Salzburger Tageblatt - Ex-world champion Khan handed two-year ban for doping

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Ex-world champion Khan handed two-year ban for doping
Ex-world champion Khan handed two-year ban for doping / Photo: Paul ELLIS - AFP

Ex-world champion Khan handed two-year ban for doping

Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has been handed a two-year ban from all sport after testing positive for a prohibited substance, UK Anti-Doping said on Tuesday.

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Khan, 36, returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022.

Khan, who announced his retirement in May last year, accepted a violation of anti-doping rules but said he had not intentionally ingested the substance, an argument accepted by an independent panel following a hearing in January.

The ban is deemed to have commenced on 6 April 2022, when his provisional suspension was imposed, and will expire on 5 April 2024.

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