Doping
SA long jump star Luvo Manyonga breaks silence on his 4-year ban
The apology comes after the Manyonga was handed a four-year ban in June for failing to make himself available for drug testing three times in a 12-month period...
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Anti-doping raid will prove our innocence, says Tour de France stage winner
It was Matej Mohoric's second win on this edition of the Tour, and was achieved after he joined an early break and then broke clear for a solo win at Libourne, with the main peloton several minutes adrift.
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Yastremska cleared to play after doping ban squashed
The 21-year-old, ranked 29 in the world at the end of 2020, received an initial ban after testing positive for a banned anabolic agent, mesterolone metabolite, used in male infertility treatment.
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Increased doping in pandemic 'not a particular worry', says WADA chief
With just one month to go before the Tokyo Olympics, Olivier Niggli, the director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), told AFP in an interview that testing levels had made a significant, and timely, recovery.
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US sprinter Coleman's suspension upheld, reduced to 18 months: CAS
Coleman was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit last December for two years from 14 May, 2020 after failing to turn up for tests three times in a 12-month-period.
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Ajax goalkeeper Onana suspended one year for doping
The club said in a statement Onana had 'mistakenly' taken his wife's medicine, which had led to the banned diuretic Furosemide appearing in his urine.
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Chinese star swimmer Sun Yang's 8-year doping ban overturned
The 29-year-old - the first Chinese swimmer to win Olympic gold - will now have a chance to state his case again at a second hearing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), based in the Swiss city of Lausanne, before the Tokyo games next year.
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Four-year doping ban for Springbok Dyantyi confirmed
The 26-year-old winger from Johannesburg franchise the Lions tested positive for metandienone, methyltestosterone and LGD-4033 while attending a Springbok camp last year.
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Ex-Springbok 'Chiliboy' Ralepelle loses appeal against 8-year doping ban
The independent appeal panel upheld the former Springbok rugby player's eight-year doping ban after he tested positive for the banned anabolic agent, Zeranol, during a Sharks rugby training session on 17 January 2019.
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World 100m champion Coleman to appeal two-year ban
Coleman, who won the men's 100 metres at last year's World Championships in Doha in a world-leading time for the season of 9.76 seconds, was provisionally suspended for three 'whereabouts failures' in June.
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World 100m champion Coleman suspended for two years
The American, who won the men's 100 metres at last year's world championships in Doha, was provisionally suspended for three 'whereabouts failures' in June. World Athletics' Disciplinary Tribunal upheld the charge and banned Coleman for two years, backdated to 14 May, 2020.
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'Nothing to hide' - Tour de France team leader denies doping
Police detained two people from the Arkea-Samsic team on Monday. French daily Le Parisien reported that they were a doctor and physiotherapist.
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Two in custody in Tour de France doping probe
The probe is the first significant one in several years for the repeatedly scandal-hit tour which wrapped up on Sunday in Paris with a victory for 21-year-old Tadej Pogacar, who became the youngest winner in more than a century.
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Four-year ban for Kenyan marathon star Kipsang over doping rules violation
Kipsang, who claimed the world record during the 2013 Berlin marathon and is the only person to have beaten current holder Eliud Kipchoge over the distance, was found guilty of 'whereabouts failures and tampering by providing false evidence and witness testimony'.
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Athletics chiefs put Russia on hold as world champion threatens to quit 'chaos'
RusAF had until 1 July to send the global body a $5 million (4.45 million euro) fine and $1.31 million in other costs following accusations it had helped 2017 world high jump silver medallist Danil Lysenko avoid a sanction for failing to comply with anti-doping measures.
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World 100m champion Coleman suspended over new missed test
The American sprinter is "suspended temporarily from participating in any competition or activity", said the Athletics Integrity Unit, World Athletics' anti-doping arm.
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Former London Marathon winner Wanjiru provisionally suspended
The AIU noted on their official website on Tuesday that a charge had been issued against Wanjiru for “use of a prohibited substance/method”.
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'I lost an important Olympic moment,' says Chad le Clos
Yes, Chad le Clos wants his Olympic gold medal after losing to drug cheat China's Sun Yang in Rio 2016, but SA's swimming superstar laments that what he lost cannot be returned.
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for doping offence
A vial of Sun's own blood sample was smashed with a hammer during the testing session, but the swimmer was acquitted by FINA of anti-doping violations, agreeing that testers had failed to produce adequate identification.
