Eight prospective Commonwealth athletes from India have been suspended after failing to clear drug tests in an embarrassing blow a month before India hosts the Commonwealth Games.
Five of these athletes were to have competed in the Games and one was considered a gold medal prospect.
From NZherald.co.nz:
The biggest blow is the loss of the [...]
Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees and Shortstop, has reached a preliminary agreement recently on a US$51 million ($67 million), three-year contract with an US$8 million player option for 2014.
While negotiations moved slowly, there was slight doubt that the Yankees captain would remain in New York.
From NZHerald.co.nz:
Unlike A-Rod, who admitted using steroids before [...]
WADA (World Anti-doping Association) may be facing issues like micro-dosing, testosterone patches, and sample manipulation but it is confident that it is getting better at catching the cheats.
Asking for totally clean sport was like asking for journalism without plagiarism and there will always be those who look for unfair advantages, according to Director-general [...]
Stephen Sabine, the South Australian cyclist, has been handed over a suspension of two years after testing positive to anabolic steroids.
The test was conducted by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) during an in-competition test on Sabine in April 2009 during the South Australian Criterium Championships.
From Heraldsun.com.au:
The sample taken from the cyclist returned a positive [...]
The home run machine, Mark McGwire, recently admitted that he was wrong to make use of steroids during his career including the time when he conquered the home run record in 1998.
McGwire’s confession after a similar steroid use admission by Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees in 2009.
From News.bbc.co.uk:
“I used steroids during my playing career and [...]
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) is planning to consult its member federations to double the ban time period to four years for first-time offenders using steroids.
An increase in ban from two to four years was proposed by IAAF, Athletics’ world governing body.
From News.bbc.co.uk:
IOC president Jacques Rogge said: “The IOC will take a common [...]
In a sharp rebuke of the Albany County district attorney, a state judge has dismissed a criminal case against the operators of a pharmacy in Florida at the center of a national steroid scandal that implicated major sports figures.
The judge, Stephen Herrick of Albany County Court, noted while dismissing the case that [...]
The name of Rick Ankiel, the outfielder of St. Louis Cardinals, has been added to the list of athletes associated with a Florida-based investigation into steroids.
Rob Manfred, Baseball’s executive vice president of labor relations, hesitated to go into the details of involvement of Ankiel but said it will be looked after.
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