Russian Curler Banned from Olympics Following Failed Drug Test

The Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been formally charged with a doping offense by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after testing positive for the banned substance Meldonium. He is now likely to be stripped of his mixed curling bronze medal, won with his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova last week. There are also growing questions about the International Olympic Committee’s decision to invite 168 Russians to compete here under a neutral flag, despite the country’s massive state-sponsored doping program in Sochi four years’ ago. But as Krushelnitsky was leaving the Winter Olympics on Monday morning his Olympic Athletes of Russia team-mates…

Rugby League – Worrincy banned for betting breach

Yahoo – The 28-year-old has been suspended for six months after being found guilty by a Rugby Football League operational rules tribunal of breaching the sport’s rules relating to gambling. Worrincy was investigated after his betting activity came to light from the sharing of intelligence between the RFL and the Gambling Commission’s sports betting intelligence unit and related to matches between May 2012 and September 2013, some of which he played in. Batley players Johnny Campbell and Ayden Faal were punished in February for betting on matches, including the 2013 Championship Grand Final. Campbell, who played in the final, was…