The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has appealed its own decision on figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. However, it is suggesting a reprimand as punishment, unlike the World Anti-Doping Agency, which is suggesting a four-year ban.
Storm Eunice batters the British Isles with record wind speeds and flying debris. Two in England have been injured, and one man in Ireland has lost his life. The storm has brought widespread travel disruption and left 200,000 homes without power. The Ministry of Justice is to scrap a multi-million-pound solar panel contract, over links […]
The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency said olympian Kamila Valieva’s alleged doping needs ‘a lot more investigation and scrutiny.’ That’s after the Russian figure skater blamed her failed test on medication her grandfather was taking.
15-year-old Russian gold medalist figure skater Kamila Valieva is under scrutiny, after testing positive for a banned substance. The situation strikes a strong similarity to an incident from years past. American Rick DeMont says he knows exactly what it’s like to be a young athlete in the middle of controversy.
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is in first place after the women’s short program today at the Beijing Winter Olympics. But the controversy surrounding her drug test has not ended. A sports lawyer weighs in—and Valieva’s former coaches in Russia also offer their thoughts about the young skater. Here’s more.
With less than a week left in the Olympics, Norway has racked up the most golds and medals overall, while the United States is in third on both counts. But the big story was the ruling handed down in court for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry backpedals after the ambassador to the UK suggests they will forgo NATO ambitions to stop a Russian invasion. Boris Johnson says the sovereign right of the Ukrainian people to join NATO cannot be traded away. Residents in Kyiv say they are not too worried over the threat of invasion. But the United States and others are […]
BEIJING—Figure skater Kamila Valieva will testify by video at an appeal hearing Sunday that will decide if the 15-year-old Russian star can still compete at the Beijing OIympics despite an ongoing doping case. Just 30 minutes ahead of the hearing’s scheduled 8:30 p.m. start in Beijing, Court of Arbitration for Sport director general Matthieu Reeb […]
BEIJING—The Russian coach of the 15-year-old figure skater embroiled in an Olympic doping scandal broke her silence to defend Kamila Valieva on Saturday, while the sport’s highest court said it would hold a hearing on Valieva’s Winter Games future on Sunday. Coach Eteri Tutberidze said she was certain Valieva was “clean and innocent” in an […]
