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  • Winter Olympics: Japanese Speed skater gets first drugs ban in Pyeongchang

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    Bayo Millz
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    Japanese speed skater Kei Saito has become the first athlete to be excluded from the 2018 Winter Olympics for a doping violation. Saito failed an out-of-competition doping test prior to the Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said. The 21-year-old has left the athletes’ Olympic Village voluntarily but insists he is innocent. He tested…

  • Skater, 25 crushed to death by trailer in Ebonyi

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the crushing of a skater by an articulated vehicle in Abakaliki, on Friday evening. Mr Jude Madu, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the accident to the newsmen on Saturday, noting that investigations into it had begun. According to him, the deceased had been identified and more…