The 23-year-old refused to share the podium with victorious Sun after winning silver in the men's 400m freestyle final at FINA's World Championships in South Korea on July 21.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The explosive development follows a four-year investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency into the work done by the coach, who runs the Nike Oregon Project.

The ruling spoke of Salazar using his two sons as guinea pigs in June 2009 as a means of establishing how much testosterone gel could be applied before breaching the legal limits.

The world of athletics was rocked on Tuesday when the coach who led Sir Mo Farah to his Olympic gold medals was banished from the sport in disgrace for doping violations.

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.

Sportsmail has learned Salazar has instructed his lawyers to prepare for another lengthy battle after immediately announcing his intention to appeal USADA's judgement earlier this week.

Dr Chakraverty, chief medical officer at UK Athletics at the time, gave an L-Carnitine infusion to Farah before the 2014 London Marathon. The procedure is controversial.

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.

Despite publicly standing by the coach who led Sir Mo Farah to four Olympic golds, Nike has responded to the backlash over the US Anti-Doping Agency findings by closing the set-up.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CHICAGO: Sir Mo Farah is still running... running away from any notion that he might have played it differently, and quickly towards the idea that it's all been media conspiracy.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN CHICAGO: Alberto Salazar insists he did not mislead Sir Mo Farah over the doping scandal that has brought their relationship back into the spotlight.

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.

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.

Sir Mo Farah has claimed he would have left Alberto Salazar sooner if he knew about his controversial practises at the Nike Oregon Project - despite staying with the disgraced coach for two more years.

Mo Farah has insisted he was left stunned by Alberto Salazar's ban for doping and had a tough time separating from the coach who guided him to four Olympic titles.

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.

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.

Sun, a three-time Olympic champion, was on Friday found guilty of refusing to cooperate with sample collectors during a visit to his home in September 2018.

Boyle, a vocal activist for clean sport, has said Horton deserves the 2019 South Korea world championships gold medal after Sun Yang was hit with an eight year ban for his second doping offence.

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.

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.

Edward Norton relived the moment he saved Leonardo DiCaprio from drowning during a scuba diving excursion in the Galapagos Islands on The Jonathan Ross show.

Despite Everton having overspent their budget, leaving director of football Marcel Brands the task of reducing a bloated squad, Moshiri has indicated he is willing to pay for a marquee signing up front.

Diego Costa is ready to talk to Everton over a stunning return to the Premier League after two years away, according to The Sun.

The UN banned luxury goods from entering North Korea to punish the rogue state for its nuclear weapons tests, with luxury watches among the specific items named.

The singer, 33, revealed she had split from sound engineer Dan Horton while attending her friend Sarah Nicole Tanno's bachelorette party on Friday night.

Zinedine Zidane has been handed a double boost ahead of the return to LaLiga action as Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois returned to full training on Wednesday afternoon.

The Welshman has come under fire in Spain for a lack of commitment towards the culture, with reports that he had not made an effort to learn the language and does not bond with the team.

The Italian coach is keen to bridge his side's gap to the Premier League juggernauts and believes the Real Madrid outcasts are a step in the right direction. Los Blancos are willing to entertain offers.

Artist and Great War veteran Gilbert Spencer joined the Home Guard in the Lake District during World War Two. He produced a series of paintings poking fun at life in the Guard.

The singer, 25, rocked yet another fabulous ensemble as he donned a quirky Lanvin sheep print sweater, which was navy and covered with fluffy white creatures.

The 32-year-old defender has been at the club since 2012 but his current deal expires on June 30 and having failed to secure regular action since Jose Mourinho took over, his future remains unclear.

Porto were on the search for a stopgap option after Julen Lopetegui was dismissed in 2016, and identified their former coach Mourinho as an option until the end of the campaign.

A fearless tortoise in South Africa climbs over a sleeping lion in a daring escape after it became trapped between two of the sleeping big cats.

Firmino scored three no-look goals for Liverpool last season, turning his head away from the ball before shooting. And this cocky manoeuvre was used as a stick to beat him with on social media.

TOM SANDERSON AT MINEIRAO STADIUM: Here it was, the one they had all been waiting for. A semi-final showdown between the two biggest rivals in international football. 

Premier League stars Roberto Firmino, Gabriel Jesus and Fernandinho joined their team-mates to celebrate Brazil's Copa America success on Wednesday. 

According to Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte , Arsenal's new technical director Edu has held talks with Everton's agent Gilmar Veloz to assess whether a move to the Emirates is feasible.

The 23-year-old played an integral role in Brazil's Copa America success this summer and has attracted interest from several clubs, including Everton.

Napoli have started negotiations with Gremio for Brazil's Copa America hero Everton. Carlo Ancleotti's side have been looking to reinforce their attack all summer but have been unsuccessful.

The goal-shy Toffees have identified the forward positions as an area of improvement, and boss Carlo Ancelotti has set his sights on the club's Brazilian namesake as a transfer target.

Prince William appeared upbeat as he arrived at Everton Football Club in Liverpool today.

While the trio will remain contracted by their respective counties, the majority of their wages will be paid by the ECB in exchange for influencing their match availability and fitness programmes.

The 35-year-old, who has been at Bury since 2017, started his career at Elland Road where he became one of the club's most prolific goalscorers with 85 goals in 152 matches.

Everton have confirmed that new £25million signing Jean-Philippe Gbamin has suffered a thigh injury which rules him out for at least two months.

Defender Kurt Zouma impressed on loan at Everton last season and manager Marco Silva has been keen to make the move to Goodson Park permanent.

INTERVIEW BY JOE BERNSTEIN: Everton's Djibril Sidibe is thrilled to be on the most prized WhatsApp group in sport. He was a member of France's 2018 World Cup winning squad

Everton have held discussions with Monaco over the proposed sale of Henry Onyekuru and have stepped up interest in Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina.