Urine sample match triggers trots drug-testing scandal

Urine sample match triggers trots drug-testing scandal

Two up-and-coming Sydney drivers provided samples to stewards at a race meeting in Goulburn. DNA analysis showed the urine in both was from the same person.

  • byChris Barrett

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Joel Smith’s teammates avoid sanction after he cops four-year drug ban

Joel Smith’s teammates avoid sanction after he cops four-year drug ban

The Melbourne utility received a ban of more than four years for testing positive to cocaine on match day and for “trafficking or attempted trafficking”.

  • byPeter Ryan,Jake Niall andJon Pierik
‘It’s an arms race’:The new technology set to give drug-testers upper hand before Brisbane 2032

‘It’s an arms race’:The new technology set to give drug-testers upper hand before Brisbane 2032

Researchers in Queensland believe they have made a major breakthrough in the quest to detect synthetic EPO more easily and effectively.

  • byCindy Yin
Why Jannik may be judged more sinner than saint

Why Jannik may be judged more sinner than saint

The Italian star was cleared of doping,saying he was unwittingly contaminated while being massaged. But that won’t wash with the World Anti-Doping Agency.

  • byDarren Kane
Jannik Sinner faces two-year ban as WADA appeal doping case

Jannik Sinner faces two-year ban as WADA appeal doping case

The world No.1 could defend his Australian Open title with a ban hanging over his head.

  • byAndrew Dampf
Addo-Carr wanted cocaine test results fast-tracked to try to clear his name
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Addo-Carr wanted cocaine test results fast-tracked to try to clear his name

The Bulldogs asked Josh Addo-Carr if he wanted them to expedite the process,and he said yes. That’s how confident he was his second test would prove negative after he allegedly failed a roadside drug test.

  • byDanny Weidler
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Kyrgios has (sort of) got it right about Sinner’s doping offence

Kyrgios has (sort of) got it right about Sinner’s doping offence

Nick Kyrgios is right about Jannik Sinner escaping a ban,but not because the Italian is a drug cheat.

  • byDarren Kane
Tennis drug testers have lost all credibility over Sinner silence
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Tennis drug testers have lost all credibility over Sinner silence

Professional tennis players are furious Jannik Sinner has not been suspended after returning two positive drugs tests - regardless of how small the amount was.

  • byOliver Brown
Nick Kyrgios says Jannik Sinner should get two-year ban for two failed drugs tests

Nick Kyrgios says Jannik Sinner should get two-year ban for two failed drugs tests

The Australian Open winner was cleared by a tribunal that accepted his reason for testing positive twice to an illegal substance.

  • byBen Rumsby
I couldn’t care less if an Olympian buys cocaine – but if you play stupid games,you win stupid prizes
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I couldn’t care less if an Olympian buys cocaine – but if you play stupid games,you win stupid prizes

Three-time Olympian Tom Craig should have known the consequences of his actions.

  • byAndrew Webster
Aussie gets the last laugh as Chinese swimmer bombs out,suddenly stops talking

Aussie gets the last laugh as Chinese swimmer bombs out,suddenly stops talking

China’s Qin Haiyang speaks fluent English but has avoided questions about how a performance-enhancing drug ended up in his system.

  • byTom Decent