Tag: doping
Doping Crisis: Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal early
Adidas, the IAAF’s biggest sponsor, has told athletics’ world governing body it is to terminate their sponsorship deal four years…
After 11 test positive, Bulgarian lifters banned from Rio 2016 Olympics
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board has banned Bulgaria from competing at Rio 2016 due to multiple positive doping…
AAG: Sports Commission sends athletes’ blood samples to South Africa
Al-Hassan Yakmut, Director-General, National Sports Commission (NSC), says it sent blood samples of athletes competing in the 11th All Africa…
Two-year doping ban for Tajik defender Beknazarov
Tajikistan defender Khurshed Beknazarov was slapped with a two-year suspension for doping violations on Thursday after he tested positive during…
Commonwealth Games: Amalaha stripped of gold after drugs shame
Nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika Amalaha was stripped of her Commonwealth women’s 53kg gold medal on Friday after failing a drugs…
Nigerian weightlifter suspended over doping allegations
Nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games after testing positive in a doping test…
Deco cleared of doping
Former Chelsea, Barcelona and Porto midfielder Deco was on Tuesday cleared of doping and had a one year ban lifted…
Doping:Usain Bolt, teammates tested in Moscow camp
All 44 athletes on the Jamaican team, including sprint superstar Usain Bolt, were tested Monday at their Moscow training camp…
Jamaican football chiefs quit after doping disgrace
Jamaican Football Federation technical director Alfredo Montesso and national under-20 coach Luciano Gama resigned Thursday in the wake of a…
Doping: 6 Athletes Banned For 2 Years
Indian athletics’ biggest doping scandal involving six top women athletes, including three Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallists, ended with…
Spanish Radio to pay Barca $270k for slander
A Spanish radio station has offered 200,000 euros ($270,000) to Barcelona in compensation for a report that made false allegations…