India&#39;s Pratima, four others suspended for doping :
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Five weightlifters, including India&#39;s Pratima Kumari, were Thursday suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for failing drug tests conducted at the Olympic Games Thursday, reports Xinhua.
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GREEK sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were today provisionally suspended by the world governing athletics body for missing three doping tests before the Athens Olympics.
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Track and field&#39;s world governing body temporarily suspended Greek sprint stars Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou on Wednesday pending a full hearing of their doping cases.
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It&#39;s the first medal to be stripped from an athlete in Athens because of doping, however, nine weightlifters, including Leonidas Sampanis, have failed drug tests.
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Athens, Aug 20. (PTI):In a belated damage-control exercise, the Indian Olympic Association today announced setting up of a Committee to probe into the Olympic Games doping scandal and suggest stringent measures to curb the menace.
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Michael Rasmussen was cleared to start the 12th stage today, but he could be suspended if he misses another test.
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The United States Anti-Doping Agency received an important validation yesterday in its attempt to punish athletes who were suspected of doping in the Balco steroids scandal but who had not failed a drug test.
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Brazilian swimmer Rebeca Gusmao and three other athletes must return their Pan American Games medals because of doping.
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India imposed a life ban on three women weightlifters for doping on Thursday, including a pair thrown out of the Athens Olympics. &quot;We are taking very serious steps to root out doping from this country.
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The National Basketball Association suspended Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal of the Indiana Pacers and Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons indefinitely pending completion
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Pratima Kumari and Sanamacha Chanu become the first Indians to fail a drugs test at an Olympics competition.
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ATHENS - The Colombian judge suspended for giving South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young an incorrect score in the Olympic men&#39;s all-round event lives in gold medallist Paul Hamm&#39;s home state, International Gymnast magazine reported on Sunday.
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An Indian weightlifter has tested positive for drugs before the start of the Athens Games, the International Olympic Committee has announced.
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WENGEN, Switzerland  - Austrian skier Hans Knauss  has been provisionally suspended after a positive B test for  nandrolone, his lawyer Christian Flick said on Wednesday.
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International Weightlifting Federation officials have announced the names of five lifters from five different countries who are banned from Athens Olympics competition after failing drug tests.
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WADA chief suggests cyclist got away with doping: Tyler Hamilton&#39;s title from the Athens Games is &quot;no longer a gold medal in the eyes of the world&quot; because of the cyclist&#39;s failed drug test, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said.
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The doping case involving Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou and their former coach, Christos Tzekos, finally moved forward yesterday when they were suspended by the International Association of Athletics Federations.