AIU confirms Kiprop positive test, rejects allegations
LONDON (Reuters) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kenyan former three-times world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop had tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO, and rejected some of his extraordinary allegations a…
IAAF suspends five Russian walkers from competing over banned coach
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The governing body of world athletics has suspended five Russian race walkers from competition pending further investigation of their participation in a training camp with a banned coach.
Athletics Integrity Unit confirm Kiprop positive test, reject allegations
LONDON (Reuters) – The Athletics Integrity Unit has confirmed that Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin.
China still forced to settle for replica World Cup dreams
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping’s dream of China hosting and ultimately winning the World Cup may be as far away as ever but that does not mean the country will have no involvement when soccer’s elite meets in Russia later this year.
Golf: Rare consecutive eagles boost Peterson to lead in Charlotte
(Reuters) – Self-deprecating Texan John Peterson recorded consecutive eagles for the first time in his career to vault to the first-round lead at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday.
LeBron masterclass leaves Toronto clinging on
TORONTO (Reuters) – Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James delivered a masterclass on Thursday that left the dispirited Toronto Raptors wondering if there was anything they could do to slow down the game’s greatest player.
Thin rough for May finale at next week’s Players Championship
(Reuters) – The Players Championship will bid farewell to its May date in the calendar with the thinnest rough in a decade, according to the PGA Tour rules official overseeing the course set-up at the famous TPC Sawgrass Stadium course.
Putting woes leave Woods six behind first-round leader Peterson
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods struggled to adjust to slow greens as he slipped six strokes behind American leader John Peterson in the opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina on Thursday.
No problem for Froome to race in Giro, says rival Dumoulin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Defending Giro d’Italia champion Tom Dumoulin said on Thursday that the allegations against fellow competitor Chris Froome were harming cycling and he saw no problem with his rival participating in the event.
Ferrari’s Marchionne ‘encouraged’ by F1 engine proposals
MILAN (Reuters) – Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne, who has warned that his glamour team could walk away from Formula One after 2020, said on Thursday he was encouraged by a “change in attitude” from the sport’s owners as they map out F1’s future.
