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Halep says will fight to clean name after doping suspension

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 08:45 AM

Former world number one Simona Halep said Friday she will "fight until the end" to prove she did not knowingly take a prohibited substance after she was provisionally suspended for doping. Read more »

NFL: Cardinals receiver Hopkins gets six-game drug ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 08:58 AM

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was hit with a six-game suspension on Monday after violating NFL anti-doping rules. Read more »

Curtain set to fall on Beijing Olympics

Peter STEBBINGS, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 08:24 PM

A Beijing Winter Olympics beset by concerns about rights and Covid in the build-up and tarnished by a Russian doping scandal once under way were set to close on Sunday. Read more »

Olympics: IOC's Bach disturbed by Valieva's meltdown

Karolos Grohmann, Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 03:30 PM

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Friday it had been 'chilling' to witness Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the Beijing Olympics as a doping scandal continued to swirl. Read more »

Olympics: Valieva stumbles into fourth place

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Chang-Ran Kim and Julien Pretot, Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 10:29 PM

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva surprised the figure skating world by stumbling into fourth place in the women's single event on Thursday. Read more »

Russian Valieva had 3 drugs in sample - report

Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 07:55 AM

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, whose doping case has rocked the Beijing Olympics, had three drugs that could be used to treat heart conditions. Read more »

Teenage skater Valieva takes Olympic centre stage

Peter STEBBINGS, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 09:26 PM

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva was set to take centre stage at the Beijing Olympics after being cleared to skate despite failing a drugs test. Read more »

Winter Olympics: Russia's Valieva cleared to compete amid doping case

Karolos Grohmann, Julien Pretot and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 07:10 PM

Sport's highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete in her next Olympic event, but the teenager's doping charge that has rocked the Beijing Games remained unresolved. Read more »

Russian skater Valieva tested positive for banned drug

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 09:32 PM

The 15-year-old figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Games, Russian media have reported. Read more »

Olympics: Russia should not assume sanctions be lifted

Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 09:07 PM

Russia should not assume sanctions imposed for running a state sponsored doping programme will be automatically lifted, WADA said. Read more »

Hidilyn DIaz won't compete in AIMAG

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 06:15 PM

Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz will not take part in the AIMAG in Thailand next year, as weightlifting is not part of the competition's program. Read more »

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare fails drug test, out of Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 31 08:22 AM

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first doping case of the Tokyo games track and field competition, officials said Saturday.   Read more »

Boxing: Donaire insists fight against 'unprofessional' Casimero is off

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 11:42 AM

Nonito Donaire on Wednesday insisted that he will no longer fight John Riel Casimero in a bantamweight title unification bout, as the two camps continue trading barbs.    Read more »

Boxing: Donaire, Casimero enroll in VADA testing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 02:40 PM

Both Nonito Donaire and John Riel Casimero will undergo random drug testing in the lead-up to their bantamweight title unification bout on August 14. Read more »

Olympics: Weightlifting-Romania out of Tokyo Games after one-year doping ban

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 06:50 PM

Romania cannot participate in the weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics after the country's governing body (FRH) was given a one-year ban by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for past doping cases on Thursday.   Read more »

Athletics: Reputation will not protect athletes from doping ban, says Coe

Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 04:04 PM

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said reputation will not protect the sport's high-profile athletes from doping raps and warned that it would be harder than ever to get away with taking banned substances at next year's Tokyo Olympics.   Read more »

'Blow to clean athletes': condemnation as Russia doping ban cut to two years

Coralie FEBVRE, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 04:57 PM

Russia's ban from international sport was halved to two years on Thursday and its athletes were cleared to compete as neutrals, drawing condemnation from athletes and anti-doping advocates.   Read more »

Russia banned for 2 years in 'catastrophic blow to clean sport'

Coralie Febvre, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 03:41 AM

Under the decision Russians will still be allowed to compete, but only as neutrals if they can prove no connection to doping. Read more »

Doping: World champion Coleman appeals two-year ban for breaching whereabouts rules

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 01:29 PM

World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman has appealed against his ban for breaching anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. Read more »

MLB: Mets star Cano suspended 162 games for doping

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 10:58 AM

New York Mets second baseman Robinson Cano was banned 162 games after testing positive for the banned steroid Stanozolol in a second MLB doping violation. Read more »