Athletics


Ramzi stripped of Olympic 1500m title

Rashid Ramzi_13-12-11November 18 - Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi (pictured) has been stripped of his Olympic 1500 metres gold medal and four other competitors were disqualified from the Beijing Games because of doping-related offences, it was announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today.


Decision on Semenya delayed

November 18 - Caster Semenya's (pictured) athletics future remains in limbo for the time being after the International Association of Athletics Federations (AAF) said today no decision would be made on her status this week.










Chuene suspension to be investigated by South African Parliament

November 10 - Parliament has demanded an explanation from the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) over their suspension of Athletics South Africa (ASA), which they are planning to challenge in the country's courts as the fall-out over the Caster Semenya (pictured) gender row continues to cast a shadow over the country.