by drugadmin | Jan 20, 2015 | Featured, News, Track, UK
Gareth Warburton and Rhys Williams say they are not cheats after being banned for failing drugs tests. The Welsh athletes were “at fault or negligent” but had not knowingly taken anything containing the prohibited substances, says an official national...
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...