Thursday Nov 19 06:50 AEDT
19 Nov 2009Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his Beijing Games 1,500 metres gold medal for doping, Bahrain's Olympic Committee said.
Tuesday Jul 28 09:59 AEST
28 Jul 2009Bahrain's 1500m Olympic champion Rashid Ramzi was one of five athletes to appear before an IOC body on Monday to answer charges of doping at the Beijing Games.
Friday May 1 08:09 AEST
1 May 2009Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has requested that his back-up "B" sample be examined after testing positive for doping at the Beijing Games.
Thursday Apr 30 06:26 AEST
30 Apr 2009Bahrain's first Olympic track and field gold medalist and an Italian cycling silver medalist are among six athletes caught for doping in their Beijing samples.
Wednesday Apr 29 23:17 AEST
29 Apr 2009Reigning men's 1500m Olympic champion Rashid Ramzi has tested positive for a new form of banned blood booster, the Bahraini National Olympic Committee says.
Wednesday Apr 29 10:48 AEST
29 Apr 2009The AOC says no Australians are understood to be among six athletes who returned positive tests for a new blood-boosting substance from the Beijing Olympics.
Tuesday Feb 17 08:13 AEDT
17 Feb 2009The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed an attempt by a Swedish wrestler to get back the bronze medal he was stripped of after the Beijing Olympics.
Friday Jan 23 12:16 AEDT
23 Jan 2009Michael Phelps, who made Olympic history with a stunning eight swim gold medals at the Beijing Games, is the US Olympic Committee Sportsman of the Year.
Tuesday Dec 23 09:26 AEDT
23 Dec 2008Britain's "three blondes in a boat" have confirmed that they will no longer race together after the Yngling class boat was removed from the 2012 London Games.
Friday Dec 12 13:35 AEDT
12 Dec 2008Two Belarusian hammer throwers were stripped of their Olympic silver and bronze medals for doping, nearly four months after the competition in Beijing.
Wednesday Dec 10 06:13 AEDT
10 Dec 2008About 500 doping samples from the Beijing Olympics will be retested next month for CERA and other illegal substances, the IOC says.