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Jon Jones hopes to end any doubts about best ever at UFC 285
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jon Jones has spent the past three years at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focusing on being with family, hunting and getting ready for his big comeback. He hired a team to help him get ready for Saturday night when he will take a step up to the heavyweight...
Olympian who dropped dog's meds on skin avoids doping ban
Nowhere in the complex labyrinth of rules, bylaws and interpretations that govern the global anti-doping system did anyone see this warning: Beware of Dog Medicine. It's an understandable omission, but one that led to a three-month sleuthing expedition that eventually exonerated a...
Padres' Tatis plays exhibition, 1st game since hurt in 2021
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. was set to play his first game for San Diego after missing the 2022 season because of an injury and drug suspension. Tatis was in the lineup Tuesday as the designated hitter and batting second in an exhibition against San Francisco. ...
Russian agency also appeals in Valieva Olympic doping case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian anti-doping agency has filed an appeal in the case of Kamila Valieva, the Court of Arbitration for sport said Friday, but it has asked for the teenage figure skater to be punished with as little as a reprimand and keep her Olympic gold medal. ...
Skating body joins appeal for Valieva doping ban
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Skating Union is following the World Anti-Doping Agency in appealing the decision not to ban Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva over the doping case which overshadowed last year's Beijing Olympics. The ISU said Wednesday that despite...
Tokyo Olympic medalist weightlifter Son banned for doping
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — A weightlifter from Kazakhstan who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 has been banned for eight years for doping. The Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (WFRK) said Wednesday that Igor Son, who won the bronze in the men's...
Russian skater Valieva's doping case to go to sports court
MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and said Tuesday it is seeking a four-year ban. WADA is objecting to a finding by a Russian tribunal that Valieva bore “no fault or...
Bol: doping suspension lifted after samples didn't match
SYDNEY (AP) — Olympic 800-meter finalist Peter Bol on Tuesday said his provisional doping suspension has been lifted after the A and B samples didn’t match. Usually testing of the B sample confirms the original adverse finding in doping cases. “I was just...
Minor league pitcher Sonny Vargas gets 2nd drug suspension
NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent pitcher Sonny Vargas was suspended for 110 games on Friday following a positive test for Boldenone, his second positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball's minor league drug program. Then in the San Francisco Giants organization,...
Authorities seek 6-year doping ban for NCAA sprint champion
Anti-doping authorities are seeking a six-year ban against four-time NCAA champion Divine Oduduru of Nigeria, whose alleged cheating was uncovered in the first case brought by U.S. authorities under a sweeping law designed to combat widespread doping schemes across the globe. The...
