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Olympic doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva starts in Switzerland
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva that marred the 2022 Beijing Olympics returned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday. The highest court in sports began a closed-door hearing set to last at least three...
Brewers RHP J.C. Mejía suspended 162 games for banned performance-enhancing drug
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander J.C. Mejía was suspended 162 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday after his second positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The 27-year-old tested positive for Stanozolol and became the first player suspended under the major...
Russian skater Valieva to testify by video link at CAS hearing into Beijing Olympics doping case
GENEVA (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will give evidence by video link for a hearing this month into her doping case that rocked the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday that Valieva and officials from the Russian anti-doping agency...
Former No. 1 tennis player Simona Halep gets 4-year ban in doping case
LONDON (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday. The 31-year-old Romanian “committed intentional anti-doping rule violations " by...
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba tests positive for testosterone. He risks 4-year ban
ROME (AP) — Once considered among the top midfielders in world soccer, Paul Pogba's career risks a premature ending after the Juventus player and France international tested positive for testosterone. Italy's anti-doping agency announced the failed drug test on Monday. ...
SafeSport Center 'in potential crisis' according to panel's survey of Olympic system
A wide-ranging survey into the state of the U.S. Olympic system leveled criticism at the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with a draft analysis concluding that feedback collected about the 6-year-old agency “paints a picture of a center in potential crisis.” SafeSport Center CEO...
New Mexico governor demands changes to make horse racing drug-free
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is demanding that horse racing regulators make immediate changes to address the use of performance enhancing drugs at the state’s tracks and that they consult with Kentucky, California and New York on best practices to ensure drug-free racing. ...
Simona Halep was dropped from the US Open field because of a provisional doping suspension
NEW YORK (AP) — Simona Halep was dropped from the U.S. Open field on Monday because of a provisional doping suspension. The U.S. Tennis Association announced that Halep, a two-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked player, “was automatically withdrawn” when the...
Kenya's crisis is unique and driven by poverty, track and field's anti-doping head tells the AP
In all likelihood, Kenya will haul in another good chunk of medals in distance races at this month's track and field world championships, each one of them throwing more suspicion on a country with a reputational crisis because of doping. Kenya has achieved unparalleled success in...
Cubs minor league pitcher Dalbert Mosquea suspended 56 games for positive drug test
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago Cubs pitcher Dalbert Mosquea was suspended for 56 games Tuesday under baseball's minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol. The 18-year-old right-hander signed with the Cubs in June and was 0-3...
