IOA imposes life ban on three lifters, coach
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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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PARIS: The coach of the disgraced Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou said his athletes had nothing to hide after they were handed provisional bans by the IAAF yesterday for missing doping tests.
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The International Gymnastics Federation suspended three judges for making a scoring error in the men&#39;s all-around competition, won by Paul Hamm Wednesday
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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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The former world champion pole-vaulter Giuseppe Gibilisco was barred for two years yesterday for his alleged role in the Oil for Drugs case.Gibilisco and several other athletes have been linked in the case to an Italian doctor who allegedly supplied doping products.Gibilisco won the world title in 2003 and Olympic bronze in 2004.
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Three Romanian boxers have been given  life bans after they were caught shoplifting in a plush Chicago  department store during the world amateur championships.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - A member of the Greek Olympic team has tested positive for a banned substance, this according to a news bulletin released by the Hellenic Olympic Committee on Friday.
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SALVO, North Carolina  - U.S. athletics coaches whose athletes are sanctioned for doping will be penalised themselves under a revised USA Track and Field policy, the national governing body announced on Thursday.
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Controversial US sprinter Jerome Young has been banned for life after failing a second doping test, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday.
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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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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis lost his Olympic bronze medal Sunday after tests revealed he had taken a banned substance. Sampanis won his medal in the 62-kilogram weightlifting class last Monday.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency is to challenge the lifting of drugs bans on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.
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Olympic relay gold medalist and world 400-meter champion Jerome Young was given a lifetime ban from the US Anti-Doping Agency for his second performance-enhancing drug violation, according to USA Today.
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World 400m champion Jerome Young has been banned for life after a second positive dope test, says the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
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Two powerlifters from Azerbaijan tested positive for steroids in initial drug tests and are banned for life from the Paralympics. Sara Abbazova, in the 165-pound class, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone
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Two Azerbaijan powerlifters, one male and one female, have been disqualified from the 2004 Paralympic Games and banned for life, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced in Athens on September 22.
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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.