Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings faces a ban for lifetime after being found guilty of doping by a three-member disciplinary panel.
Mullings did not attend the hearing and could not be reached for comment.
From Espn.go.com:
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission found him guilty of ingesting furosemide, a banned diuretic and masking agent, at the sprinting powerhouse’s national [...]
January 16, 2012 | Posted in
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British shot putter Carl Fletcher has been banned by Britain’s national anti-doping agency for trafficking in doping substances.
On Monday, the sanction was announced after Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in jail for drug trafficking.
From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Fletcher was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court of offenses including the supply of anabolic steroids such as testosterone and human [...]
January 4, 2012 | Posted in
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The present drug-testing procedures within football and have come up with a new approach after being reviewed by FIFA and a number of well-respected laboratories, like the Le Laboratoire suisse d’analyse du dopage (LAD).
Main aim of the approach will be to capture individual steroid profiles of players.
From Fifa.com:
As a result of this pilot study, amendments [...]
December 13, 2011 | Posted in
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Two officers of the St Helens police have admitted being part of a gang who were involved in supplying steroids.
St Helens CID detective DC Paul David Fletcher, 46, one of the officers, also admitted three offences of misconduct in a public office.
From Liverpoolecho.co.uk:
Fletcher, of Downall Green Road, Ashton, had previously denied all [...]
November 15, 2011 | Posted in
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One of the United States’ most controversial doping experts and founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), Victor Conte, believe that the record-breaking success of Jamaican athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China was a fraud.
During an interview with Italian newspaper, La Gazetta dello Sport, Conte made his suspicions of Usain Bolt [...]
November 9, 2011 | Posted in
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The former Canadian under-20 international, Jeff McKinnon, has been banned from rugby worldwide for two years for doping.
McKinnon tested positive for testosterone and boldenone — both classified as anabolic steroids — while playing for the B.C. Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship in August.
From Winnipegfreepress.com:
According to the International Rugby Board website, McKinnon is the fifth [...]
November 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Bernice Wilson has been suspended by UK Athletics after being charged with an anti-doping offence.
The British sprinter tested positive for the anabolic steroids, testosterone and Clenbuterol last month.
From News.BBC.co.uk:
UKA say Wilson has the right to a full hearing of the case.
The provisional suspension came into effect on 9 July. It was issued by UK Anti-Doping, [...]
October 8, 2011 | Posted in
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British sprinter Bernice Wilson has tested positive for anabolic steroids, according to a confirmation by UK Athletics.
The sample of Wilson was found to contain both testosterone and clenbuterol, after she was tested at the Bedford International Games on June 12.
From Espn.co.uk:
She has been provisionally suspended from all competitive meetings - with the ruling [...]
September 13, 2011 | Posted in
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A Belgian police report has disclosed an increase in the amount of steroids seized in 2010 and offered details of two cycling-related incidents.
“In 2009 the use of anabolic steroids has overtaken that of all other illegal performance-enhancing drugs,” Francis Clarysse, the Ghent public prosecutor and coordinator of the special combined Hormones Unit [...]
August 13, 2011 | Posted in
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Chris Benoit, the professional wrestler who killed his wife and son before hanging himself, injected steroids not long before he died and his son had been sedated.
The 40-year-old Benoit was nicknamed “The Rabid Wolverine” and “The Canadian Crippler” and his and his entire family’s death has been labeled as murder-suicide by the Police.
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