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LATEST DOPING NEWS UPDATES IN SPORTS, RIO 2016 AND RUSSIA

Maria Sharapova will be reinstated as UN goodwill ambassador as soon as her suspension for being a tennis drug cheat ends

10/11/16 22:39

The Russian former world number one, 29, got her two-year ban reduced to 15 months on appeal paving the way for her to return to her role as an ambassador when she returns to the court in April. She was axed from her role in March by the UN after admitting taking meldonium in the Australian Open this year, but now a spokesman for the organisation told MailOnline: A spokesman for the UNDP told MailOnline: 'UNDP was glad to learn that Maria Sharapova can return to the sport she loves sooner than expected and we will lift the suspension of her role as our Goodwill Ambassador once the reduced ban expires in April 2017. We understand that Ms Sharapova will be focused on resuming her tennis career and we look forward to discussing her role and engagement with UNDP at an appropriate date.' ...read

27/10/16 19:06

The 26-year-old featherweight, from Glasgow, confessed to a UK anti-doping tribunal that he had struggled with ‘alcohol and cocaine’ and ‘wasn’t living like a professional’.

26/10/16 19:41

The IOC has been gradually working its way through a backlog of cases thrown up by the more than 1,200 samples it retested from Beijing 2008 and London 2012 in the build-up to the Rio Games.

15/10/16 12:00

Over recent days, a team of anti-doping regulators swooped on the British Cycling HQ in Manchester, the 'dream factory' where the team's sensational Rio Olympics campaign was orchestrated.

08/10/16 01:18

SPORTSMAIL INVESTIGATION: There was shock as the Manchester headquarters of both British Cycling and Team Sky was raided by investigators from UK Anti-Doping on Friday.

07/10/16 15:58

SPORTSMAIL INVESTIGATION: Doping chiefs are looking into allegations centred around the package and whether it was requested by Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman for Wiggins.

07/10/16 14:50

MATT LAWTON: Doping chiefs are investigating allegations centred around the package and whether it was requested by Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman for Wiggins.

06/10/16 23:35

Maria Sharapova celebrated in style by donning tight leather trousers as she went for a stroll in New York on Wednesday

05/10/16 06:03

It looks like she'll get to wear all white again sooner than she hoped. And to celebrate the 29-year-old rocked a chic all black outfit as she stepped out in NY. The tennis ace looked confiden

04/10/16 18:17

Five-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova has had her two-year doping ban reduced to 15 months. This will allow to her to make her comeback at the French Open in May.

27/09/16 23:02

Froome also seemed to contradict the words of David Brailsford by insisting he doesn't have 'win at all costs' approach and has never pushed the boundaries of anti-doping rules.

16/09/16 11:45

JEFF POWELL: At previous Olympics this has put me at ASCD, full name A Severe Competitive Disadvantage. My view from press boxes was obscured by taller colleagues.

14/09/16 19:23

The records were held by the World Anti-Doping Agency and relate to 'therapeutic use exemptions' granted to certain athletes so they can take medication - prescribed by a doctor.

14/09/16 19:05

While there is no suggestion that the tennis sisters have done anything wrong, files obtained from the World Anti-Doping Agency have revealed the details of medications they are using.

13/09/16 19:26

The IOC confirmed that javelin silver medallist Maria Abakumova and 400m runner Denis Alexeev had tested positive for banned substances at the Games and therefore disqualified.

01/09/16 18:30

More than 175 Russian athletes requested to compete in Rio, despite the CAS upholding Russia's exclusion from the Games after the report into the country's state-run doping programme.

01/09/16 16:00

The International Olympic Committee on Thursday stripped Barrios of her second place at the 2008 Beijing Games and issued a demand for the immediate return of her medal.

29/08/16 23:25

Russia, already suspended from next month's Rio Paralympics, have also been banned for the winter edition in South Korea because of a state-sponsored sports doping programme.

26/08/16 01:14

Vladimir Putin has branded Russia's ban from the Paralympics as immoral and inhumane. The International Paralympic Committee has barred Russian athletes from competing in Rio.

24/08/16 18:38

Russia's Investigative Committee is seeking to quiz Britain's Sir Craig Reedie (pictured), president of WADA, and its independent expert Richard McLaren, a Canadian.

24/08/16 01:52

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld Russia’s suspension in Rio, which was initially imposed by International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on August 7.

23/08/16 17:51

Sakho was absolved of any wrongdoing after UEFA resolved the traces of fat burner found in his sample following a Europa League clash in March were not in breach of doping regulations.

20/08/16 13:23

Russia was stripped of yet another track-and-field medal from the 2008 Olympics on Friday. Three Russian athletes were retroactively caught in the latest blow to a country reeling from scandals.

18/08/16 12:07

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: The women’s 1500 metres at London 2012 has been dubbed ‘the dirtiest race in history’ with six of the first nine runners having since been found guilty of doping.

17/08/16 16:22

Athlete Darya Klishina, 25, is the only one of Russia's 68-person track and field team allowed to compete in Rio after the nationwide doping scandal - and she's through to the long-jump final.

17/08/16 09:58

Russian sprinter Yulia Chermoshanskaya is among the 98 athletes who have so far been caught in the re-testing of anti-doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Games.

17/08/16 07:23

Yulia Efimova (pictured), 24, has won two silver medals in Rio and is ready to go back to her home in Los Angeles. She said in an interview on Tuesday that life is 'much easier' there than in Russia.

15/08/16 23:22

Australia's Mack Horton gave his great rival Sun Yung a knockout blow in the men's 400m freestyle to win gold, and he is also doing it in a hilarious animated video that has gone viral.

15/08/16 01:21

The much anticipated showdown between Australia's Mack Horton and his great rival Sun Yang will now not happen after Yang failed to qualify for the men's 1500 metres freestyle final.

12/08/16 12:24

The Rio Olympics athletics programme suffered its first doping setback as Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova has tested positive for EPO, sources told Reuters on Thursday.

12/08/16 04:14

Sprint coach John Anzrah was sent home after being caught out following a drugs test at an Olympic venue. It was not clear which athlete Anzrah was pretending to be.

10/08/16 10:01

Controversial swimmer Sun Yang has come under fire yet again following an extraordinary attack from French Olympian Camille Lacourt who hates seeing the Chinese star at the top of the podium in Rio.

10/08/16 08:47

Seven network commentator Amanda Abate, from the Gold Coast, trolled on social media after she called Olympic Chinese swimmer Sun Yang a 'cheat' instead of a 'star' on air.

10/08/16 01:24

A Seven network commentator introduced swimmer Sun Yang as one of China's 'cheats' instead of one of the country's 'stars' during the live Australian 2016 Rio Olympics coverage.

09/08/16 14:23

Australians have taken a swipe at Chinese fans by accusing gold medallist Sun Yang of loving Star Wars' unpopular character Jar Jar Binks on social media following his bitter rift with Mack Horton.

09/08/16 13:55

Lilly King put her money where her mouth is, romping to victory in the 100m breaststroke final in Rio after she called her closest Russian rival a drugs cheat.

09/08/16 10:40

A young American swimmer Lilly King, 19, was caught on camera giving a very clear finger-wagging sign of disapproval as Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova raised her finger.

08/08/16 21:01

Australia has 'no intention' of apologising to Sun Yang after gold medalist Mack Horton called the Chinese swimmer a drug cheat .

08/08/16 08:24

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has declared 'I am the king' and claims he will beat Mack Horton in the upcoming 1500 metre race after the Australian claimed gold against Yang in the 400 metre final.

08/08/16 07:45

The 27-year-old cyclist said she was looking forward to spending more time with her family and 'people that care about her' after finishing fifth in the women's road race in Rio.

08/08/16 01:30

Chinese fans have abused Australian swimming hero Mack Horton after his 400m freestyle win in Rio. After the win Horton called out Chinese medal hope Sun Yang as a drugs cheat.

07/08/16 11:12

Germany's ARD and The Sunday Times secretly filmed a senior official with Athletics Kenya offering a fake British running team a warning ahead of any drugs test.

07/08/16 05:41

An unidentified member of the Greek Olympic team has been expelled from the Olympic Games for testing positive for a banned substance. This is second positive test from athlete in Rio.

06/08/16 12:41

USA's Justin Gatlin, 34, hopes to become the fastest man in the world, beating out rival sprinter Jamaican Usain Bolt. The New Yorker has been banned from the Olympics twice for doping

06/08/16 00:17

As revealed by Sportsmail, the cyclist was suspended for missing three tests within a 12-month period. But after a successful appeal, Armitstead will line up in the road race on Sunday.

05/08/16 12:37

MARTHA KELNER IN RIO: The man who helped expose Russia’s doping scandal has launched a scathing attack on his former boss Craig Reedie, claiming he doesn't want to catch drug cheats.

05/08/16 11:54

Brazil's athletes were not subject to dope tests for almost a month before the Rio Olympics - with the actions being labelled by the World Anti-Doping Agency as 'unacceptable.'   

04/08/16 20:55

All 11 Russian boxers who qualified for the Rio Olympics have been given the all clear to compete, along with 29 swimmers and 11 judokas, their respective federations have announced.

28/07/16 10:53

Speaking at a farewell event for Russia's Rio-bound Olympians in Moscow, the Russian President said the absence of athletes from Russia would diminish the competition.

27/07/16 21:00

Fencing's governing body, the FIE, said it had 're-examined' the tests taken by the team over the last two years and all were negative. Volleyball's federation are also submitting all athletes.

27/07/16 14:41

Fencing's world governing body - the FIE - announced it had 're-examined the results' of the drug tests taken by the 16-strong Russian team over the last two years and all were negative.

27/07/16 12:48

Former British swimmer Davies, 53, won silver in the 400 metres individual medley at the 1980 Moscow Olympics — was denied gold by Petra Schneider, the East German who took steroids.

27/07/16 10:21

The IJF nodded through the application Russia’s proposed team highlighting the absurdity of the IOC's decision to allow federations to determine who should take part in Rio.

27/07/16 00:13

The test, to be used at the Olympic Games in Rio, can identify the presence of synthetic genes for the erythropoietin (EPO) hormone which stimulates the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells.

26/07/16 00:07

His call came as several key figures in the IOC reeled at the capitulation of their president Thomas Bach in failing to expel the entire drugs-mired Russian team from the Games that start a week on Friday.

25/07/16 22:30

Pooley has called on cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, to prevent Russian cyclists from competing in Rio. The IOC has left it up to member associations to decide whether to ban Russians.

25/07/16 19:53

The IOC revealed on Sunday that its ethics board had declared Stepanova ineligible for Rio because all Russians who have served drugs bans in the past have been barred from next month's Games.

25/07/16 12:03

COMMENT - MATT LAWTON: The IOC destroyed the Olympics on Sunday. Shame on Thomas Bach, the toothless president who enjoys a cosy relationship with Vladimir Putin.

24/07/16 18:24

Despite wide calls for Russia to be thrown out of the Games for running a state-directed doping programme, the IOC's executive board opted against a blanket ban on the nation.

23/07/16 15:55

The sports scientist at the centre of the Essendon doping scandal sent a message to a journalist saying that he had been shot after his Melbourne home was sprayed with bullets on Saturday.

23/07/16 04:27

Controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank received a bullet graze to his forehead on Saturday morning after the front of his Melbourne home was shot at several times.

23/07/16 00:42

Russia could miss the Rio Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee announced it had opened suspension proceedings following the publication of the McLaren Report.

22/07/16 00:22

The IPC has been urgently trying to find out more on the extent of the problem in Paralympic sport. IPC president Sir Philip Craven said: 'We are truly shocked, appalled and deeply saddened'.

20/07/16 14:17

'Olga, the high jump's over there. That's for the pole vault'.

20/07/16 12:50

MARTHA KELNER: Russia may still be absent from next month's Rio Games after the International Olympic Committee refused to rule out a blanket ban on the team.

19/07/16 22:58

MARTHA KELNER: Russia's Liliya Shobukhova has been ordered to repay more than £377,000 to London Marathon organisers after being banned for doping.

19/07/16 22:56

MARTHA KELNER: The man in charge of organising the 2018 World Cup in Russia could be stripped of his role after he was implicated in the country's systematic doping scandal.

19/07/16 22:56

EXCLUSIVE: The Great Britain bobsleigh team who finished fifth at the 2014 Winter Olympics will push to be upgraded to a bronze medal if it emerges that their rivals are implicated in doping.

19/07/16 11:48

A two-month investigation commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency has uncovered evidence of 'state-directed, fail-safe' doping throughout Russian Olympic sport.

17/07/16 16:17

Anti-doping officials from at least 10 countries and as many as 20 athlete groups are reportedly planning to demand Russia's entire team be banned from the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio.

15/07/16 21:35

The 29-year-old tennis champion seemed determined to keep her mind off the possible four-year ban and focused on a grueling workout with her trainer instead in Los Angeles on Wednesday

13/07/16 23:35

Yulia Kalina, who finished third in the 58-kilogram division in London, tested positive for the steroid turinabol in reanalysis of her stored samples and was retroactively disqualified.

08/07/16 23:11

The Beijing 400m freestyle gold medallist overturned a national rule that stops Koreans convicted of doping from competing internationally for three years after their ban expires.

08/07/16 20:41

Mamadou Sakho has won the fight to prove he is not a drugs cheat after UEFA accepted he did not have a case to answer. Sakho missed the Europa League final and Euro 2016 after serving a ban.

05/07/16 22:30

The Liverpool defender’s legal team are set to argue that he has not contravened UEFA’s drug laws and that an additional ban - have served a 30 day suspension - would be unjust.

25/06/16 04:07

The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Rio's new laboratory just six weeks before the start of the Olympics, plunging plans to deter cheats this summer into crisis.

23/06/16 23:28

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced the bans on Wednesday after the opening day of a two-day executive board meeting was dominated by the sport's doping crisis.

23/06/16 23:14

Athletes from Kenya and Russia who want to compete at the Rio Olympics have less than two weeks to convince the IAAF that they are innocent of doping.

21/06/16 23:46

The hand-written note, penned by Reedie, seems to show that on August 1 last year he tipped off Sergey Bubka, the vice-president of the IAAF, about the TV documentary that rocked athletics.

21/06/16 10:13

An investigation funded by WADA into allegations made by the former director of Moscow's anti-doping lab is currently being led by Canadian legal expert Richard McLaren.

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