A supreme court judge in Brazil has dismissed a request to suspend the court hearing of Kevin Mallon, the THG executive arrested on the eve of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last year.

SPANISH cyclist Alejandro Valverde has had his appeal against a worldwide two-year doping ban dismissed by Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court.

Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has had his appeal against a worldwide two-year doping ban dismissed by Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court.

The United States asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and US authorities said.

The United States has formally asked Switzerland to hand over fugitive film director Roman Polanski on child sex charges.