Athletics: Young gets life ban
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World 400m champion Jerome Young is banned for life after a second positive dope test.
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PARIS  - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were handed provisional bans for missing doping tests by the IAA.
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MICHELLE COLLINS, of the United States, the former world indoor 200 metres champion, was suspended for eight years yesterday for drug abuse in a landmark ruling in the fight against doping.
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SALVO, North Carolina  - Controversial U.S.  sprinter Jerome Young has been banned for life after failing a  second doping test, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on  Wednesday.
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Weightlifters Pratima Kumari, Sanamacha Chanu, S Sunaina and coach Pal Singh Sandhu have been banned for life, Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi announced in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Sprinter Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years Friday for a doping violation linked to the BALCO scandal and will forfeit results that include 2003 world and US titles in the 200 meters.
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Olympic 400 metres relay gold medallist Alvin Harrison has accepted a four-year ban for drugs offences despite never failing a test, the United States Anti-Doping Agency has revealed.
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The former Manchester United star has been handed a three-match ban and a Â£10,000 fine for his bust-up with West Bromwich Albion defender Neil Clement last month.
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The US anti-doping agency banned the sprinter Jerome Young for life yesterday after the world 400-metre champion&#39;s second positive test for an illegal steroid.
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The Austrian Olympic Committee imposed lifetime Olympic bans Tuesday on 14 team officials linked to the blood doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Games.
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Sprinter Justin Gatlin agreed to an eight-year ban from track and field Tuesday, avoiding a lifetime penalty in exchange for his cooperation with doping authorities and because of the "exceptional circumstances" surrounding his first positive drug test.
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US sprinter Michelle Collins is banned for doping offences despite not failing a drugs test.
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The Indian Olympic Association has banned three female weightlifters and their coach for life after the athletes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
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WORLD 400m champion Jerome Young of the United States has been banned for life for a second doping violation, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced.
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Terming their explanations for missed drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens &quot;unacceptable,&quot; the world governing body of track and field (IAAF) yesterday announced that Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou would be banned
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Though Vince Young says that growing up, the streets taught him to never run from anyone, it is his impressive speed and agility that has made him a standout in his rookie season.
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Ron Artest has been hit with a season long suspension, unprecedented for the NBA outside doping cases; Stephen Jackson banned for 30 games; Jermaine O&#39;Neal for 25 games and Anthony Johnson for five.