JONATHAN VAUGHTERS DEFENDS NIGHTTIME DROPPING TESTS, SAYS THEY COULD HAVE SAVED CYCLING 25 YEARS OF DRAMA

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Cyclists and teams are complaining about doping tests in the middle of the night during the Tour de France. But the tests are also being defended. “Testing at 2:00 am is effective,” team manager Jonathan Vaughters writes on social media.

The manager of the EF Education team admitted in 2012 that he had doped during his cycling career. He believes that nighttime tests are effective in detecting microdosing of EPO, growth hormone and testosterone.

"If the UCI (International Cycling Union) had tested us at 2:00 AM in 2001, we would all have been suspended, saving the sport 25 years of drama," writes Vaughters.

The 1990s and 2000s were a dark period for cycling when many stars were either caught or admitted to doping, including Lance Armstrong.

Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel have called nighttime doping tests inhumane and disrespectful.

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POGBA TESTS POSITIVE FOR TESTOSTERONE IN COUNTER-ANALYSIS ON SECOND SAMPLE

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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba's positive doping test has been confirmed in a counter-analysis on a second sample, Sky Sports and ANSA news agency reported on Friday, a month after he was provisionally suspended.

Pogba was provisionally suspended last month after a test conducted by Italy's national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal, detected testosterone, a hormone that increases athletes' endurance.

The test was performed after Juve's 3-0 Serie A season-opening victory at Udinese on Aug. 20.

JUVE'S POGBA PROVISIONALLY SUSPENDED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR TESTOSTERONE

Juventus's France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, Italy's national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal said on Monday.

The test, performed after Juve's 3-0 Serie A season-opening victory at Udinese on Aug. 20, detected testosterone, a hormone that increases athletes' endurance.

"In acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Anti-doping Prosecutor, it has provided for the provisional suspension of the athlete Paul Labile Pogba," NADO Italia said in a statement.

The tribunal said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance "non-endogenous testosterone metabolites", adding that the results were "consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds".

The 30-year-old Pogba was an unused substitute in the win at Udinese. Juventus said they had been informed of the provisional suspension and were evaluating the next steps.

If found guilty of doping, Pogba could be suspended for between two and four years. He will now await the results of the B Sample test.

AUSTRALIA RECOMMENDS TESTOSTERONE LIMITS FOR TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN ELITE FEMALE SPORT

Australia's peak sports authority has recommended testosterone limits for transgender athletes seeking to compete in elite female competitions as part of guidelines on inclusion released on Friday.

The non-compulsory guidelines issued by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) allow for national federations to determine that testosterone suppression is required for eligibility to compete in female categories.

MLB: MKALI WA BASEBALL WA TIMU YA MARLINS, DEE GORDON, AFUNGIWA MECHI 80

Dee Gordon ambae ni baseman wa timu ya Miami Marlins na pia ni bingwa wa batting amefungiwa mechi 80 kutokana na kupatikana na madawa ya kuongeza nguvu mwilini...Major League Baseball wamesema amesimamishwa kutokana na sheria za mchezo huo wa baseball na hatolipwa...Gordon amekuwa  All-Star mara 2 na anaongoza kwa batting...Commissioner of Baseball amesema Gordon amekutwa na "exogenous Testosterone na Clostebal"...Habari ilitoka baada ya Marlins kuwachapa Dodgers na kushinda series 5-3...Bofya hapa upate habari zaidi