The IAAF will send a warning to the American sprinter for disrupting this year's World championships but will take no further action.
The Indian lung jump ace slid a place to No. 5 in the latest IAAF rankings.
The discus thrower made the grade after finishing third with a throw of 63.29 meters in an IAAF meeting, in Szombathely, Hungary, recently.
World indoor shot put champion Vita Pavlysh has been banned for life after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol for a second time.
The sport's governing body said on Tuesday that the seven had all met the "exceptional eligibility criteria" after satisfying the board that they have been training in an environment that passes the necessary anti-doping requirements.
The British 4x100 relay team at the 2003 world athletics championships were stripped of their silver medal after Dwain Chambers decided not to appeal against his two-year ban for doping.
Jemima Sumgong, who last year became the first Kenyan woman to win Olympic gold in the marathon, has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition test carried out by the IAAF, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.
Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie of France established a pole vault indoor world record by clearing 6.16 metres at a meeting in Donetsk.
The team for the ninth SAF Games in Islamabad has been selected on the basis of the performance in the recently concluded Federation Cup.
Former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound believes world athletics chief Sebastian Coe is under mounting pressure to find a way for suspended Russian track and field athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics.
Haile Gebrselassie would be replaced by Abiyote Abate in a last-minute change to the Ethiopian squad.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva take honours.
The ace long jumper got 180 points for her sixth place at the Athens Olympics to move up with 1247 points.
Kalyani Alapati and Jagdish Basak, who tested positive for nandrolone were handed two-year bans.
Adille Sumariwalla was re-elected unopposed as the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for a second term at its Annual General Body Meeting in New Delhi on Friday.
The American governing body USA Track & Field agreed at its annual meeting on Sunday to call for lifetime bans.
Several athletes who competed in the world championships in August have tested positive for the new designer steroid THG.
Renu Kohli, who was suspended in the wake of the doping controversy involving distance runner, was reinstated by the Sports Authority of India.
The double world sprint champion said she would also take part in the weekend's World Athletics Final in Monaco.
IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said the substance is not on the IAAF's list of prohibited drugs.
The Athletics Federation of India named 40 probables for next year's World Championship.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Caster Semenya is not excited about the prospect of having her 2012 Olympic and 2011 world championships silver medals upgraded to gold in the wake of Mariya Savinova-Farnosova doping ban, the coach of the South African 800 metres athlete said on Sunday.
The 23-year-old world champion crossed the line in the Ras al-Khaimah half marathon three seconds quicker than the mark set by fellow Kenyan Florence Kiplagat in Barcelona two years ago, although the new record remains subject to ratification.
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision that allowed Indian sprinter Dutee Chand to resume her career, which was brought to a halt owing to IAAF Regulation on Hyperandrogenism.
The names of AFI's Chief Mefical Officer Arun Mendiratta and national chief coach Bahadur Singh, who has not gone to Gold Coast, are being considered for the panel.
A big prize is up for grabs and competition in fierce in the world of athletics as Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, joined world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko and double Olympic and world 10,000 and 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah in the shortlist for the male Athlete of the Year award announced on Monday.
An influential athletes group in the US called for anyone caught using steroids to be banned for life.
The shot put competition for both men and women would take place in Olympia before the start of the main athletics programme
Caster Semenya of South Africa took the gold medal in the Olympic 800 meters on Saturday in a personal best time of 1:55.28 seconds.
The IAAF said the samples taken from the athletes matched initial A samples which were made known last month.
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