Australia's top trainers, jockeys banned from tracks
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Some of Australia's top jockeys and trainers, including 11-times Melbourne Cup winner Bart Cummings, have been banned from racetracks in an effort to stop the spread of equine flu, officials said.
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Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was back in action yesterday along with fellow riders Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams, plus trainer Karl Burke, after their arrests and subsequent
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IRELAND looks certain to be stripped of its only gold medal from the Athens Olympics after the nationâs most popular horse, Waterford Crystal, tested positive for a banned drug.
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New Delhi: Sending out a strong message to dope offenders, the Indian Olympic Association on Wednesday imposed life bans on three top weightlifters -- Pratima Kumari, Sanamacha Chanu and S Sunaina -- and national coach Pal Singh Sandhu.
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SALVO, North Carolina  - Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for four years for a 2006 positive test for testosterone, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday.
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Ireland&#39;s only champion at the Athens Olympics and two German riders risk losing their gold medals after their horses failed dope tests.
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Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is among 16 people arrested in an investigation into corruption within horse racing, sources said. Two other jockeys and a trainer were also held in the probe into alleged race fixing.
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The Jockey Club drop their inquiry into whether Kieren Fallon and John Egan brought racing into disrepute.
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An Australian judge Tuesday banned the company that conducts Japan's whale hunt from killing the animals in a large part of its regular hunting grounds off Antarctica.
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SALVO, North Carolina  - Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for four years pending a possible appeal for a 2006 positive test for testosterone, a source close to the case told Reuters on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Former undisputed heavyweight  champion Evander Holyfield has been banned from fighting by the  New York State Athletic Commission, according to published  reports.
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Australia&#39;s multi-billion dollar racing  industry was plunged into turmoil on Saturday after an outbreak  of equine influenza triggered a national lockdown.
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Thoroughbred racing was banned indefinitely on Monday in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales, as an outbreak of equine flu spread to 51 horses and another 450 horses were suspected of being infected.
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Australian authorities cancelled thoroughbred racing in a second state on Tuesday, including the iconic outback Birdsville races, as the nation's first outbreak of equine flu spread.
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Indian sports officials have issued lifetime bans to three female weightlifters and the sport&#39;s top coach after the athletes tested positive for banned drugs at international competitions, including the Athens Olympics.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee banned Justin Gatlin's track coach from its training facilities Thursday, making him the first target in a newly amplified effort to quash doping in sports.
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The state Racing and Wagering Board yesterday suspended the racing licenses of three horsemen, including a reputed member of the Gambino organized crime family, who were linked to a plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals.