Tag: DOPING
FIFA appoints Nigerian, Ayodeji Olarinoye, doping control officer
A former medical doctor in the Nigerian U-17 football team, Dr Ayodeji Olarinoye, has been appointed Doping Control Officer (DCO) by the world football...
Peru captain banned from World Cup for cocaine use
Peru will be without inspirational skipper, Paolo Guerrero, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Guerrero, 33, was banned by FIFA's disciplinary committee after...
World boxing body suspends Muhammad Ali
Team Great Britain (GB) boxer Muhammad Ali has been provisionally suspended from all international and domestic competitions after testing positive for a banned steroid,...
Okagbare set for Olympic silver medal
Africa's fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, is set to be awarded the silver medal in the women’s long jump event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic...
Boxing champion, Tyson Fury, tests positive for cocaine
World heavyweight boxing champion, Tyson Fury, has tested positive for cocaine according to multiple media reports.
The 28-year-old recently pulled out of his title defence...
Russian athletes to miss Olympics after losing appeal
Russian athletes will miss this summer's Olympic in Rio de Janeiro after losing an appeal, Friday, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),...
Maria Sharapova banned two years for failing drug test
Former world No 1 female tennis player, Maria Sharapova, was Wednesday banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for using a...
Nadal sues French politician over doping claims
Tennis star, Rafael Nadal, has filed a lawsuit against a former French minister, Roselyne Bachelot, who accused him of doping.
Bachelot, who was former minister...
Tennis: Boris Becker blasts Andy Murray over doping claims
German tennis legend, Boris Becker, has issued a stern rebuke to Andy Murray for saying that he has been suspecting his opponents doping results...
How world highest paid female athlete, Maria Sharapova, failed drug test
Five-time Grand Slam champion and world highest paid female athlete, Maria Sharapova, shocked the tennis world when she held a press conference Monday to...