Thu, July 18, 2019

Kenyan long-distance runner, Biwott banned for eight years

To optimise for archiving, the original image and related documents associated with this article have been removed.

Marathon runner, Salome Jerono Biwott has been handed an eight (8) year sanction for committing a second doping violation.

The Kenyan failed to respond to the notice of charge from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).  Biwott had tested positive for the banned substance of Norandrosterone in April during the Sao Paulo International Marathon, where she finished second.

This is Salome’s second doping violation as she had failed another test in 2012 and was consequently banned for two (2) years.

The AIU announced, “The athlete failed to respond by the specified deadline of July 11, 2019.” The 36-year old is the latest Kenyan athlete to be caught doping and now faces an eight (8) year suspension.

Please click here to view the full decision. 

You may also like

View All
{title}

Read More

Wed, July 08, 2026

IOC provisionally lifts suspension of Russian Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, which was implemented in 2023, since the Russian committee no longer has, as its members, any regional sports organisations in territories falling under the jurisdiction of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

Read More
{title}

Read More

Tue, July 07, 2026

French Football Federation to file criminal charges over racist attack on Mbappé by Paraguayan senator

The French Football Federation has announced plans to file criminal charges after a Paraguayan senator, Celeste Amarilla, carried out a racist attack on French player Kylian Mbappé which included her calling him a “colonised Cameroonian, pretending to be French”

Read More
{title}

Read More

Mon, July 06, 2026

FIFA’s adherence to political neutrality compromised after Balogun’s one-match ban is suspended for a probationary period of one year

FIFA's commitment to political neutrality has come under scrutiny following its decision to suspend US striker Folarin Balogun's one-match ban for a one-year probationary period, after US President Donald Trump publicly intervened in support of the player

Read More