Iran’s blanket suspension from world judo events for ordering one of its athletes to pull out of an event to avoid competing against an Israeli…
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Tag: Court of Arbitration for Sport
Three Judges Endorsed Penalties for Russia’s Doping. Then They Cut Its Ban in Half.
In page after page, the report amounts to one of the starkest denunciations yet of Russia’s efforts to evade antidoping rules. Compiled by a panel…
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Sun Yang’s Eight-Year Doping Ban Is Overturned
Sun Yang, a three-time Olympic champion and one of China’s most celebrated athletes, had his eight-year ban from swimming suddenly overturned Wednesday by Switzerland’s federal…
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Critics of Russia’s Doping Ban Blame the System That Allowed It
Clare Egan heard the news last week while resting between training sessions in her hotel room in Hochfilzen, Austria, where she was preparing to compete…
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Russia Doping Ban Is Halved but It Will Miss Next Two Olympics
Russia’s four-year ban from global sports has been cut in half by a court in Switzerland, a decision that could signal the end of its…
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Why Did the World’s Fastest Man Miss Drug Tests — and a Shot at the Olympics?
Every great athlete makes mistakes and has weaknesses, even the world’s fastest man. For Christian Coleman, a favorite to win the gold medal in the…
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Russian Biathlete Loses His Medals, His Country’s Latest Defeat
The doping scheme was created to make Russia the unquestioned champion of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, to ensure Russian dominance on home soil, to claim…
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Track’s Caster Semenya Loses Appeal to Defend 800-Meter Title
Caster Semenya of South Africa, the two-time Olympic track champion with a rare genetic condition that significantly elevated her testosterone levels, on Tuesday lost what…
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Manchester City’s Champions League Ban Is Overturned
LONDON — Manchester City, a Premier League heavyweight and one of the world’s richest clubs, successfully overturned on Monday its two-season ban from European soccer’s…
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