As it did with MMA, the UFC is attempting to take over the world of professional grappling, but it will have to do so without one of the sport’s biggest stars. UFC BJJ is an offshoot of TKO set on bringing UFC structure and production to the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The promotion has already two events and plans on …
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Jul 17, 2025, 11:50 AM ET MONACO — Women’s marathon world-record holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test Thursday. Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Chepngetich tested positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent in March and “opted for a voluntary provisional suspension while the AIU’s investigation was ongoing.” The Kenyan runner set the …
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Marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping violation. Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a diuretic that is included on the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) banned list, was found in a sample of Chepngetich’s urine collected on March 14, five days after she finished second in the Lisbon Half Marathon with a …
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British tennis player Tara Moore has been handed a four-year anti-doping sanction despite previously being cleared of any wrongdoing. Moore, 32, was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the anabolic steroids boldenone and nandrolone following a tournament in Colombia in April 2022. An independent tribunal, 19 months later, ruled that Moore bore no fault or negligence in December 2023. However, …
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LONDON — For weeks while back home in Warsaw last year, Iga Swiatek hung out with friends and made new ones, but didn’t dare tell them about a doping case that was hanging over her. “Obviously, in the back of my mind,” she said Saturday evening at the All England Club, “I had this thing.” There was more going on, …
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