Uzbekistan's most decorated Olympian Artur Taymazov has become the 60th athlete and eight gold medallist to be disqualified from London 2012 following analysis of doping samples.

A blind triathlete from Brisbane has been banned from fulfilling his life-long dreams amid a doping scandal, but he claims he's never had anything stronger than coffee.

MATT HUGHES: Russia are facing a worldwide ban from all major sports events after being given three weeks to explain signs of tampering with drug tests. 

While the sport reels from Tuesday's ruling that Salazar has been banned for four years, the US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart discussed further details about the Nike Oregon Project.

IOC president Thomas Bach has described Alberto Salazar's ban as 'very worrying' and has called on the World Anti-Doping Agency to look at athletes who worked with the disgraced coach.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: To say Radcliffe's performance when asked about the ban handed down to Salazar by USADA was awkward would be an understatement.

EXCLUSIVE BY ROB DRAPER: Travis Tygart, head of the US Anti-Doping Agency who led the prosecution, says Salazar's methods threatened the health of his athletes.

Neil Black will leave his role as UK Athletics' performance director at the end of this month after being heavily criticised for backing Alberto Salazar. Black had twice refused to rule out resigning.

An athlete at the Nike Oregon Project (NOP) run by controversial coach Alberto Salazar provided an anomalous blood sample in 2011, indicating they may have been taking the drug EPO,

The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed it will investigate the athletes who worked under Sir Mo Farah's disgraced former coach Alberto Salazar.

The prospect of Russian track and field athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics are looking slimmer after the president of the country's athletics federation was charged on Thursday.

It follows an investigation into the data handed over by the Moscow laboratory in January as part of the reintegration process of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency following the state-sponsored doping scandal.

American coach Alberto Salazar, who worked with Mo Farah from 2011 to 2017, was banned for four years by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in October.

EXCLUSIVE BY ROB DRAPER: UK Athletics called a special meeting with the English Institute of Sport to discuss the controversial use of thyroid medication on elite athletes.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: American athletes are planning podium protests at the Olympics to express anger at the presence of Russian athletes if they win medals at next summer.

The trial of Lamine Diack, the former president of World Athletics, has been adjourned until June and the 86-year-old's request to return from Senegal has been refused.

MIKE KEEGAN IN PARIS: World Athletics is to sue Lamine Diack and his co-defendants for £35million. The ex-head of the sport's governing body, formerly known as the IAAF, was in a Paris court on Monday.

The possibility of a blanket ban on Russians in the athletics disciplines at Tokyo 2020 increased after World Athletics ordered their disgraced national federation to admit to doping offences.

Findings from the independent review into UK Athletics' handling of the Alberto Salazar affair are due to be announced in the spring.

Former athlete Ari Lambie, who worked under disgraced coach Alberto Salazar, has spoken out about the mental and physical pain she went through during her time with him.

RIATH Al-SAMARRAI: Sir Mo Farah could face investigation by UK Anti-Doping agency after it emerged he changed his story when talking to investigators about injections he received.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It emerged in Panorama on that some UKA officials had misgivings about whether administering the legal supplement ahead of the London Marathon was within the 'spirit of sport'.

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: British Olympian Pavey has called for greater scrutiny of Salazar's involvement at UK Athletics from his four years as consultant with the organisation.

The World Anti-Doping Agency are expected to order a ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympics as well as preventing them from hosting or competing in major international events.

UK Athletics allowed Sir Mo Farah to continue training with Alberto Salazar after elements of the board felt 'blackmailed' by senior members of their performance team, according. to a review.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: UKAD have launched an attack on UK Athletics over their failure to share information relating to Sir Mo Farah's former coach Alberto Salazar in 2015 - calling for full disclosure.

Joanna Coates says the crisis-hit organisation are prepared to hand over Sir Mo Farah's data to UK Anti-Doping and insist ethics will rule over medals under her tenure.

UK Anti-Doping have finally received the full internal review into Sir Mo Farah's relationship with Alberto Salazar after their astonishing criticism of UK Athletics last month.

The Texas Seantor and GOP presidential hopeful insisted his stance was 'common sense', adding: 'It doesn't make sense for grown adult men, strangers, to be alone in a restroom with a little girl.'

On Wednesday Trump insisted it was 'not such a bad thing' to promote a National Enquirer story that suggested Rafael Cruz appeared in a 1963 picture with the future killer.

Heidi Cruz said on a campaign 'Prayer Team' call that 'it took 25 years to defeat slavery.' She was comparing husband Ted's short rise to 2nd place in the GOP presidential race with longer struggles.

'Last year, I promised to support the Republican nominee. And I intend to keep my word,' Cruz wrote on Facebook, adding that 'by any measure Hillary Clinton is wholly unacceptable.'

The staff at a Washington DC restaurant where Senator Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi were hounded by anti-Kavanaugh protesters earlier this week are receiving 'death threats'.

After President Donald Trump accused Pastor Rafael Cruz of playing a part in the assassination of JFK, Ted Cruz's dad was recently quoted as telling a Dallas luncheon: ‘Oh, yes - I shot J.R.!’

Donald Trump Jr's new book touches on his relationship with Michael Jackson while hitting out at his father's rivals, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (inset). Don Jr and his father are seen above.

Former president Barack Obama tweeted Kobe Bryant was 'a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been a meaningful second act,' after the NBA star's death on Sunday.

In a tweet Boris Johnson said his thoughts are with those who were injured in Streatham today. He is expected to return from Chequers to Downing Street this evening to respond to the attack.

Boris Johnson was last night urged to bury his doubts and press ahead with Heathrow's third runaway amid fears he could use a potential legal setback this week to ditch the plan.

The actress, 43, cut a glamorous figure in a leather jacket and striped yellow skirt as she attended the French Open with beau Guillaume Canet at Roland Garros in Paris, France on Sunday.

On Wednesday, the pair shared images on their official Instagram page, Sussex Royals, promoting 'Bell Let's Talk', which is run by phone provider Bell.

Labour Brexiteers are much more likely to switch to Nigel Farage than the Conservatives, a study has found.Boris Johnson is hoping his robust stance on Brexit will help him snatch seats from Labour.

In an email to supporters yesterday, the leader said the party would have 'a big challenge on our hands to clear out the Remainer Parliament and win a majority for Brexit'.

The model, 22, who is dating Leonardo DiCaprio, sat front row in a black leather jacket, high waist button down skirt, and turtleneck. Camila strode through the show rocking black leather boots.

The 73-year-old actor says that the Fox network never bothered to tell him the show was canceled in April of 1997, and didn't give him or his castmates any gifts to commemorate the series, as custom dictates.

No matter how old children get, they can still be embarrassed by their parents. Such was the case for mom-to-be Katherine Schwarzenegger on Monday.

Atletico Madrid continue to chase La Liga leaders Barcelona after putting in a solid all-round performance to beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday.

Former Chelsea goalkeeper Marcin Bulka has recalled a bizarre incident involving a Diego Costa and Nathaniel Chalobah. Bulka rose through the Chelsea ranks before moving to PSG.

Choe In-guk - the son of former South Korean foreign minister Choe Dok-shin who defected in 1986 - was filmed arriving in Pyongyang on Saturday where he pledged allegiance to Kim Jong-un.

The official had been placed in isolation after travelling to China with Kim Jong-un (pictured) imposing military law to enforce the lockdown, South Korean media said.

North Korea is hiding the true devastation dealt to its people by coronavirus in a bid to spare China embarrassment, a senior defector has revealed. The true number 'very likely... exceeds imagination'.