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Bahrain's Ramzi stripped of medal

Sports | Doping
2009-11-19

BAHRAIN'S Olympic 1,500 meters champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal for doping at the Beijing 2008 Games, a source within the Olympic movement said yesterday. "Ramzi has been stripped of...

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Barron fails in his bid to lift dope ban

Sports | Doping
2009-11-18

A FEDERAL judge on Monday denied American golfer Doug Barron's request to lift a 12-month ban for a doping violation, saying it would be unfair on other golfers trying to qualify for next year's events. Barron,...

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Wickmayer shuns Bali after doping

Sports | Doping
2009-11-7

YANINA Wickmayer has quit the Tournament of Champions in Bali, Jakarta, and left the resort island mid-event after receiving a doping ban from Belgian authorities, the tournament's director said yesterday. Wickmayer,...

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Agassi cries for sympathy

Sports | Doping
2009-11-7

ANDRE Agassi, mired in controversy after admitting to using crystal meth, pleaded for compassion from his critics in a television interview. During the 60 Minutes interview, to be broadcast on Sunday, Agassi discussed...

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4 Jamaican athletes given three-month bans

Sports | Doping
2009-9-15

FOUR of five Jamaican athletes hauled before a doping tribunal for using a banned stimulant were banned for three months yesterday. The Jamaica Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal banned Marvin Anderson, Lansford Spence,...

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Doped runners

Sports | Doping
2009-9-6

FOUR Jamaican runners have acknowledged using a banned substance and are awaiting disciplinary action. Yohan Blake, Lansford Spence, Marvin Anderson and Allodin Fothergill pleaded guilty at a special tribunal assembled...

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Jamaican commission to appeal doping ruling

Sports | Doping
2009-8-11

JAMAICA'S Anti-Doping Commission said yesterday it will appeal a ruling that had cleared five Jamaican athletes of doping at their national championships in June. The commission released a statement saying it...

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3 Brazilian athletes banned for two years

Sports | Doping
2009-8-7

THREE Brazilian athletes have been suspended for two years after testing positive for a banned substance, the Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt) said yesterday. Sprinters Bruno Tenorio and Jorge Celio Sena...

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5 Brazilian athletes fail doping tests, return home

Sports | Doping
2009-8-5

FIVE Brazilian athletes training in Germany for this month's world championships have failed out of competition doping tests and will return home, the Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt) has said. According...

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Dubai ruler gets ban over horse doping

Sports | Doping
2009-8-5

THE International Equestrian Federation has banned its president's husband from riding in endurance races for six months after his horse twice failed doping tests. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler...

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Jamaicans to miss worlds as hearings continue

Sports | Doping
2009-8-4

THE five Jamaican athletes who tested positive for a banned stimulant will miss the world championships due to their doping hearings not being completed, a Jamaican athletics official said yesterday. The five,...

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5 cyclists face UCI doping charges

Sports | Doping
2009-6-19

FIVE cyclists face doping charges based on suspicious test results gathered in a pioneering blood profiling system. The International Cycling Union (UCI) said it wants disciplinary cases opened against three Spaniards...

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Gasquet Denies Using Cocaine

Sports | Doping
2009-6-6

EMBATTLED French player Richard Gasquet, who tested positive for cocaine in March, said yesterday he had never knowingly used the banned substance. "I have never taken any cocaine in my life, I can swear it," world...

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Olympian gets jail over drug charges

Sports | Doping
2009-5-30

AUSTRALIAN Olympic silver medalist and former world kayaking champion Nathan Baggaley was sentenced to at least five years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of supplying and manufacturing ecstasy...

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Bodybuilders take off after drug testers show up

Sports | Doping
2009-5-20

THE Belgian bodybuilding championships were canceled over the weekend after all competitors fled when doping officials showed up. After a spate of positive doping tests over the past years in Belgium, the championships...