NEW YORK (US) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman will not be able to take part in the Tokyo Games next year as he has been banned for two years for flouting whereabouts rules. He narrowly missed a ban last year for
LONDON (UK) – An Athlete Biological Passport violation has resulted in Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, who won the 2017 London Marathon, getting a four-year ban, said the sport’s independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday. He was provisionally suspended in April though he denies any wrongdoing. The AIU said in a statement that the ban has […]
WASHINGTON (US) – President Donald Trump on Thursday announced bans on US transactions with China-owned ByteDance, which owns short video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, the operator of messenger app WeChat, further intensifying tensions with Beijing. The president’s executive order comes into effect in 45 days. This is in the wake of the administration
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) – In a bid to prevent the import of goods made by firms accused of using forced labour, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has clamped down on subsidiaries of Top Glove Corp Bhd, which is the world’s largest medical glove manufacturer. This step comes at a time when demand for […]
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has banned a spectator from attending international and domestic games in the country for two years after he admitted racially abusing England fast bowler Jofra Archer. NZC filed a complaint with the police after failing to “conclusively identify” a spectator who, as Archer explained on social media, had racially abused him […]