British Olympic chief defends Chinese swimmer Ye
July 31st, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Colin Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has spoken out in defence of 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen against doping suspicions.Ye's swim in ... Read more...
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Russia bans three runners for sample tampering
July 3rd, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Athletics Federation announced Tuesday it has handed two-year bans to runners Svetlana Klyuka, Nailya Yulamanova and Yevgenia Zinurova for tampering with urine samples.Klyuka, ... Read more...
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U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspends Olympic champion for using penis enlargement drugs
October 19th, 2010 - 12:26 am ICT by BNO News
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Monday said it has suspended Olympic 400 meter champion LaShawn Merritt for using penis enlargement drugs, which qualified in ... Read more...
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Gold Medalist LaShawn Merritt Suspended; Tested Positive for ‘ExtenZe’
October 19th, 2010 - 12:03 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Olympic Gold Medal 400 meter champion LaShawn Merritt has been suspended for twenty-one months after testing positive for a male enhancement product, which contains banned testosterone ... Read more...
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Runner Clitheroe’s tweet rallies English to take part in Delhi CWG
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.23 (ANI): After three high-profile withdrawals, ace England runner Helen Clitheroe has used her Twitter account to issue a rally call to all English sportspersons to take part in the XIXth ... Read more...
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Semenya skips African Athletics Championships, to focus on CWG
July 12th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, July 12 (ANI): World 800 meter champion Caster Semenya has decided to give a miss to the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, as she says she is not yet ready to ... Read more...
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Caster Semenya planning a return to the track
January 15th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Johannesburg, Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The so-called hermaphrodite Caster Semenya has revealed her plans of returning back to the track. The South Africa's women's 800 meters world champion Caster Semenya, will ... Read more...
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