American boxer Eric Molina has been banned for two years for testing positive for dexamethasone.

There is much ado in London today about the upcoming clash between world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker, now confirmed for the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on the night of Saturday, March 31.

This is the time of year when we scribes make fools of ourselves by predicting what may - or may not - happen in the next 12 months.

The year appears to be concluding in fitting fashion, with an ongoing war of words over Russian participation at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

The look on Sir Mo Farah’s face said it all. Before unabashed delight took over his countenance was one of sheer disbelief.

The sighs of relief emanating from the headquarters of British Cycling and Team Sky must have sounded like the explosion of air from a thousand or so punctured bicycle tyres after UK Anti-Doping declared that no charges will be brought against the two bodies over the mysterious Jiffygate affair.

Anthony Joshua now has a real fight on his hands – not in the ring but for the title of Sports Personality of the Year.

Cuba's Luis Ortiz has failed a drug test only weeks before he was due to challenge for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title.

Trousering the thick end of £15 million ($19.4 million/€17.8 million), a fraction of what is likely to come his way in the future, Anthony Joshua declared after his stunning conquest of Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night that his proudest possession remained not a world championship belt, but his Olympic gold medal.

Sixteen years separate the super-heavyweight Olympic gold medals won by Anthony Joshua at London 2012 and Wladimir Klitschko at Atlanta 1996. 

International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua has announced Rob McCracken as his full-time coach.

A few weeks back I warned that punters should not be tempted when a London bookmaker installed the new IBF world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, as 4-1 favourite to win this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award.

UK Sport has launched its biggest-ever talent identification initiative aimed at developing elite-level athletes in Britain here today.

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, aka SPOTY, is still some six months away yet the London bookmakers William Hill have already installed the Olympic and International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua as 4-1 favourite to pick up the gong.

Over half a century covering major international sport has been an exhilarating experience if not infrequently an exasperating one laced with more than a modicum of cynicism, particularly when the subject of drugs use rears its ugly head.