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 former Nike Oregon Project marathon runner has been looking for a new training arrangement since the project was disbanded in the wake of Alberto Salazar's doping ban.

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.

Dillian Whyte has been officially cleared by UK Anti-Doping following a lengthy investigation into a positive test in the build-up to his points win against Oscar Rivas in the summer.

Vladimir Putin's comments come after WADA barred teams under a Russian flag from competing at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 and 2022 and the football World Cup in 2022.

Speaking about the World Anti-Doping Agency's decision, Putin said Russia were 'being punished for the same thing twice - we've never had anything like this in the history of humankind.'

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.

Two-time London marathon winner Kenyan Wilson Kipsang has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples, the Athletics Integrity Unit revealed.

UK anti-doping have dug their heels in over the possible retesting of Sir Mo Farah's drug samples, insisting they would comply only once provided with 'credible' evidence.

Prosecutors in Texas have accused Viafara of conspiring with members of the Gulf Cartel to organise cocaine shipments that left Colombia on speedboats.

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

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.

Mo Farah has said that he has been left depressed over accusations that he lied about taking performance-enhancing injections.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Sack FINA. After the disgrace of the Sun Yang doping case, swimming's governing body has no authority and no credibility.

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.

The indictment stated a designer, performance-enhancing substance was administered to Maximum Security in 2019 and, if that charge is proven, it could cost connections the $10m first prize.

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.

OLIVER HOLT AT VICARAGE ROAD - The season's biggest upset was served up here before us, as Jurgen Klopp's high-flying Liverpool lost their unbeaten record at the hands of Watford.

LIVERPOOL 2-1 BOURNEMOUTH - ROB DRAPER AT ANFIELD: Ryan Fraser was in, clear on goal. Yet he only had a split second to react, as Adrian was charging from his goal-line.

Callum Wilson gave the Cherries a shock lead in the ninth minute but there was controversy surrounding his goal with the striker giving defender Joe Gomez a push in the build-up.

Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke has dismissed the notion that Liverpool's poor run of form gives his side the edge ahead of their Champions League last-16 tie at Anfield.

MARTIN SAMUEL CHIEF SPORTS WRITER - We have got a few weeks to ourselves now, it seems. So time for a think. The self-isolation of COVID-19 is the chance to consider where the game is going.

Liverpool are eyeing up potential replacements for Lovren whose out of contract this summer. Atlético's Jose Gimenez, Inter's Alessandro Bastoni and Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano.

Arsenal's Invincibles will go down as one of the Premier League's greatest-ever sides, but for Emmanuel Petit, Jurgen Klopp's current Liverpool crop are 'more impressive'.

Liverpool are at home self-isolating as football is halted due to health fears with English football following the government's social distancing guidelines in a bid to prevent further spread.

Jurgen Klopp has admitted it was difficult to prepare for Liverpool's second leg Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid as the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold of the Spanish capital.

The Liverpool manager spoke to the club's official website via video link with the country on lockdown due to the coronavirus. But the German was in good spirits and said the mood in camp was also positive.

On Tuesday evening, the Dutch centre back took part in a Twitter Q&A to keep supporters entertained during the coronavirus lockdown and the suspension of the Premier League.

Frank Lampard has guided Chelsea to fourth in the Premier League table and the Blues are on course for another season of Champions League football in his first season in charge.

Liverpool were due to hold a memorial service at Anfield to mark the 31st anniversary of the incident, but it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Senegal star excelled in 2018-19 with 26 goals to propel Liverpool towards a sixth Champions League success and almost to the Premier League title too.

Klopp's side have already won the Champions League last year and Souness believes adding the quality of Werner will add more competition and keep their strength in depth at a high level.

The Reds were 25 points clear of second-placed Manchester City and seemingly just a couple of weeks away from being crowned champions when football in this country was halted due to coronavirus.

Klopp promised that he would turn 'doubters into believers' at Anfield, but admits nearly five years on that he was fearing the sack after running into trouble early on.

Jurgen Klopp signed the midfielder from Fulham when he was just 16 and there are high hopes he can become a future star with a handful of first-team appearances already under his belt.

It cannot be overstated how vital Salah has been to Jurgen Klopp's side since arriving in the summer of 2017. The 27-year-old has fired 91 goals and provided 37 assists in 144 outings.

Cruz and Kasich announced the pact just days ago to try to prevent Trump from scooping up delegates, but they've taken repeated hits for 'collusion.'

The Texas senator spoke at a Fox News town hall Friday in Indianapolis with his running mate Carly Fiorina. He blasted Donald Trump said no one would get 1,237 delegates before the July convention.

'I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone,' Boehner said Wednesday night. 'But I have never worked with a more miserable son of a b***h in my life.'

Graham said Lucifer is the only person Donald Trump could beat in a November general election. That came after retired John Boehner said Ted Cruz, Graham's candidate, is 'Lucifer in the flesh.'

Sen. Ted Cruz warned a young man making a disturbance at an Indiana rally yesterday that he would have 'spanked' the youth, who called out to the crowd at Cruz 'you suck.'

Ted Cruz is in the midst of an angry fight with Donald Trump, and is refusing to say he'd back the billionaire if his rival wins the GOP nomination.

Donald Trump called attention to Carly Fiorina's bizarre fall Monday – and faults Ted Cruz for not doing 'anything about it.'

The Trump ladies, Ivanka, Vanessa and Lara were glued to the TV as Texas Senator Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race after suffering a humiliating defeat in the Indiana primary.

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.