Olympic women's shot put champion Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been stripped of the gold medal she won at the London Games a week ago after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid.
Sprinter Dwain Chambers and shot putter Carl Myerscough, who have served doping bans after testing positive for anabolic steroids, were named on Tuesday in the British athletics team for the London Olympics.
The doping menace continues to haunt Indian sport. The National Doping Agency (NADA) on Thursday announced that nine athletes tested positive for banned substances during the National Games, which concluded in Ranchi on February 26.
The IWF said the samples of Oleg Chen and David Bedzhanyan, who are also serving provisional suspensions for separate potential anti-doping violations, contained the same anabolic agent found in Evstyukhina's sample.
Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska has been stripped of her Beijing Olympics silver medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. She now faces a lifetime ban after what was officially her second doping offence. She returned to competition in 2005 after serving a two-year doping ban.
Many label him the 'Greatest ever sprinter' -- even ahead of Usain Bolt. Benjamin Sinclair 'Ben' Johnson, who presently runs a sports academy in Canada came calling to Goa with two of his wards -- both of whom appeared for trials for I-League champions Salgaocar.
Two leading Indian athletes -- Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu have been suspended and face the prospect of a two-year ban after flunking an out-of-competition dope test.
In the wake of one of the biggest dope scandals in the country, the government today appointed Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal to enquire into all aspects of the fiasco.
Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, who failed the dope test, on Wednesday claimed innocence and blamed the vitamin supplements that they consumed on the recommendation of their coach as the source of the anabolic steroids.
India's Neelam J Singh and Vladyslav Piskunov of Ukraine provided the only positive tests at the world athletics championships in Helsinki.
A couple of days after being sacked, India's Ukraine-based athletics coach Yuri Ogorodnik accused Sports Authority of India for poor standards at the NIS Patiala.
Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu once again finds herself embroiled in a dope controversy.
Out of those 13 won medals at the Games in Hyderabad.
A chunk of athletes, including Asian Games medallist Kiran and badminton player Krishna Prasad Garaga have been suspended by NADA
Two weightlifters from Uzbekistan tested positive for drugs and have been thrown out of the Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced on Sunday.
In its report WADA was scornful of the ATP's inconsistent disciplinary process covering the seven cases.
Message board on the ban on Shoaib Akhtar and mohammad Akthar.
PCB banned Shoaib Akhtar for two years and fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif for one year.
American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins has failed a drugs test, the Chicago Tribune said on its website.
Dwain Chambers is to attend a UK Athletics independent drugs disciplinary hearing on Thursday, British newspapers reported.
With Narsingh Yadav's roommate Sandeep Yadav at the Sports Authority of India Sonepat camp also testing positive for the same banned substance, Wrestling Federation of India said that it strengthens the conspiracy theory and indicates at a clear case of sabotage.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist was barred from international competition for a positive dope test.
The Middlesbrough defender tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid dianabol after a UEFA Cup tie.
Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pradeep Sangwan was slapped with an 18-month ban from cricket after being found guilty of consuming a banned anabolic steroid by the BCCI's Anti-Doping Tribunal.
World indoor shot put champion Vita Pavlysh has been banned for life after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol for a second time.
Rugby's anti-doping body said all samples taken during the remainder of the tournament would be tested for the newly-discovered drug.
The former Czech No. 1, who tested positive for nandrolone, was also fined $43,770 and had 100 ranking points deducted.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of USA Track & Field regarding 13 positive US dope tests after the US body refused to name the athletes who failed the tests.
She finished second in the qualifying round at Tokyo to progress to the final, where she finished sixth with a best throw of 63.70m. It was the third-best performance by an Indian in a field event, at the Games.
Seema had been given a four-year suspension by NADA's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) following the hearing on her positive test for banned performance enhancing drugs.
A British man and five Germans have been charged with producing significant amounts of doping substances for athletes in an underground laboratory and distributing the drugs across Germany, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Sinner unclear about CAS case ahead of Australian Open defence
Novak Djokovic expressed his frustration at being "kept in the dark" about world number one Jannik Sinner's doping case, saying in Brisbane on Sunday that it was not a good look for tennis.
Russia was stripped of their women's 4 x 400m relay silver medal from the London 2012 Olympics after Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive for drugs in the re-testing of her sample, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
Her four-year ban, announced by WADA on Friday night, will begin from June 26, 2018 -- the date of her sample collection.
The members of the US men's 4x100 metres relay team that won silver at the 2012 Olympics have been stripped of their medals following the doping conviction of sprinter Tyson Gay.
If reports are to be believed, a renowned track and field athlete from Haryana has failed a dope test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) last month.
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