Tag: Doping:
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Doping: Jubilation in Amusan’s camp as CAS clears her of violations
World record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has been cleared to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, starting next month, July.
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Nigerian sprinter, Oduduru handed 6-year ban
Nigerian sprinter Divine Oduduru has been given a six-year ban for breaching two doping violations. The Athletics Integrity Union (AIU) on Thursday in statement said the Nigerian was handed a four-year ban for the
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Doping: Tobi Amusan’s plight self-inflicted, says Gora
Elias Gora, a retired sport administrator on Wednesday said athletes of Tobi Amusan’s pedigree owed it a duty to the society to do the right thing at the right time. Gora, a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC)
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Okagbare’s 10-year ban: Ajunwa advises on ways to stem doping
Nigeria’s first female gold medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, has called on athletes to stop cutting corners, but rather face the reality of intense competition for world titles. Ajunwa-Opara gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
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CAF bans Enyimba FC captain for one year
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned the Captain of Enyimba football club, Oladapo Augustine for a year over a doping violation. Announcing the ban via a statement on Monday, CAF said it found the prohibited substance “Prednisolone/Prednisone” in urine collected from Oladapo after the Total CAF Confederation Cup 2020/2021 first leg fixture in…
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American coach gets 4-year ban for doping violations
American Alberto Salazar, who has coached some of the world’s top distance runners including British multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah, has been banned for four years for doping violations. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said Salazar’s punishment was for “orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct” as head coach of the Nike Oregon Project…
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IOC sanctions three athletes from London 2012 Games for doping
Azeri weightlifter Valentin Hristov was stripped of his 2012 Olympics 56-kg bronze medal on Friday after he was one of three athletes to test positive for banned substances in re-tests conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC said Hristov’s London Games sample tested positive for a prohibited anabolic steroid (oralturinabol) when it was…
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Former Arsenal midfielder’s doping ban extended to 18 months
Former Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has had his doping ban for using a drip treatment at a Los Angeles clinic increased from six to 18 months. It follows an appeal against the original sanction, given to the Frenchman by Uefa in February. The ban is backdated to 1 July 2017, even though Nasri, 31, has…
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Nigerian medical doctor appointed as FIFA Doping Control Officer
Dr Ayodeji Olarinoye, former medical doctor in the Nigerian U-17 football team has been appointed Doping Control Officer by the world soccer governing body, FIFA. Olarinoye, who graduated from the University of Ilorin, is now the country’s first FIFA doping control officer, the university’s weekly bulletin said on Tuesday. According to the publication, Olarinoye is…
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Justin Gatlin fires coach after doping sting-investigation opened
The world 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin has fired his coach, the Olympic gold medallist Dennis Mitchell, for telling undercover reporters athletes can dope without being caught. An investigation published by Britain’s Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday, using journalists pretending to be making a film, approached Mitchell and an agent linked to Gatlin, Robert Wagner. Gatlin Justin…