Former pole vault world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco of Italy is looking forward to the Beijing Olympic Games after his two-year suspension was rescinded last Friday, May 9. He was banned by the Italian Athletics Federation last July for “having contact with” Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, who has been linked to doping and is alleged to [...]
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Chris Brown to Bahamas Sports Officials: "Give Me My Money"
Hey Bahamas sports officials, give Chris Brown his money already. This is a he said, he said story which goes like this: Chris brown won a bronze medal during the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He says that his medal entitled him to a $15,000 reward as stated in the rules. Bahamas officials denied his claim [...]
Mobile Company Dumps Ronaldo. Nike to Follow?
Poor Ronaldo. First he hires prostitutes who turned out to be men. Then one of them prostitutes, the fame seeking Andre Luis Ribeiro Albertino a.k.a Andreia Albertine, tried to extort money from him. Then Ronaldo tried hiding from the public hoping that the issue will die but the scandal raged on. Then TIM, a mobile [...]
Antonio Pettigrew is a Doper?
The list of Olympic dopers keeps on getting longer. From the New York Times: A government witness list filed Friday publicly identified Antonio Pettigrew, winner of a gold medal in the 4×400-meter relay at the 2000 Olympics, as a user of banned performance-enhancing drugs. Pettigrew, a four-time world champion from 1991 to 2001, was among [...]
