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Paul Pogba had expected to return to action for Juventus before the midfielder received a provisional suspension for doping.
SOCCER
Sep 12, 2023
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba provisionally suspended for doping
Pogba could face a four-year ban if the "B" sample also tests positive for testosterone.
Boxers Anthony Joshua (left) and Robert Helenius face off during a news conference on Wednesday to promote their upcoming bout.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 10, 2023
Anthony Joshua calls on boxing to find solution to doping problem
Anthony Joshua is certain boxing faces a doping problem but the former world heavyweight champion is uncertain whether longer bans are an ideal solution.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Jun 23, 2023
CAS to hear Kamila Valieva's doping case in September
Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian national championships in December 2021.
Japan Times
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Jun 22, 2023
Gamers to receive education about doping rules during Olympic Esports Week
WADA said last month that the Global Esport Federation (GEF) approached it about putting together an education program, a potential first step toward embracing the global anti-doping code.
Japan Times
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May 24, 2023
WADA prioritizes education, but drug testing in esports' future
The organization said it had been approached by the Global Esports Foundation about developing a health and wellness plan for esports athletes.
Japan Times
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Mar 21, 2023
World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules and lift Russia doping ban
Administrators behind the leading Olympic sport have taken a different approach from that of swimming, which has effectively banned transgender athletes from elite female competition.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 22, 2023
WADA to appeal to CAS over figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case
A Russian tribunal found that, although the athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she had committed 'no fault or negligence.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2023
U.S. team frustrated by delay in awarding Olympic figure skating medals
U.S. Figure Skating on Thursday said it was "deeply frustrated" by the nearly one-year delay in its athletes receiving the medals they won in the team event at the Beijing Olympics as a doping case involving a Russian skater continues to play out.
Japan Times
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Dec 21, 2022
Pair of Kenyan marathoners handed long doping bans
As of the end of November, 55 Kenyan athletes were banned and eight provisionally suspended, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Nov 9, 2022
Kamila Valieva's doping case referred to CAS
WADA had issued a 'formal notice' to Russian anti-doping authorities last month after raising concerns with the ongoing delay in the figure skater's case.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 30, 2022
Iga Swiatek confuse and disappointed by Simona Halep's failed drug test
Halep had described the ban as the 'biggest shock of her life' and denied knowingly taking any banned substance.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Oct 28, 2022
World Anti-Doping Agency warns Russia over Kamila Valieva's doping case
The World Anti-Doping Agency has warned the Russian Anti-Doping Agency it will take the case of teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if the Russian agency does not promptly resolve its investigation.
Japan Times
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Oct 25, 2022
Russian hurdler Natalya Antyukh could lose London gold over doping
Antyukh won the title at the London Games in August 2012, beating American Lashinda Demus, who will be upgraded to the gold if the International Olympic Committee acts on the AIU ruling.
Japan Times
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Oct 11, 2022
British sprinter Chijindu Ujah banned 22 months for doping
Authorities ruled that the 28-year-old's rule violation was not intentional, handing him a shorter punishment than those given for deliberate offenses.
Japan Times
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Sep 20, 2022
WADA still monitoring Russia ahead of doping ban expiration
The existing two-year ban from international sports imposed by WADA on Russia for widespread, state-sponsored infringements of doping regulations expires at the end of the year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 14, 2022
Padres manager Bob Melvin: Fernando Tatis Jr. 'remorseful' after ban
The 2021 All-Star was suspended for 80 games on Friday after testing positive for Clostebol.
Japan Times
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Aug 3, 2022
WADA chief says NCAA should recognize anti-doping code
U.S. college and professional sports have long been viewed as a black hole by anti-doping officials, with spotty testing and punishments often cloaked in secrecy.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 27, 2022
Vladimir Putin defends Kamila Valieva's 'perfection'
Russia's president said the teenager's performances at the Beijing Olympics were free of doping after her positive test from December cast a shadow over the women's singles event.
Japan Times
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Mar 23, 2022
Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio gold over doping
The 28-year-old, who was found guilty of doping for a second time following a two-year suspension in 2013, will be banned from the sport for eight years.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2022
Spanish skater Laura Barquero tests positive for banned substance
The International Testing Agency said the pairs skater returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of Clostebol, which is on the prohibited list of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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