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Rashid RamziRamzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Games and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.
Davide PossanziniThe ban was successively suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport itself later on March, and cancelled on July 27, 2009 after being proved there was no real intention to avoid the controls from Possanzini and Mannini.
Don GallingerIn 1946, Babe Pratt had his life-time suspension, also for gambling, reversed after only 9 games when he freely admitted his guilt to then-NHL president Red Dutton.
Harry MarchSince he was Canton's team doctor in 1906, March was witness to the events surrounding the Canton Bulldogs -- Massillon Tigers betting scandal.
Ian ThorpeIn 2007, the French sports newspaper L'Équipe claimed that Thorpe showed'' abnormal levels'' of two banned substances in a doping test.
Rocky BernardOn August 30, 2008, the National Football League suspended Bernard for the Seahawks' 2008 season opener for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
Igor Astarloa On 1 December 2010, the Union Cycliste International announced that the Spanish Cycling Federation's Disciplinary Commission had handed down a two-year suspension and a $ 35,000 fine to Igor Astarloa.
Kevin Williams (defensive tackle)On December 2, 2008, he received a four-game suspension for use of a diuretic, which can be used a masking agent for steroid use.
Chris WebberLater in 1998 during the off-season, while leaving Puerto Rico on a promotional tour for Fila sneakers, Webber paid a $ 500 fine after U. S. Customs found marijuana in his bag.
Ramon HumberIn 2012 he was suspended for the first three games of the season for a violation of the NFL substance abuse policy, then restored to the active roster.
Todd SteversonSteverson received a one-year suspension for his actions in a June 23, 2012 game.
Patrick BianconeAfter leaving his native France, for most of the 1990s Biancone trained in Hong Kong but in 1999 was suspended after two of his horses tested positive for banned medications.
Matt LawtonAfter the 2005 season, he received a ten-game suspension by MLB after testing positive to performance-enhancing drugs.
Josh GordonIn July 2011, Gordon was suspended indefinitely by head coach Art Briles, for later failing a drug test and testing positive for marijuana.
Pat EganHis later minor league career was marred by an incident in November 1952 when he was suspended by the AHL for life for assaulting a linesman ; the suspension was lifted a week later.
Ben CousinsAfter returning from four weeks of rehabilitation in Malibu, California for substance abuse, On 29 June 2007, Cousins was given clearance by the AFL to resume training with the West Coast Eagles, which he did on the following Monday.
Joop ZoetemelkHe also tested positive in 1983.
Thomas Dekker (cyclist)Documents obtained during the Operación Puerto doping case proved that Dekker had been a customer of Eufemiano Fuentes, a well-known sports doctor who had assisted the Kelme team and many cycling professionals with blood doping ; Spanish police found bags of Dekker's blood (Dekker was code-named'' rider 24'' and'' Clasicómano Luigi''), and it turned out that he had had at least two transfusions in the spring of 2006, one four days before winning the Tirreno -- Adriatico and another before riding the Tour of the Basque Country.
Orlando WoolridgeAfter playing 19 games during the 1987 -- 88 season, Woolridge was suspended by the league for violation of the league substance abuse policy.
Vince ColemanIn September 1992, he got into a fight with Harrelson's successor, Jeff Torborg, and was suspended without pay for the rest of the season.
Ricky WilliamsWilliams officially returned to the Dolphins on July 24, 2005, paid back a percentage of his signing bonus and completed his four game suspension for a failed drugs test.
Guillermo CoriaCoria tested positive for nandrolone in April 2001, after a match in Barcelona against Michel Kratochvil.
Mike CameronIf he had applied for the exemption in 2007, he could have avoided the 25-game suspension he had to serve to begin this season for testing positive for a banned stimulant for the second time.
Mike Bell (third baseman)Bell testified that' he purchased and received one shipment of human growth hormone from Radomski while in the minor leagues during the 2003 off-season'.
Billy TurleyHowever, in 2004 Turley tested positive for the banned recreational drug cocaine, and was this time sacked by Rushden & Diamonds and handed a six-month ban by the FA.
Babe DahlgrenAfter discovering the existence of the rumor in 1943, Dahlgren became the first Major League Baseball player to take a drug test for a non - performance enhancing drug.
Travis HenryHenry was suspended four games during the 2005 season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
Richard Sherman (American football)In December 2012, Sherman won his appeal of a four-game suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.
Rigard van Klooster ; 2011 A wingate test in begin 2011 showed that Van Klooster had potential for track cycling.
Emre Bel?zo?lu After a post-match brawl in a 2006 World Cup qualification playoff match with Switzerland, Emre was banned for Turkey's next six matches and fined CHF 15,000 (# 6,622) plus costs of CHF 1,000 (# 440) for his alleged part in the brawl.
Matt White (cyclist)On 17 October 2012 Matt White was sacked as a national coach by Cycling Australia due to his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Jessica CosbyShortly after the 2009 Championships, she failed a random, out-of-competition drug test.
Ronald Kipchumba RuttoHe failed a drugs test for erythropoietin (EPO) in 2012 and was banned for two years.
Greg Williams (Australian footballer)Prior to Round 10, the court overturned the nine-week suspension, In February 2013 it was reported that Williams was among a group of seven former AFL and NRL players who were tested by researchers at Deakin University and found to have symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative condition which has affected some athletes who have had a history of severe concussions and other head traumas.
Maurice OdumbeIn March 2004, Odumbe was investigated by the International Cricket Council following allegations of possible match-fixing and was found guilty in August 2004 of receiving money from bookmakers and banned from cricket for five years.
Jason RichardsonThen on August 28, 2009, the NBA suspended Richardson for the first two games of the 2009 -- 10 season due to his DUI arrest.
Thiago Silva (fighter)On November 21, 2012, it was announced that Silva had failed his post fight drug test, testing positive for marijuana metabolites.
Frankie DettoriDettori said he had used a wide range of substances before the Jockey Club banned them in June 1998 after a spate of positive drug tests revealed how prevalent their use was becoming :'' I took Lasix, pee pills, diuretics, laxatives ; all sorts.''
Terdell SandsFollowing a road win over the Denver Broncos on November 23, 2008, Sands punched Raiders punter Shane Lechler in the face on the team flight, but was neither fined nor suspended for the incident.
Lenny Dykstra Dykstra was named in the Mitchell Report on steroid use in Major League Baseball on December 13, 2007.
Alberto Contador After having been implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case, Contador was without a professional contract until mid-January 2007, when he signed with.
Alejandro ValverdeOn 29 August 2007, the UCI announced that they prevented Valverde from riding the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart because of his possible implication in the Operación Puerto doping investigation to safeguard the atmosphere and reputation of the World Championships.
J?rg Jaksche Jaksche was one of the 9 riders held out of the 2006 Tour de France after being identified by investigators in the Operación Puerto investigation.
Brian Rose (racing driver)In 2003 he raced in two races before being suspended by NASCAR for failing to take a drug test.
Luis Alberto LazarteLazarte's competitive boxing career effectively ended after he was given a rare lifetime ban by the International Boxing Federation following a February 10, 2012 match against Johnriel Casimero in which Lazarte, surrounded by supporters and fighting in his home country, intentionally leveled low blow s, headbutts and illegal blows to the back of the head against Casimero, as well as biting him at least twice, threatened the referee's life after being warned for his conduct, then (after being ruled the loser) deliberately sparked a riot in the arena that caused numerous additional injuries to police, spectators and Casimero's team.
Mike WintersThree days later, Major League Baseball suspended Winters for the remainder of the 2007 season due to his aiming a profanity at Bradley.
Jason Williams (basketball, born 1975)In February 1998, however, the University of Florida suspended him for the remainder of the season for marijuana use, after two previous suspensions for the same infraction.
Chris Henry (wide receiver)The following April, Henry was suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 NFL season for violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.
Andrea BaldiniOn 1 August 2008 it was announced that Baldini had failed a drug test, and as a result had to relinquish his potential participation in the Beijing Olympics.
KatsuniIn September 2007, Katsuni was fined $ 20,000 for violations of the ban on using the name'' Katsumi''.
Aaron FikePrior to Fike's arrest in 2007, he never tested positive for any banned substances.
Kira IvanovaThe Soviet skating federation allegedly banned Ivanova from competing outside the Soviet Union for two years, beginning in the fall of 1981, for public conflicts with her coach that interfered with her training.
Manuela Di Centa Swedish documentary called Uppdrag Granskning claimed that Di Centa had an exceptionally high hemoglobin level prior to a World Cup in Lahti in 1997.
Darya PishchalnikovaHowever, she tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone in the samples taken in May 2012.
Neil LennonIn the 2010 -- 11 season, Lennon was given a six match touchline ban for excessive misconduct, which was later reduced to four matches after appeal.
Manolo SaizThe ban was in relation to the actions and behaviour of these teams and riders during the 1998 Tour when Saiz withdrew his riders and said : Richard Virenque's lawyers depended on a clause in the UCI's rules, number 1.
Chris Andersen On January 25, 2006, Andersen was disqualified from the NBA for violating the league's anti-drug policy by testing positive for a banned substance.
Dietrich Thurau Thurau tested positive for stimulants after Stage 8 of the 1987 Tour de France.
Anna Millward In 2001, while racing with the Australian national team in the Tour de l'Aude, Millward tested positive for lidocaine, an anti-inflammatory which was a banned substance under UCI rules.
Iljo KeisseOn 7 July 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency and reinstated Keisse's ban.
Evgeni BerzinBerzin was prevented from starting the 2000 Giro d'Italia, as he received a two week ban, due to an elevated haematocrit level.
Ryan McBeanIn March 2012 he was suspended for six games after failing a drug test.
Art SchlichterHe was reinstated for the 1984 season, but later admitted that he'd gambled during his suspension (though not on football).
Shawn CrawfordOn April 18, 2013, Crawford was suspended for two years for missing out-of-competition drug tests.
Ivailo GabrovskiIn 2005, he was prevented from riding the world championship in Madrid after failing a blood test conducted by the UCI.
Ed JovanovskiOn November 23, 1996, Jovanovski received a three-game suspension from the league without pay.
Paul ChuaThat same year, following an investigation in a separate incident, the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) determined that Chua had allowed three body builders who had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs to participate in the Doha Asian Games in 2005.
Eliseo Quintanilla On September 20, 2013, Quintanilla was banned for 6 months due to his involvement with match fixing.
Dwain ChambersThe Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned his lifetime Olympic ban, deeming it non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code, and he competed in the 2012 London Olympics.
Ben Roethlisberger On April 21, 2010, the NFL's Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Roethlisberger would be suspended without pay for the first six games of the 2010 season due to a violation of the NFL's personal conduct policy.
Eli?zer AlfonzoOn May 1, 2008, Alfonzo was suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Karmichael HuntOn 11 June 2009, tests confirmed Hunt tested positive to the swine flu influenza, and despite this, played in a 12 June 2009 game against the Bulldogs, despite health advice stating people with the influenza should remain isolated.
Diego MaradonaHis failed drugs test at the 1994 World Cup signaled the end of his international career, which had lasted 17 years and yielded 34 goals from 91 games.
Kieren FallonOn 8 December 2007, it was revealed by the Daily Mail that Fallon tested positive again for a banned substance on 19 August 2007 at Deauville Racecourse in France.
Jhonny PeraltaOn August 5, 2013, Peralta accepted a 50-game suspension for his role in the Biogenesis performance-enhancing drug scandal.
Tyson GayHe was notified of the result of that test on July 14, 2013, following which he withdrew from consideration for the upcoming Monaco meeting and World Championships in Moscow, pursuant to a likely suspension.
Mariano PuertaIn December 2005, Puerta was once again banned, this time after it was revealed that he had tested positive for the use of the cardiac stimulant, etilefrine, following his 2005 French Open final loss to Rafael Nadal.
Miralem SulejmaniEventually Partizan, after a meeting with the Football Association of Serbia, suspended the player until 11 May 2007, keeping him out for the rest of the season ; Heerenveen appealed to FIFA afterwards and, although the original verdict claimed that he should not be suspended, a second look at the case was made and he was banned again.
P?l Arne FagernesIn 2001, shortly after withdrawing from the 2001 World Championships for disciplinary reasons, he was caught using cocaine in a police razzia.
David Navarro (footballer)The following week, after reviewing video evidence of the brawl, UEFA suspended Navarro for seven months from European football (it was later reduced to six months) ; on the 20th, after several appeals to FIFA to allow the ban to cover both domestic and international games, he had his ban applied to all games, ending with the 2006 -- 07 season's closure.
Mavillo GhellerHe was involved in 2011 -- 12 Italian football scandal which FIGC alleged him has responsibility by failing to report organized match-fixing.
Rodney HarrisonHarrison was suspended for the first four games of the 2007 regular season for admitting to federal investigators that he knowingly obtained and used human growth hormone (HGH).
Tian PengfeiDuring the season, Tian also received a one-year ban from China's cue sports administration, following an investigation into allegations that he had sexually abused and beaten his fellow team-mate, Zhou Mengmeng, at the Doha Asian Games in 2006.
Jermaine HueOn 26 September 2013, Jermaine Hue was banned for nine months after testing postive for a banned substance at the World Cup qualifier away to Honduras in June.
Lewis Hamilton; Racial abuse On 4 February 2008, Hamilton was verbally heckled and otherwise abused during pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Catalonia by several Spanish spectators who wore black face paint and black wigs, as well as shirts bearing the words'' Hamilton's''.
Will Smith (American football)On December 2, 2008, Smith was one of six players suspended for use of Bumetanide a diuretic, which can be used as a masking agent for steroid use.
Mitch GreenA 1998 win over Mike Dixon was ruled a' no contest' when Green tested positive for marijuana.
Monica Bascio On May 26, 2012 during urine testing, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) found tuaminoheptane, a banned substance that she was using prior to the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup event which started a day before the test.
Kevin SammutIn December 2012, Sammut was landed with a life ban on all football-related activities by UEFA, which has also been extended by FIFA.
Enos CabellOn February 28, 1986, Cabell and six others were suspended for the entire season for admitting during the Pittsburgh drug trials that they were involved in cocaine abuse.
Alberto do Carmo NetoIn June 2001, Alberto, along with a dozen other including 3 of Alberto's team-mate, were banned, 10 of them including Alberto for a year and 3 youth players for 6 months.
Josh PortisIn 2007, he was caught cheating on an exam and suspended for the season under the university's honor code policy.
Rui Costa (cyclist)At the Portuguese national championships in June 2010 Costa and his brother Mario tested positive for the banned substance methylhexanamine, which they claimed to have ingested inadvertently due to a tainted food supplement.
Bruce Irvin (American football)On May 17, 2013, Irvin was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 NFL season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
J. C. RomeroRomero said that he bought a supplement named 6-OXO Extreme from a GNC store at the Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and that he was cleared to take it by two nutritionist s. Romero actually tested positive on August 26, 2008, but he took the case to arbitration, allowing him to pitch in the postseason and World Series ; after he stopped taking the supplement, he tested negative before the playoffs.
Weslye SaundersSaunders was suspended the first 8 games of the 2013 season for taking a not yet published drug.
Shoaib Malik In March 2010, Shoaib Malik was given a one-year ban from the national team by the PCB, who charged him for infighting within the team.
John TerryOn 27 September 2012, the hearing concluded with Terry being found guilty ; he was punished with a four match ban and a # 220,000 fine.
Wayne AthorneIn 1975, Athorne confessed to taking performance enhancing drugs for the three months leading up to the Commonwealth Games.
Serena WilliamsA writer for ESPN suggested that Williams could avoid being found to have violated the terms of the'' probation'' on which she was placed following her 2009 outburst, as she did not appear to have used profanity in addressing Asderaki during the match.