Dominique Blake loses appeal on doping violation

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 16:41

Suspended Jamaican 400 metres runner Dominique Blake is yet to decide if she will take her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after her appeal was turned down against her six-year ban for a second doping violation.

WADA deny they helped Lance Armstrong avoid positive drug test

Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 14:14

Martial Saugy, director of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Lausanne laboratory, has rejected United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) claims that they helped banned cyclist Lance Armstrong to avoid detection for the blood-boosting agent EPO.

IOC chief backs plan for 4-year doping bans

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 22:16

IOC President Jacques Rogge supports proposals to double the length of doping bans to four years as a way of keeping drug cheats out of the Olympics.

Rehman banned for 12-weeks after testing positive for cannabis

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 19:15

Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman was on Wednesday handed a 12-week ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board after returning positive for recreational drug cannabis in a test conducted during an English county match in August.

French steeplechase runner banned for 10 years

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 15:45

French steeplechase runner Nour-Eddine Gezzar will have to serve a 10-year ban after a second doping offence, the French Athletics Federation said.

Over 100 athletes got London doping bans: WADA

Last Updated: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 16:45

The most stringent drug checks in Olympic history have led to the ban of 107 athletes from the London Games, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said.

8 police athletes test positive for banned substance

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 20:24

Eight athletes from police and paramilitary forces have tested positive during the 60th All India Police Wrestling Cluster Championship-2011 held here last month, according to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich banned for 2 years

Last Updated: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 19:12

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich was Thursday banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for two years and stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping.

Upul Tharanga looks for fresh start after ban

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 16:40

Tharanga, 26, who is back in the team for the first of five One-day matches against the visiting Australians, missed a tour of England because of the ban.

Entire Italian cycling family faces doping ban

Last Updated: Friday, December 10, 2010, 10:40

Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) prosecutors have asked for an entire family to be banned for doping offences related to a case involving Alessandro Petacchi.