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| Former record holder Powell tests positive Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 12:16 PM PDT  By Gene Cherry (Reuters) - Jamaica's former world 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell said on Sunday he had tested positive for a banned stimulant at last month's national championships. "I will confirm that a sample I gave at the National Trials in June earlier this year has returned "adverse findings", Powell said in a statement to Reuters. "The substance oxilophrine (methylsynephrine) was found, which is considered by the authorities to be a banned stimulant," the 30-year-old sprinter added. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-Former record holder Powell tests positive Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 12:15 PM PDT * Powell denies knowingly taking banned substance * Now likely to miss Moscow world championships (Adds Powell statement, byline) By Gene Cherry July 14 (Reuters) - Jamaica's former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell said on Sunday he had tested positive for a banned stimulant at last month's national championships. "I will confirm that a sample I gave at the National Trials in June earlier this year has returned "adverse findings", Powell said in a statement to Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sprinter Gay fails dope test, pulls out of worlds Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 12:09 PM PDT  By Gene Cherry RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Tearful former double sprint world champion Tyson Gay said on Sunday he had tested positive for a substance he could not identify and was pulling out of next month's world championships in Moscow. Gay, who had the year's fastest 100 meters time of 9.75 seconds, told two reporters in a telephone conference call he was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday that his A sample from an out-of-competition test on May 16 had returned a positive. "I don't have a sabotage story. I don't have lies... ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 12:09 PM PDT (Reuters) - Factbox on former 100 meters world champion Tyson Gay, who on Sunday announced he had tested positive for an unidentified substance. Born on August 9, 1982, in Lexington, United States Is the equal second fastest man ever over 100 meters, alongside Jamaican Yohan Blake, after clocking 9.69 seconds in Shanghai in September 2009. Only world record holder Usain Bolt has run faster. He is the fifth fastest over 200 following his 19.58 in New York in May 2009. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Russian championship results and standings Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:57 AM PDT July 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Russian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, July 14 Anzhi Makhachkala 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 Dynamo Moscow 2 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2 Kuban Krasnodar 1 Rubin Kazan 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 -------------------------3 Anzhi Makhachkala 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 Dynamo Moscow 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 -------------------------6 Kuban Krasnodar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ------------------------- Amkar Perm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FK Krasnodar 0 0 0 ... Full Story | Top |
| Golf-European Tour Scottish Open scores Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:53 AM PDT July 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour Scottish Open at the par-72 course on Sunday in Inverness Phil Mickelson wins play-off at the first extra hole 271 Phil Mickelson (U.S.) 66 70 66 69 271 Branden Grace (South Africa) 71 65 66 69 273 Joachim Hansen (Denmark) 68 65 69 71 Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 70 64 66 73 274 Martin Laird (Britain) 68 69 69 68 Gareth Maybin (Britain) 69 70 64 71 John Parry (Britain) 64 72 66 72 275 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 70 68 68 69 Raphael Jacquelin (France) 68 70 65 72 277 Marcel Siem (Germany) 67 69 72 69 Peter Uihlein (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Norwegian championship results and standings Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:52 AM PDT July 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Norwegian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, July 14 FK Haugesund 1 Aalesund 2 Rosenborg Trondheim 3 Odd Grenland 2 Sandnes Ulf 2 Stromsgodset IF 1 Sarpsborg 08 0 Lillestrom 1 Tromso 2 Sogndal 2 Saturday, July 13 IK Start 3 Brann Bergen 3 Molde 1 Viking Stavanger 1 Friday, July 12 Honefoss BK 1 Valerenga Oslo 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Rosenborg Trondheim 16 10 4 2 28 14 34 -------------------------2 Stromsgodset IF 16 10 2 4 31 14 32 3 Aalesund 16 8 4 4 32 22 28 -------------------------4 Brann Bergen 16 8 2 6 27 22 26 ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Bayern snap up Spain Under-21 midfielder Thiago Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:51 AM PDT * Joins European champions for 25 million euros * Thiago to sign four-year contract (Adds details, quotes) MADRID, July 14 (Reuters) - European champions Bayern Munich have strengthened their midfield by agreeing to buy sought-after Spain Under-21 international Thiago Alcantara from Barcelona for a fee of 25 million euros ($32.6 million). Thiago, 22, who will join up again with former Barca coach Pep Guardiola in Munich, will have a medical in the next few days before signing a four-year contract, Bayern said on their website (www.fcbayern.telekom.de) on Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jamaican sprinter Simpson tests positive Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:42 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Jamaican Olympic relay silver medalist Sherone Simpson said on Sunday she had tested positive for a stimulant at last month's national championships. Simpson, 28, was a member of the Jamaican team that finished second in the 4x100 relay at last year's London Olympics. She finished equal second in the 100 meters at the 2008 Beijing Games and won a gold medal in the 4x100 relay four years earlier in Athens. "This is a very difficult time for me," Simpson said in a statement to Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-Jamaican sprinter Simpson tests positive Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:36 AM PDT July 14 (Reuters) - Jamaican Olympic relay silver medallist Sherone Simpson said on Sunday she had tested positive for a stimulant at last month's national championships. Simpson, 28, was a member of the Jamaican team that finished second in the 4x100 relay at last year's London Olympics. She finished equal second in the 100 metres at the 2008 Beijing Games and won a gold medal in the 4x100 relay four years earlier in Athens. "This is a very difficult time for me," Simpson said in a statement to Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Ukrainian championship results and standings Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:29 AM PDT July 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Ukrainian championship matches on Sunday Sunday, July 14 Dynamo Kiev 1 Volyn Lutsk 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Zakarpattya Uzhgorod 0 Karpaty Lviv 0 Vorskla Poltava 2 Saturday, July 13 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 Arsenal Kiev 0 Metalurg Zaporizhya 0 Illichevets Mariupol 1 Friday, July 12 Tavria Simferopol 0 Zarja Lugansk 2 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 -------------------------2 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 Vorskla Poltava 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 Zarja Lugansk 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 -------------------------5 Illichevets ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Slovak championship results and standings Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:21 AM PDT July 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Slovak championship matches on Sunday Sunday, July 14 Ruzomberok 2 Zilina 2 Saturday, July 13 Laugaricio Trencin 4 Nitra 0 FK Senica 2 Spartak Trnava 1 MFK Kosice 2 ViOn Zlate Moravce 0 Friday, July 12 Slovan Bratislava 1 DAC Dunajska Streda 1 Spartak Myjava 0 Dukla Banska Bystrica 4 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Laugaricio Trencin 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 Dukla Banska Bystrica 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 -------------------------3 MFK Kosice 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 -------------------------4 FK Senica 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 -------------------------5 Ruzomberok 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 ... Full Story | Top |
| Athletics-Former record holder Powell tests positive - agent Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:19 AM PDT July 14 (Reuters) - Jamaica's former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell tested positive for a stimulant at last month's national championships, his agent told Reuters on Sunday. "We are working with WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) now on how it got in his system," Paul Doyle said by telephone. (Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by John Mehaffey) Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Bayern agree to buy midfielder Thiago from Barcelona Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 11:12 AM PDT MADRID, July 14 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich have agreed to buy Barcelona's Spain Under-21 midfielder Thiago Alcantara for a fee of 25 million euros ($32.6 million), the two clubs said on Sunday. Thiago, who will join up again with former Barca coach Pep Guardiola, would have a medical in Munich in the next few days before signing a four-year contract, Bayern said on their website (www.fcbayern.telekom.de). ($1 = 0.7661 euros) (Reporting by Iain Rogers; Editing by Sonia Oxley) Full Story | Top |
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