has disqualified bobsleigh athlete Nadezhda Sergeeva representing the Olympic Athletes (OAR) from Russia for violating the doping rules. Her results at the 2018 Olympics are annulled. The CAS decision published on Saturday morning follows the Russian Bobsleigh Federation’s report on Sergeeva’s positive tests for a banned drug. The […]
REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton A Russian athlete tested positive for using the banned performance-enhancing substance meldonium at the Winter Olympics after he and his wife won the bronze medal in mixed doubles curling. Yes, you read that right: curling. There’s an argument to made that an endurance boost could help with curling. But Alexander Krushelnitsky has a more […]
Three decades after the Ben Johnson scandal at the Seoul Olympics, doping is once again making headlines. Paul Melia, head of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, says the international sporting community could learn from Canada’s experiences when it comes to dealing with cheating.
The Winter Olympics officially began on Friday with the opening ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. After the parade of nations, IOC president Thomas Bach gave a speech that took a clear shot at Russia, saying athletes must “respect the rules and stay clean.” Russia is not being formally recognized at these Olympics due to sanctions against the country […]
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Sport’s highest tribunal on Thursday overturned the Olympic doping bans of 28 Russian athletes and reinstated their results at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi in upholding their appeals. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement that it had found insufficient evidence during last week’s hearing in Geneva that the 28, banned by the […]
Russian athletes and authorities have praised a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to clear 28 Russian sportsmen of doping allegations, allowing them to compete at the upcoming PyeongChang Olympic Games. “We are all happy that justice has finally been served,” Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov told journalists, adding that the CAS decision […]
“In 28 cases, the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) was committed by the athletes concerned. With respect to these 28 athletes, the appeals are upheld, the sanctions annulled and theirindividual results achieved in Sochi 2014 are reinstated,” the ruling said. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block […]
