Doping Test

An international court on Tuesday reduced a doping-related ban on Chinese swimming star Sun Yang from eight to just over four years, dashing the hopes of the three-time gold medalist from competing in the Tokyo Olympics next month. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided to ban the 30-year-old…

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang attends a public hearing of the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency against him and the Federation Internationale de Natation in Montreux, Switzerland November 15, 2019. — Reuters pic LAUSANNE, June 23 — Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will…

Brianna McNeal qualified for Tokyo to defend her Olympic title on Sunday, but her Olympic eligibility remains in jeopardy. McNeal crossed the line in second place in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, earning an all-important top-three spot with Keni Harrison (first place) and Christina Clemons (third). Yet the reigning Olympic champion is…

The government will take a decision over flex-fuel in the next 8-10 days as it is considering making these engines mandatory for the automobile industry, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday while asserting that the move will help farmers and boost the Indian economy. Addressing Rotary District Conference 2020-21…

Bruno Silva destroyed three opponents in nine months in Russia to earn a UFC deal in 2019, but a positive out-of-competition drug test for a banned substance kept him away from the sport for two years. After being suspended for boldenone and its metabolite at a level the United States…

(Reuters) - 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. The ban was issued for five anti-doping violations made by Romanian athletes in 2012.…

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By Dennis Young From New York Daily News Shelby Houlihan, the American record holder at 1,500 and 5,000 meters, hadn’t raced since December of last year. With the Olympic Trials less than a week away, it was a mystifying absence. Monday night, she explained it: She had been fighting a…

Runner Shelby Houlihan said she received an e-mail from the Athletics Integrity Unit on Jan. 14, notifying her that a drug testing sample returned a finding for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press Shelby Houlihan, the American record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, posted on social…

The next wave of Aussie swim stars have made a solemn pledge to Mack Horton after his shock failure to qualify for the 400m freestyle at next month’s Tokyo Olympics.Read More