Alberto Salazar has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the four-year ban handed down by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

CYCLING: Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong’s long-time team director, has been banned for 10 years by the American Arbitration Association.

Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong’s long-time team director, has been banned for 10 years by the American Arbitration Association.

The International Olympic Committee have reaffirmed that 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt will be ineligible to defend his title at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Former Olympic 100 metre champion Justin Gatlin hopes to have his four-year ban from competition reduced to no more than two years when he takes his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday.

Floyd Landis should know if his appeal against disqualification from the 2006 Tour de France and a two-year ban has been successful by early next year.

GLOBALISATION is curbing the powers of national parliaments to enact legislation, a leading international lawyer claimed yesterday.

KINGSPAN Group, the largest Irish maker of flooring and insulation boards, has been awarded $40.1 million (€33.9 million) in damages in a major US judgment.