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Ex-World Champion Amir Khan Handed Two-Year Doping Ban

Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan said he would "never cheat" after being handed a two-year ban from all sport for testing positive for a prohibited substance. UK Anti-Doping said on Tuesday that Khan, 36, returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022. Khan, who announced his retirement in May last year, accepted a violation of anti-doping rules but said he had not intentionally ingested the substance, an argument accepted by an independent panel.

Ronnie O’Sullivan defends Stephen Hendry despite underwhelming return for seven-time world champion

Ronnie O’Sullivan believes “no-one has the right to criticise Stephen Hendry”. Hendry retired in 2012, before making a shock comeback in 2020 where he has won just three of his 14 matches after withdrawing from numerous events. Ad The Scotsman is in action on Wednesday in the first round of the World Championship qualifiers against James Cahill.

Ex-World Champion Amir Khan Handed Two-Year Doping Ban

Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan said he would "never cheat" after being handed a two-year ban from all sport for testing positive for a prohibited substance. UK Anti-Doping said on Tuesday that Khan, 36, returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022. Khan, who announced his retirement in May last year, accepted a violation of anti-doping rules but said he had not intentionally ingested the substance, an argument accepted by an independent panel.

World champion Francesco Bagnaia avoids Marquez mayhem to win MotoGP opener

PORTIMAO, Portugal: World champion Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday’s season-opening Portuguese MotoGP after a costly mistake by pole-sitter Marc Marquez.

Three-time world champion Nelson Piquet fined for racist and homophobic slurs against Lewis Hamilton

Thee-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered pay 5 million Brazilian Reals (€885,500) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday. In an interview in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to the seven-time world champion, when commenting on Hamilton's British Grand Prix crash with Max Verstappen. Hamilton called for action to change "archaic mindsets" after footage of the interview surfaced on social media last June.

Christian Horner ‘can’t see’ how Red Bull would fit Lewis Hamilton in should seven-time world champion leave Mercedes

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has said that he can’t see a way in which his team would be able to accommodate seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton should a shock move become a possibility. Hamilton, 38, has been vocal in his frustration with the poor performance of the Mercedes car two races into the 2023 season.

A world champion once again, para snowboarder Tyler Turner is (arguably) Canada's most interesting athlete

Tyler Turner is speaking via Zoom from an Airbnb in La Molina, Spain, showing off a prosthetic snowboard foot and describing what it's like to defy the odds yet again to capture a second straight world title in para snowboard cross, despite missing most of the racing season adjusting to new prosthetic legs.

Shaun Murphy leads Vera Selby tributes after death of first women's world champion – 'A pioneer of women's snooker'

Shaun Murphy, the 2005 world champion, has led the tributes to Vera Selby after the death of the first women's world snooker champion on Monday, the day of her 93rd birthday. Born in the Yorkshire town of Richmond in 1930, Selby lifted her maiden world title in 1976 with a 4-0 victory against Muriel Hazeldine in Middlesbrough before emulating the feat five years later, courtesy of a 3-0 win against Mandy Fisher on the Isle of Wight. Ad She continued to play, coach, referee and commentate on the sport – including being part of the BBC team during Alex Higgins' famous run to the 1982 Crucible crown in Sheffield – after lifting the women's world billiard championship eight times between 1970-1978.

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Ex-World Champion Amir Khan Handed Two-Year Doping Ban

Ronnie O’Sullivan defends Stephen Hendry despite underwhelming return for seven-time world champion

Ex-World Champion Amir Khan Handed Two-Year Doping Ban

World champion Francesco Bagnaia avoids Marquez mayhem to win MotoGP opener

Three-time world champion Nelson Piquet fined for racist and homophobic slurs against Lewis Hamilton

Christian Horner ‘can’t see’ how Red Bull would fit Lewis Hamilton in should seven-time world champion leave Mercedes

A world champion once again, para snowboarder Tyler Turner is (arguably) Canada's most interesting athlete

Shaun Murphy leads Vera Selby tributes after death of first women's world champion – 'A pioneer of women's snooker'