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  • Veronica Campbell-Brown denies knowingly taking drug

    Olympic and World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has denied knowingly taking a banned substance Lasix, which also goes by the name Furosemide. Brown's first public reaction came in the form of a statement released by her On Track Management (OTM) group following reports that she has tested positive for the banned drug. The OTM statement says Brown is determined to clear her name and included ...

  • IAAF Jamaican case appears to be lesser offense

    LONDON (AP) -- The IAAF says the doping case involving Jamaican sprint star Veronica Campbell-Brown appears to involve a ''lesser'' offense. The three-time Olympic gold medalist was suspended by Jamaica's national federation on Tuesday pending an investigation into a positive drug test. Jamaican officials said Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned diuretic at a ...

  • Injured Blake withdraws from Jamaica championships

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olympic Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the island's national championships this week because of a hamstring injury.Agent Cubie Seegobin says Blake has not recovered from the injury. He says Blake is "steadily improving" but he's "not at the level for a national championship."Blake won the 100 meters at the 2011 World ...

  • Jamaican champion sprinter suspended after failed doping test

    Veronica Campbell-Brown. (Getty Images) One of the world's most decorated sprinters has been suspended by her home nation's athletics association over concerns about possible doping. Veronica Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic champion, has been provisionally suspended as a result of an ongoing case against her, according to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. ...

  • Jamaicas doping record demands we be sceptical ahead of Glasgow 2014

    Doug Gillon However, Jamaican media last week revealed that she has tested positive for a notorious agent used to mask performance-enhancing drugs. Sentence is expected this week, but given the doping code's imposition of strict liability on an athlete for whatever they have in their system, there can be but one outcome – a two-year suspension which would focus most unwelcome ...


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Movie Review

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

For the past few months, the trailer has promised us that, In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will Kill Bill. It turns out that wont be the case because, as is now widely known, Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantinos expansive, ambitious grindhouse homage, his first film in six years, has been split into two parts, Volume 1 and Volume 2, the latter of which wont bow in theaters until next ... ...

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