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Kenya boosts testing in athletics 'doping war'

Nairobi (AFP) - Athletics superpower Kenya announced Thursday it will more than triple annual drug testing of athletes amid a surge in doping cases.

AFP

Athletics integrity body to boost drug testing in Kenya

Nairobi (AFP) - The head of the Athletics Integrity Unit warned on Friday that the international anti-doping body was stepping up its investigations and testing in Kenya.

AFP

Kerala: Customs seizes gold worth Rs 52.5 lakhs at Kochi airport

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) seized 1,139 g of gold worth Rs 52.5 lakhs at Kochi airport on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kerala: Customs Seizes Gold Worth Rs 40 Lakh At Kochi Airport

The Customs department in Kerala seized 805.62 grams of gold worth Rs 40 lakh from a passenger at the Cochin International Airport on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kerala: Customs Seize Gold Weighing 871 Grams Worth Rs 44.9 Lakh At Kochi Airport

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department has seized 871 grams of gold worth Rs 44.9 lakhs at Kochi airport. Read on for details:

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Kipyokei loses Boston Marathon title as more Kenyans banned for doping

Paris (AFP) - Last year's Boston Marathon winner Diana Chemtai Kipyokei has been disqualified from the race after becoming the latest Kenyan athlete to be sanctioned for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday.

AFP

Kenyan 100m sprinter Otieno handed two-year doping ban

Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan sprinter Mark Otieno has been banned for two years for breaching anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Monday.

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Albanian Olympian Allegedly Used False Qualifying Information

The long jumper now faces a ban for his involvement in the supposed scandal.

Sports Illustrated

Kenya escapes ban as World Athletics hails government's financial pledge

Rome (AFP) - Kenya avoided becoming a sporting pariah as World Athletics president Sebastian Coe welcomed its government's pledge of a financial package to combat doping in what he called "a long journey" to build trust.

AFP

Kenyan athletics mired in new doping scandal

Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's athletics reputation is once again taking a pummelling after the suspension this year of an unusually large number of long distance runners for suspected doping.

AFP

Boston Marathon winner one of two more Kenyans suspended for doping

Paris (AFP) - Last year's Boston marathon winner Diana Chemtai Kipyokei and her Kenyan teammate Betty Wilson Lempus have been provisionally suspended over anti-doping rule violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Friday.

AFP

Discus thrower Kamalpreet gets three-year ban for doping

Will go as per law, says AFI chief Sumariwalla regarding the Olympian’s National record

The Hindu

CJ Ujah: ‘I had this stain against my name. It hurt so much and still does’

Sprinter cleared of deliberately taking performance-enhancing drugs says he always believed the truth would come out

The Guardian - UK

CJ Ujah banned for 22 months for failed drug test at Tokyo Olympics

Britain lost their 4x100m silver medal from Tokyo when Ujah tested positive for two prohibited substances.

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Team GB sprinter CJ Ujah cleared of ‘intentional’ doping violation

Great Britain will still lose the 4x100m relay silver medal from Tokyo 2020, with Ujah handed a reduced sentence of 22 months

The Guardian - UK

Banned British sprinter CJ Ujah cleared of deliberately taking drugs at Olympics

Anti-doping authorities accepted CJ Ujah’s positive test at Tokyo 2020 was ‘not intentional’ and due to a contaminated supplement

Daily Mirror

Seven nation 'watch list' announced by World Athletics over suspicious Olympic qualifying

Seven Olympic nations have been placed on a "Competition Manipulation Watch List" by World Athletics due to suspicious qualification patterns for last year's Tokyo Olympics.

The Hindu

Navjeet Kaur fails dope test, gets three-year suspension

The Athletics Integrity Unit reduces the discus thrower’s ban by a year

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AIU suspends sprinter Dhanalakshmi for three years

Country’s fastest woman sprinter gets a reduced ban after admission of doping violation

The Guardian - UK

Duo banned from World Athletics Championships for doping offences

The US Olympic medallist Randolph Ross tampered with the anti-doping process, while Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono has a positive test

AFP

Two runners suspended for doping offences, ruled out of world championships

Paris (AFP) - Kenyan Lawrence Cherono and American Randolph Ross have been suspended for doping offences, knocking them out of World Championships in Oregon, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Saturday.

AFP

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare's ban extended to 11 years

Paris (AFP) - Sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given an additional one-year ban for doping violations on top of her existing 10-year suspension, a decision that rules Nigeria out of the sprint relay at the world championships.

The Hindu

State govt. should decide on NEP or varsities will lose out, says AIU chief

Thiruvasagam says NAAC ranking is linked to preparedness of universities to implement NEP

The Hindu

Olympian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur provisionally suspended

Kamalpreet Kaur had made it to the Tokyo Olympics final, finishing sixth with a throw of 63.7m.

AFP

Indian Olympic discus thrower suspended after failing dope test

New Delhi (AFP) - India's top woman discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who finished sixth at last summer's Tokyo Olympics, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned drug, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said.

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