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Rugby: Elite players risk bans under new drug rules
London :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
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Although he would not disclose the amount of missed tests or who was involved, International Rugby Players' Association chief executive Rob Nichol said he was aware of current internationals who had "inadvertently" missed tests. Belgian tennis player...
Tags: Rob Nichol, Wada, missed tests, tests pool, International Rugby Players' Association, registered tests, RTP, United Kingdom, London, Cheating, UK Sport, Drug test, Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport, Bioethics, allnews, Drugs in sport, Doping
Brits' turn to scale Olympic heights
Melbourne :: Australia | 19 days ago
Credibility Australia's sporting psyche lies a dented, neglected medal that once denoted our nation's Olympic dominance. Or so it would seem rifling through the reactions and rhetoric following the release of the Crawford report, the independent review of Australian...
Tags: Australian Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport, London, Britain, Crawford, crawford report, UK Sport, uk sporting, Australia, Melbourne, Sport in Australia, Olympic Games, Sport in the United Kingdom, Sport in London, Summer Olympics, allnews
Gold Rush: Hoy Hails UK Lottery Funding
London :: United Kingdom | 20 days ago
Credibility The first lottery draw was on November 19, 1994, and sports funding was introduced three years later. The funds have enabled Britain's elite sportsmen and women to win 437 Olympic and Paralympic medals. The country's success has been directly attributed...
Tags: lottery funding, Britain, uk lottery, golds rush, UK Sport, hoy hails, hails uk, United Kingdom, London
On Yer Bike! UK Gears Up For London Olympics
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility 39am UK, Friday October 30, 2009 Graham Fitzgerald, Sky News Online Britain is aiming to stage a world class sporting event roughly every two weeks in the 1,000 days before the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012. Sir Chris Hoy on course...
Chopper down, 16 dead, Rio mayor aims for peaceful Olympics
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility In the most dramatic incident two policemen died when their helicopter was shot down as it hovered near rival drug gangs who were having a shoot-out in the Morro dos Macacos slum in the north of the city. The incident triggered an assault on slums by...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Morro dos Macacos, deaths toll, drug gangs, UK Sport, bloody clashes
WiganToday.net, UK: Hock eyes Wigan return
Wigan :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility The shamed second-row forward is bracing himself for a two-year ban from professional sport when he appears before a UK Sport hearing for failing a drugs test. But he wants to make the most of his enforced lay-off and prove he is strong enough to resurrect...
Tags: UK Sport
SkySports, UK: Hock fails doping test
Wigan :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility Gareth Hock has tested positive for cocaine, his club Wigan Warriors have confirmed...The England international second rower received formal confirmation of the adverse finding from Wigan on Monday. In a statement, the club said: "Gareth has been charged...
Tags: Wigan Warriors, Gareth Hock, RFL, UK Sport, doping rules
New funding program announced for British athletes
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
Credibility Struggling to attract private funding during the global economic downturn, British sports officials announced a new sponsorship program Wednesday to finance the nation's elite athletes ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. The program, called Team 2012,...
Tags: London Olympics Nortel, UK Sport
Eurosport, UK & Ireland: GB launches new anti-doping organisation
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility Great Britain has set up a new National Anti-Doping Organisation which aims to put the country in the forefront of the battle against drug cheats in the build-up to the 2012 London Olympics . Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe said the new body would...
Tags: UK Sport, UK & Ireland
Fears for Australian medal haul
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility S top Olympic sports say the nation's 2012 medal hopes are under threat of taking a nosedive after the British Government yesterday announced a massive funding boost for its London Olympic campaign. Britain will spend $571 million over the next four years...
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