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SINGAPORE: The Singapore men's badminton team have reached the last four of the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Malaysia, and booked a spot in the Thomas Cup in the process.
Great Britain were Friday stripped of their silver medal in the men's 4x100 metres relay at last year's Tokyo Olympics after CJ Ujah was found to have committed a doping violation. Ujah tested positive for the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23, commonly used to build muscle, after the race on August 6. The British team just lost out to Italy for the gold medal in Japan. Canada are expected to be awarded silver, with China promoted to the bronze-medal position. A statement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport's anti-doping division said: "Ujah is sanctioned with the disqualification of his results in the 4x100m sprint relay final... together with the forfeiture of any medals, diplomas, points and prizes."
Vicky Wright will return to work on the NHS frontline next week with an Olympic medal hanging around her neck after playing an integral role in Great Britain’s surge to the women’s curling final in Beijing.
'Whether gold or silver,' reads the message from the @RoyalFamily Twitter account, 'your journey to the Olympic final has been fantastic to watch and is a great achievement!'
Kamila Valieva, the teenager at the centre of a doping scandal that has shaken the Beijing Olympics, finished fourth in the women's figure skating final on Thursday after an error-strewn performance handed Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova gold. Shcherbakova scored 255.95 overall to seal the title, while Valieva, who was allowed to compete despite failing a doping test before the Games, fell several times and slipped out of the medal positions in Beijing. It was a major upset for 15-year-old Valieva, who looked completely broken at the end of her programme.
Scene setter Concerns that Great Britain would leave the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 without a medal were brought to an end when Bruce Mouat and his team beat USA 8-4 in their semi-final on Thursday. They now face Sweden in the final. Ad/> The final starts at 06:50 GMT on Saturday morning.
“It was a moment I wanted to forget but it's been in my head since then,” said Team GB’s curling skip Eve Muirhead.
Hawaiian wildcard Barron Mamiya beat Japan's Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi in the final of surfing's Hurley Pro Sunset Beach on Friday, catapulting the youngster to the top of the world championship tour rankings after two events.