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Tennis player who used kissing as anti-doping defense bannedA tennis player who blamed a tainted kiss for a failed drug test received a four-year suspension on Friday.,Venezuela's Goncalo Oliveira, 30, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour, was originally suspended in January after testing positive for a banned methamphetamine at a November event in Manzan...

Conor McGregor accepts 18-month suspension for missed doping testsConor McGregor has accepted an 18-month suspension for violating the UFC's anti-doping policy after missing three attempted tests in 2024, Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced Tuesday.,"McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024, which consti...

Lightning F Scott Sabourin suspended 4 games for roughingThe NHL suspended Tampa Bay Lightning forward Scott Sabourin for four games Monday for roughing Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad in a penalty-marred preseason game.,Sabourin was assessed a match penalty for his actions early in the first period of the game Saturday, which Florida won 7-0. A ...

Lawyer: Six Wofford players reinstated amid improper benefits ordeal

A lawyer representing six Wofford men's basketball players who faced suspension said Friday that they have been reinstated.,It is the latest twist in a strange scandal that began last week with Wofford firing head coach Dwight Perry and associate head coach Tysor Anderson.,After The Field of 68 repo...

Cardinals C Willson Contreras returns from suspension

After serving his four-game suspension for throwing his bat during an argument with umpires, catcher Willson Conteras was activated on Tuesday by the St. Louis Cardinals.,Initially suspended for six games, Contreras appealed his discipline and had the suspension reduced by two games. St. Louis went ...

Michigan tabs Biff Poggi as interim coach during Sherrone Moore's suspension

Michigan has named Biff Poggi as the interim head coach during Sherrone Moore's upcoming two-game suspension.,The Wolverines' associate head coach will run the show on Saturday at home against Central Michigan and on Sept. 20 at Nebraska as well as the period between those two games, Moore announced...

Cardinals' Willson Contreras to serve reduced 4-game suspension

Willson Contreras had his six-game suspension reduced to four games on Friday and began serving the discipline with Friday night's home game against the San Francisco Giants.,Contreras had appealed his discipline for throwing his bat while arguing with umpires during an Aug. 25 contest against the P...

Sky suspend Angel Reese one half for detrimental comments

One day after Angel Reese was suspended one game by the WNBA, the Chicago Sky added another half-game to her sentence.,Reese will not play in the first half of Chicago's road game Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces due to "statements detrimental to the team" she made in an interview with the Chicago ...