Saids and the World Anti-Doping Agency define substances of abuse as those “frequently abused in society outside of the context of sport”. “The player accepted responsibility for the doping offence and honoured his provisional suspension,” Saids said. Its statement added that Rabada was offered a chance to undertake a treatment programme, completing two sessions to...
Sinner was surrounded by his trusted team in Monaco – coaches Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, plus fitness trainer Marco Panichi, physio Ulises Badio and osteopath Andrea Cipolla. Draper said the trip was strictly business. “I didn’t speak to him too much to be honest,” added the 23-year-old world number six, who lost to Sinner...
Zhao Xintong began this season suspended from snooker after a match-fixing scandal but is tipped to be the sport’s new “megastar” if he becomes the first Chinese player to win the World Championship. The 28-year-old, who lives just a 10-minute walk from the Crucible venue in Sheffield, is one match away from joining Terry Griffiths...
Tim Dale BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images Luke Charters says he wants limited trials and a conversation about the ban on drinking in view of the pitch Football needs a “modern approach” to alcohol being drunk in the stands, an MP has said. Legislation from 1985 bans fans from consuming alcohol in view of the...
Washington played men’s Sunday League football before joining a women’s team in 2017, external. She was one of 28 trans women registered to play amateur football in England. She told BBC Sport: “It is a shock. “This means for me personally, and for many people playing football, that we are no longer able to do...
Morton are “working with” Fifa “to resolve an administration error leading to a temporary registration ban placed on the club”, the club said in a statement. “Following the club’s requests earlier in the year to obtain the access required from Fifa to submit information as part of our compliance, the club did not receive the...
Under article 101 of the RFEF disciplinary code, which covers “mild violence” towards referees, Rudiger could have received a suspension of between four and 12 matches. All six games of Rudiger’s suspension will be served in league matches, meaning that it will extend until the start of next season. He will be banned for the...
The children’s commissioner for England is calling on the government to ban apps which use artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexually explicit images of children. Dame Rachel de Souza said a total ban was needed on apps which allow “nudification” – where photos of real people are edited by AI to make them appear naked...
Real Madrid had come from behind to lead 2-1 before Ferran Torres’ 84th-minute equaliser sent the Clasico final in Seville to extra time. Barcelona defender Jules Kounde drilled in a 22-yard screamer in the 116th minute to ultimately win a thrilling encounter on Saturday. In the final moments, Real forward Mbappe tried to shrug off...
Tranmere Rovers midfielder Sam Finley has been handed a 13-game ban for making a homophobic comment to an opposition player. The midfielder, 32, admitted a Football Association charge of misconduct over a comment made to Walsall striker Jamille Matt during a League Two game in January. Finley has also been fined £2,000 and ordered to...
Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News BBC Narisa Rojanamonthien, who adopted rescue dog Crafty, is backing a proposed ban on greyhound racing Once a sport that packed out stadiums across the country, greyhound racing is facing extinction in Scotland. As the nation’s last track shuts its door indefinitely, MSPs are considering a bill that would ban...
The recording of non-crime hate incidents by police forces should be scrapped in all but a few cases, the Conservatives have said. The party will try to amend the government’s Crime and Policing Bill to ban forces from logging such incidents, except in limited circumstances. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) had...
A football fan who filmed himself stealing food at Everton’s new stadium during a test event has received a lifetime ban from the club. The video showed the man ordering food at the new Bramley-Moore Dock ground in Vauxhall, Liverpool, before the server turned away to make him a coffee. The fan was then heard...
Getty Images Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House’s sweeping list of demands The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students, after the institution said it would not bow to demands from Donald Trump’s administration. The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make...
The Trump administration is suing the state of Maine for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. The move is an escalation in the public battle between the state’s governor and Donald Trump that has included threats from the president to cut funding to Maine’s education department. “The Department of Justice will...