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DESPAIR:  Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (right) and 66 other Russian athletes have been banned by the IAAF from competing at the Rio Olympics.

'Funeral for Athletics'

Jul 22, 2016

READY TO RACE: Usain Bolt (above) will run his first 200m of the season in London today to test his fitness after injuring his hamstring earlier this month.

Bolt backs CAS ruling

Jul 22, 2016

New signing Emmanuel Eboue has been sacked by Sunderland after the club learnt that he had been banned from football for a year over payments to his former agent.

Eboue banned for owing agent money

Apr 01, 2016

NO DISPLAY? A proposed amendment to the Tobacco Bill may mean that tobacco products cannot be displayed at point-of-sale locations.

MPs want smoking age raised

Mar 15, 2016

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW: A tourist sitting on a ledge of the Shwesandaw Pagoda in Bagan, taking in the famous view.

Bagan bans climbing pagodas

Feb 24, 2016

You ask me if I feel betrayed... the answer is yes. - Sepp Blatter

Blatter and Platini vow to appeal eight-year bans

Dec 22, 2015

AFFECTED: Fishmongers at Chinatown Complex like Mr Yew Wing Fatt (above) and Mr Malcolm Wong said that business has dropped since the National Environment Agency (NEA) announced the ban on freshwater fish in all raw fish dishes.

Fishmongers hit by raw fish ban

Dec 14, 2015

Speed cameras are the drug-testers. You are speeding, and you slow down because you don’t want to get caught. The reason you are speeding is because everybody else does. You know what the penalties are, and yet you take the risk. — Steve Cram (above) on how everyday life reflects sport’s war on doping

Encourage whistle-blowers, says Cram

Dec 04, 2015

Vape stores in Johor must close by Jan 1

Nov 29, 2015

Four-match ban Schalke player's terror tackle

Oct 26, 2015