Brazilian Tennis Player Draws Ban for Doping
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Brazilian tennis player Marcelo Melo is barred for two months for a doping violation after testing positive for the stimulant isometheptene.
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Italian tennis players Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali have been banned and fined for betting on matches, the ATP confirmed on Thursday.
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U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine during an exhibition tournament last month, a Belgian sports minister said Monday.
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Villarreal&#39;s Brazilian midfielder Marcos Senna has been suspended for 60 days and fined 10,000 Swiss Francs by UEFA after testing positive for two banned substances, the Primera Liga club said on Thursday.
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LONDON -- Stefan Koubek of Austria was suspended for three months by the International Tennis Federation on Wednesday for failing a drug test at the French Open.
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Russia's U.S. Open champion Svetlana  Kuznetsova has been cleared of a doping offense after the  Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said the Belgian government  official who made the accusation got it wrong.
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Sprinter Marion Jones was facing a ban after her first sample indicated use of the blood-boosting drug EPO.
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A Cuban judo player has tested positive for a banned substance at the Athens Paralympics and is being stripped of his gold medal. The International Paralympic Committee said 35-year-old Sergio Arturo Perez
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Austrian skier Hans Knauss was temporarily suspended Wednesday for steroid use and could be banned for two years.
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Sprinter Justin Gatlin received an eight-year ban from track and field Tuesday, avoiding a lifetime penalty in exchange for his cooperation with doping authorities and because an earlier positive drug test was deemed an honest mistake.
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Romanian striker Adrian Mutu was banned from soccer for seven months on Thursday after being found guilty of taking a banned substance by the English Football Association.
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PARIS  - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were handed provisional bans for missing doping tests by the IAAF.
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After two days of much ado about what appears not to have been doping, it was time for tennis to get back to basics.
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Top tennis officials lashed a Belgian  government minister who said that U.S. Open champion Svetlana  Kuznetsova had failed a doping test, saying the Russian would  be allowed to play on in the Australia Open.
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Football's world ruling body FIFA have extended worldwide a seven-month ban handed out to disgraced former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu.
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Sprinter Justin Gatlin got his doping ban reduced but not by enough to make him eligible to defend his Olympic 100-meter title this year, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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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.