Brazilian police said on Monday they had detained a director of international sports hospitality company THG Sports and a woman working as an interpreter at the Rio Olympics on charges of fraudulent marketing of tickets for the Games.
The method for detecting the new designer steroid is being sent to IOC-accredited laboratories throughout the world.\n\n
Several athletes who competed in the world championships in August have tested positive for the new designer steroid THG.
The professional sports world was shocked last month when the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency reported that a new undetectable steroid -- THG -- had been created that allowed athletes to pass doping tests.
Rugby's anti-doping body said all samples taken during the remainder of the tournament would be tested for the newly-discovered drug.
The IAAF said the samples taken from the athletes matched initial A samples which were made known last month.
Brazilian police said on Tuesday they had uncovered emails between detained International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Hickey and the British owner of a ticketing company they said masterminded a scheme selling Olympic tickets illegally.
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Dwain Chambers is to attend a UK Athletics independent drugs disciplinary hearing on Thursday, British newspapers reported.
The stars tested negative after their urine samples were re-tested for the newly-discovered steroid THG.
The Olympic Games' central sport is tarnished and discredited even as officials have scrambled to defend its credibility.\n\n
The European 100 metres champion was banned for two years on Tuesday after failing a test for the new designer steroid THG.
The U.S. shot putt champion is one of four U.S. athletes who have tested positive for THG.
Brazilian police arrested Europe's top Olympic official in an early morning raid of his beachfront hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in connection with an investigation into ticket touting at the Olympics. The police said they had discovered evidence linking 71-year-old Irishman Pat Hickey to an international scheme to illegally pass Olympic tickets to touts who were reselling them at well above their original price.
Dwain Chambers achieved the first stage in his bid to run at the Beijing Olympics when he won the 100 metres final at the British trials on Saturday and must now await a legal ruling on his eligibility.
Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been stripped of his 2002 European 100 metres title after admitting he took the steroid THG that year.
Tim Montgomery has testified before a US federal grand jury which is investigating a company suspected of producing the steroid THG.
Potential punishments for Rio Ferdinand, who missed a drugs test in September, will be one of the topics discussed by FIFA's sports medical committee on Tuesday.
: The European 100 metres champion failed a test for the new designer steroid THG
Several athletes testified before a grand jury investigating the BALCO lab, which is suspected of producing steroids.
The European sprint champion denied the 'wilful' taking of any banned substance, his lawyer has said in a statement.
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