Tennis: Hingis gets two-year ban
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Martina Hingis's appeal against a positive doping test is rejected and she has been banned for two years.
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Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton faces a ban after reportedly being found guilty of blood doping.
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By Paul Tait MELBOURNE  - Juan Ignacio Chela was fined $2,000on Sunday for unsportsmanlike conduct after an ugly incidentwhen the Argentine spat toward Australian rival Lleyton Hewittduring an Australian Open third round match.
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Venus Williams said Friday she did not believe drugs were a big problem in tennis after former world number one Martina Hingis was banned for two years for cocaine use.
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Former champion Martina Hingis had a scare against British wildcard Naomi Cavaday, saving two match points before winning 6-7 7-5 6-0 in the first round at Wimbledon on Monday.
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Antony Dupuis, a French tennis player ranked 166th, was suspended for 2 1/2 months Monday for using a banned substance found in asthma medication.
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St. John's imposed two years of penalties on its men's basketball team Friday after an investigation revealed a former player was given cash by an athletic department employee.
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The Romanian striker was dismissed for gross misconduct last month after he admitted taking the drug following a target test. The 25-year-old was later suspended by the Football Association for seven months, a ban which was later made worldwide by FIFA.
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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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Martina Hingis was nearly caught napping on a gloomy day at Wimbledon before she woke up in the nick of time to reach the second round of the grasscourt grand slam.
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La svizzera Martina Hingis, testa di serie numero 2, ha vinto il torneo Wta di Tokyo per la quinta v...
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Roger Federer, bidding for a fifth successive Wimbledon title, eased into the second round on Monday but Swiss compatriot Martina Hingis was given an almighty fright by a player ranked 233 in the world.
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TENNIS Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko , already at the center of a betting investigation, was fined $2,000 yesterday by the ATP for lack of effort in a loss at the St. Petersburg Open in Russia. The ATP said the fourth-ranked Russian was fined for lack of "best effort" in his 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss Thursday to Marin Cilic . The ATP ...
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Valencia midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo was given a seven-match European ban by UEFA for misconduct in a Champions League soccer game last week, while his club received a 26,000-euro ($34,500) fine.
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Former champion Martina Hingis loses to France's Virginie Razzano at the US Open.
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KOLKATA, India  - Former world number one Martina   Hingis swept to the second title of her comeback year, subduing   Russian teenager Olga Poutchkova 6-0 6-4 in the final of the   Kolkata Open on Sunday.
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Soccer players and other sportsmen could  soon face mandatory two-year bans from their sports if they are  caught using recreational drugs at any time, the head of the  World Anti-Doping Agency said Monday.