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MLB, union say there was 1 positive test among record 11,783 drug scans in the last year
NEW YORK (AP) — There was just one positive test resulting in discipline from among a record 11,783 samples collected by Major League Baseball and the players’ association in the year ending with the 2023 World Series. Therapeutic use exemptions for attention deficit...
Ruling in Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case could be delayed to February
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — There could be yet another delay in the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, with a ruling now potentially coming more than two years since her positive test rocked the Beijing Winter Olympics. The International Skating Union said in a...
Verdict in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case to be given by end of January
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A verdict in the Beijing Olympics doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva should be given by the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday after a fifth day of appeal proceedings. The new deadline set by CAS should...
Jenson Brooksby says he was tested for doping soon after his 18-month suspension was announced
DALLAS (AP) — American tennis player Jenson Brooksby says he was tested for doping “just hours after” his 18-month suspension for missing three tests was announced. “Whoever made that decision does not care about the players' mental health,” Brooksby wrote Wednesday on...
Jenson Brooksby, an American tennis player, is suspended for 18 months for missing drug tests
American tennis player Jenson Brooksby was given an 18-month suspension after an independent tribunal determined he missed three drug tests within the span of a year. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday that Brooksby accepted that his “whereabouts failures” for...
Byeong Hun An gets drug suspension from PGA Tour for substance in cough medicine
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Byeong Hun An has been suspended for violating the PGA Tour's anti-doping policy because of a banned substance found in cough medicine sold over the counter in South Korea. The PGA Tour announced the three-month suspension Wednesday and said the...
South African flag may be taken down at rugby & cricket World Cups for doping body's non-compliance
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African flag will not be displayed at the rugby and cricket World Cups later this month if its national anti-doping body does not appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to declare it non-compliant. The consequences of the decision...
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's Olympic doping case will resume for two more days in November
GENEVA (AP) — The Olympic doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will resume for two more days in November, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday. The highest court in sports said its panel of three judges adjourned the appeal after the third...
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority says progress is being made in the sport
Lisa Lazarus has gotten countless calls and messages from trainers across horse racing since new medication and anti-doping rules went into effect this spring, many of which she found inspiring. “For the first time ever, they feel like they have a real chance that when they get up...
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...
