Doping
2012 Olympic finalist banned using evidence from Russian lab
Aug. 18, 2022 11:21 AM EDT
MONACO (AP) — A Russian shot putter who reached the 2012 Olympic final was banned Thursday based on 10-year-old evidence of state-backed doping that had long been...
Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25
By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 23
1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship.
1926 — Molla Bjurstedt...

USA Swimming cuts deal to simplify anonymous abuse reporting
By Eddie Pells Aug. 08, 2022 11:01 AM EDT
Top US decathlete Scantling banned from world championships
Jul. 21, 2022 08:52 PM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — American decathlon champion Garrett Scantling is not at the world championships this week in the wake of a ban for missed doping tests.
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Olympic medalist Amos suspended for doping ahead of worlds
Jul. 13, 2022 07:01 AM EDT
MONACO (AP) — Nijel Amos, an Olympic silver medalist in the men's 800 meters, has been suspended ahead of the world championships after testing positive for a rare...
Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson banned 4 years for steroid use
Jun. 28, 2022 06:12 AM EDT
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson was banned for four years on Tuesday after an anti-doping tribunal judged he intentionally used an anabolic...
Its Olympic future in doubt, weightlifting names new leader
Jun. 25, 2022 12:34 PM EDT
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Iraqi official Mohammed Jalood was elected president of the International Weightlifting Federation in chaotic scenes on Saturday.
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2022 08:45 PM EDT
June 28
1935 — Alf Perry ties a British Open scoring record with a 283 total at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Perry’s finishes five...

Life ban for weightlifting president for doping cover-ups
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 16, 2022 07:36 AM EDT
FIFA bans player for 18 months for same substance as Valieva
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 13, 2022 10:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA banned Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo for 18 months on Monday in a doping case involving the same substance that Russian figure skater...

WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 11, 2022 02:23 PM EDT

Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 10, 2022 03:46 AM EDT

Russian champion bashes Bach, shows sympathy for Ukrainians
By Eddie Pells Jun. 09, 2022 04:19 PM EDT

AP Interview: Olympic champ Jacobs wants to win 'everything'
By Andrew Dampf May. 26, 2022 06:36 AM EDT
11 candidates in weightlifting election amid Olympic crisis
May. 25, 2022 11:26 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two American women are among a total of 11 candidates running for president of weightlifting’s troubled governing body, looking to lead...