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Conviction set aside, and he was released after serving 19 years Derek Chisora: Assault 12 weeks suspended for 2 years and 150 hours community service Had previous convictions for public order offences, assaulting a police officer and possession of an offensive weapon. [375] Christophe Dettinger: Two counts of assaulting an officer
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
In mid-2013, a number of organizations, including Human Rights Watch, [185] began calling for a boycott of the Games due to oppressive and homophobic legislation that bans 'gay propaganda', [186] including the open acknowledgement of gay identities, the display of rainbow flags and public displays of affection between same-sex couples.
In 1963, the Council of Europe gave the following definition of doping: "Doping is the administration to a normal subject in any possible way of a foreign agent or abnormal quantities of physiological substances with the sole purpose of increasing artificially and in an unfair manner the performance of the subject participating in a contest." [2]
This list of wrongful convictions in the United States includes people who have been legally exonerated, including people whose convictions have been overturned or vacated, and who have not been retried because the charges were dismissed by the states. It also includes some historic cases of people who have not been formally exonerated (by a ...
The water cycle refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates from the ground — including from lakes, rivers and plants — and rises into the atmosphere ...
Drug policies are not uniform for all professional sports. Typically, each CBA explains the policy regarding drug testing, list of banned drugs, violations, penalties, privacy issues, and rights of appeal. Drug violations may lead to suspensions and loss of salary.
A yellow card being given in a game of handball. Unsportsmanlike conduct (also called untrustworthy behaviour or ungentlemanly fraudulent or bad sportsmanship or poor sportsmanship or anti fair-play) is a foul or offense in many sports that violates the sport's generally accepted rules of sportsmanship and participant conduct.