Nicole Sapstead promises Ukad ‘is moving into the 21st century’ – greater powers of detection and punishment would help
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Readers of this column are among the smartest, most brilliant and most knowledgeable sports fans in the country. But here is a question that may fox some of you: name a sports star who has been banned recently in
Britain for doping? Go on, have a think. And no, Tyson Fury doesn’t count given his ended in 2017.
Does
London City Royals’ US-born
basketball guard AJ Roberts, who received a two-year punishment for cannabis, ring a bell? Or Henry Hadfield, a League 2 North rugby union player who also got two years for a prohibited stimulant he insists was in a pre-workout drink? No? Me neither.