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Saturday 28 November 2020
The former Liverpool player was briefly suspended in 2016 and subsequently sued Wada for defamation.
The American is set to miss next year’s Olympics.
33-year-old Chiliboy Ralepelle won 25 caps for South Africa.
‘It literally could happen to the man in the street where a wrong prescription is dispensed.’
The 29-year-old tested positive for prednisolone and prednisone last November.
Elsewhere, Sport Ireland’s testing routines have been interrupted by the Covid-19 shutdown.
The judicial officer said he had ‘some sympathy for the player’ but that he could have done more.
An independent judicial officer accepted that the failed test was due to ‘a dispensing error by the pharmacy.’
Wada intends to investigate athletes who worked with banned former coach Alberto Salazar.
Sport Ireland have brought the case against the player after he was deemed to have provided an insufficient sample to testers.
A Wada report found that the lab was at the heart of a state-sponsored Russian doping cover-up.
Jamaica’s 4×100 metre relay team will not get their 2008 Olympic gold medals back after Nesta Carter’s appeal was dismissed by CAS.
We spoke to World Rugby’s anti-doping general manager, Mike Earl, about last year’s results.
The French international had appealed to Uefa for a therapeutic use exemption.
Dr Una May, head of Sport Ireland’s anti-doping, says it is now considered a ‘high risk’ area.’
The Canadian sprinter is the star of a new ad in Australia.
The heavyweight was due to face Fabricio Werdum at UFC 211 in May.
Ross Fanning failed a drugs test following a race in July 2016.
They have been warned on future conduct.
American lab finds no evidence of banned substance .
Dawn Harper-Nelson, the 2008 Olympic hurdles champion, is serving a three-month ban.
Jarrod Mullen has played 211 matches for Newcastle since making his debut 12 years ago.
Statement comes as Bradley Wiggins faces continuing scrutiny over his medical exemptions.
Team Sky GM finally breaks his silence on TUE revelations.
Froome and Bradley Wiggins among five British athletes named in latest WADA file leak.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” the group said on its website.
The World Cup is the main reason for a dramatic increase to testing of the senior men.
Athletes cleared by IAAF or CAS will be allowed to compete under the Russian flag.
Brentford’s Player of the Year was found to have high levels of salbutamol in his system due the use of an asthma inhaler.
It was announced by the International Olympic Committee last week 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing in Rio.
Tennis superstar faces four-year ban if panel finds that she deliberately broke anti-doping rules.
“Temptation can’t really exist without reward,” writes John O’Sullivan in this week’s column.
GAA players have been giving urine samples only, but that will change soon.
Two of the three positive tests last year were for a cocaine metabolite, and one of those cases is still pending.
The Sunday Times claims that the Anti-Doping watchdog knew about the allegations but failed to act.
Meldonium hit headlines when tennis star Maria Sharapova tested positive at Australian Open.
Tyrone’s Sean Cavanagh believes timing is the main issue players have with current testing.
Nikita Kamayev fell ill while skiing.
USADA investigating one of Romero’s out of competition samples.
Motorsport Ireland and Sport Ireland have confirmed a 15-month ban for Gareth Hayden.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
Poll Results:
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