by drugadmin | Jan 3, 2015 | Africa, Articles, Europe, Featured, News, South Africa, UK, USA
Minimum Doping Ban – As of the 1st January, 2015, drug cheats in sport will now face a minimum of a four year ban under the new rules which have come into effect. There have been calls for the term to be revised and with changes to the World Anti-Doping Code,...
by drugadmin | Dec 18, 2014 | Featured, News, USA
Tyson Gay’s former coach has been banned for eight years by the US Anti-Doping Agency. Jon Drummond, a former Olympic relay gold medallist, was found to have possessed, trafficked and administered banned drugs to an athlete he coached. The ban comes into force...
by drugadmin | Dec 17, 2014 | Europe, Featured, News, USA
Monaco – The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) welcomes the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announcement of their three-person Independent Commission that will investigate the serious doping allegations recently aired in a series of...
by drugadmin | Nov 1, 2014 | Africa, Featured, Marathon, News
Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has become the latest athlete from the country to fail a doping test. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) informed Athletics Kenya of traces of a banned substance in Jeptoo’s ‘A’ sample. An...
by drugadmin | Aug 16, 2014 | Africa, Featured, News
Former 400m world champion Amantle Montsho faces a two-year ban after her B sample drugs test from the Commonwealth Games came back positive. Montsho, 31, had been provisionally suspended after her A sample failed a doping test following the 400m final. The Botswana...
by drugadmin | Jul 19, 2014 | Featured, News, Track, UK
UK Athletics has today announced that 800m athlete Gareth Warburton has been provisionally suspended from all competition after being charged with committing anti-doping rule violations under UK Athletics Anti-Doping Rules (presence of prohibited substances). The...