4 July 2017

Sports Integrity Briefs – 4 July 2017

• Minor League pitchers Joe Colon and Joan Gregorio have been suspended for violating Major League Baseball’s Drug Prevention and Treatment Programme. Colon tested positive for LDG-4022, a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM), according to an MLB news article. Gregorio tested positive for stanozolol.

• Twelve greyhounds have tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine, reports First Coast News. The greyhounds were all racers at Bestbet Orange Park in the US, according to the report.

Archery Great Britain has confirmed that it has received ‘two formal complaints’ in connection to media reports of sexual assault. The BBC reports that a coach has been suspended over the alleged assault, which has also been reported to the police.

• The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has launched an investigation into allegations of match-fixing brought by a second-tier club, reports ChinaNews. Baoding Rongda alleged that the club’s 2-2 draw with Wuhan Zall had been manipulated, after a penalty was awarded to their opponents in the eighth minute of injury time.

Michelle Payne has accepted a four-week ban after testing positive for phentermine at a Swan Hill race meeting on 8 June, reports The Guardian. In November 2015, the Australian jockey became the first woman to win Australia’s premier horse race, the Melbourne Cup.

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