Skiing: Four Receive Lifetime Bans
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The Austrian Ski Federation gave lifetime bans to Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann, both retired biathletes, and the former coaches Emil Hoch and Walter Mayer yesterday because of their involvement with blood doping at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
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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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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.
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World 400m champion Jerome Young is banned for life after a second positive dope test.
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Five weightlifters were banned from the Olympics after failing drugs tests, officials said on Thursday, as doping scandals continued to dominate the first week of the Games.
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New Delhi, Sep 29 (UNI) Tainted lifters Sanamacha Chanu, Pratima Kumari and S Sunaina were banned for life by the Indian Olympic Association here today.
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Finland's Matti Nykaenen, arguably the best ski jumper of all times, was sentenced to two years and two months in prison for assaulting a friend with a knife during a drunken brawl last summer.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - World 400 meters  champion Jerome Young has been given a lifetime ban from  athletics for a second doping offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping  Agency (USADA) said 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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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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Norwegian sprinter Aham Okeke has received a lifetime ban from competition after confessing to using the male sex hormone testosterone, anti-doping officials said on Monday.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 15--El Dorado Irrigation District board members followed up a call for banning personal watercraft on Silver Lake with a request to limit boat speeds, a move that would effectively eliminate water skiing as well.
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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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Hungary&#39;s Robert Fazekas was stripped of his discus gold medal and a Belarusian high-jumper was banned, setting a record for the number of doping violations at an Olympics.
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The Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, and Switzerland ratified a four-year transfer agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation member associations and the NHL on Thursday.
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Drive a car? Ride a bike? The message is the same on the slopes: Be aware.
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THE INDIAN Olympic Association on Wednesday slapped life bans on tainted weightlifters Pratima Kumari and Sanamacha Chanu who were caught cheating at the Athens Olympics.