Anti-Doping Agency doubles ban for drug cheats

Drug cheats will face a minimum four-year ban instead of two years after rule changes ratified by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The change to the sanctions, effective from January 2015, will see athletes who take performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids, the blood-boosting agent EPO and human growth hormone face the longer bans, meaning they would miss at least one Olympic Games.