Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou will fight the provisional two-year bans imposed on them by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at an independent tribunal this weekend.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge believes there will always be a doping problem but claims great advances have been made to stamp out cheating in sport.

THE Greek Athletics Federation are adamant there will be an early tribunal for alleged drug cheats Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou.

The Greek Athletics Federation are adamant there will be an early tribunal for alleged drug cheats Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou.

KOSTAS KENTERIS and Katerina Thanou face two-year drug suspensions after the International Association of Athletic Federations confirmed today they believed the duo have violated anti-doping rules.

KOSTAS KENTERIS and Katerina Thanou have denied charges they knowingly avoided drugs tests.

Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have denied charges they knowingly avoided drugs tests, according to reports.

The International Association of Athletics Federations will have to wait until today to start their review of doping charges against Greece sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou.

World athletics chiefs today formally charged Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou with missing drugs tests on the eve of the Olympic Games.

Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have been charged with avoiding a drugs test on the eve of the Athens Olympics and of faking a motorcycle accident hours later.

GREEK doping suspect Kostadinos Kenteris is looking forward to facing possible charges over avoiding a pre-Olympics drugs test, seeing it as a chance to prove his innocence.

Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris has denied faking a motorbike crash to avoid a doping test before the start of the Athens Olympics.

Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris, who withdrew from the Olympics after failing to attend a drugs test on the eve of the Games, has appointed a new coach.

Disgraced Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris was questioned today by a prosecutor investigating a missed doping test and motorbike accident that resulted in the runner’s withdrawal from the Olympics.

A total of 10,500 athletes took part in the most expensive, most security-conscious Olympic Games in history.

ATHLETICS chiefs have admitted the missed drugs test debacle of Greek sprint duo Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou could rumble on until December.

AMERICAN Shawn Crawford won the men’s 200 metres gold medal amid astonishingly hostile scenes in the Olympic Stadium as the Greek public vented their spleen against the Games organisers.

American Shawn Crawford won the men’s 200metres gold medal amid astonishingly hostile scenes in the Olympic Stadium as the Greek public vented their spleen against the Games organisers.

Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou will be free to compete following the Olympic Games after the IAAF today launched an inquiry into their missed drugs test.

A search of a warehouse used by the coach at the centre of a doping scandal involving Greece’s star sprinters uncovered small amounts of anabolic steroids. a government agency said.

The Athens Olympics tonight suffered another blow when two women were banished from the Games for failing in-competition drugs tests.

A senior prosecutor launched an investigation today into two disgraced Greek sprinters who withdrew from the Athens Olympics after missing a drugs test and were involved in a mysterious motorcycle accident hours later.

INITIAL investigations have revealed that Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou probably faked a motorcycle accident after missing a drugs test, a high-ranking legal source said yesterday.

Athletics’ drugs chief Arne Ljungqvist has admitted the cases of humiliated Greek sprint duo Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou will not be completed until well after the Olympic Games have finished.

OLYMPIC champion Kostas Kenteris and Sydney silver medallist Katerina Thanou dramatically pulled out of the Athens Games - to avoid the humiliation of being thrown out.

Olympic champion Kostas Kenteris and Sydney silver medallist Katerina Thanou dramatically pulled out of the Athens Games – to avoid the humiliation of being thrown out.

Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou today had their missed drugs test case referred to the IAAF by the IOC’s executive board.

Kostas Kenteris announced he had pulled out of the Olympic Games “in the national interest” after a brief appearance before an IOC disciplinary commission investigating his missed drugs test.

Two top Greek athletes will today learn if they will be banned from competing in the Olympics following a drugs scandal.

Fallen Greek hero Kostas Kenteris declared himself innocent as he left an Athens hospital today, facing questions from prosecutors, fellow Greeks and Olympics chiefs about his missed drug test and motorcycle accident.

Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris left an Athens hospital today, four days after a motorcycle crash that followed a missed drug test.

Under-fire Greek sprint duo Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou will be cleared by an IOC disciplinary panel tomorrow, according to their coach.

The long-running missed drugs test saga of Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou should take a decisive step forward on Wednesday when they finally face their IOC inquisitors.

The lawyer acting for Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou has asked for a 48-hour delay to enable the stricken Greek sprinters to attend an IOC disciplinary hearing.

Greek athletes Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou could miss today’s IOC disciplinary hearing into their missed drugs test at the Athens Hilton.

Greece’s sprint heroes Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou should be thrown out of the Athens Olympics according to the president of their own federation.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge used his opening Olympic address to remind the world’s athletes of the need to set an example - less that 24 hours before Greece’s most famous athletes face expulsion from their own team.

THE Olympic Games returned to their spiritual home yesterday in a breathtaking opening ceremony that brought the myths of Ancient Greece to life through the magic of 21st century technology.

Greek Olympic hero Kostas Kenteris has been given a 72-hour stay of execution as he battles to clear his name after an alleged missed drugs test.

Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge has claimed the Games are big enough to survive the possible expulsion of the host nation’s athletics hero.

Greek athletics icon Kostas Kenteris is wearing a neck brace and will remain hospitalised until Sunday at the earliest following the motorcycle accident which came hours after his missed drugs test.

A drugs test storm was threatening to overshadow the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens today with the future of Greek athletics hero Kostas Kenteris in doubt.

Greek athletics stars Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were injured in a motorcycle accident last night shortly after they missed a drugs test at the Games Village.

On the eve of the Athens Olympics, Greece was plunged into crisis as athletics hero Kostas Kenteris failed to appear for a drugs test and was facing a possible ban from the Games.