Thirty-one new doping cases from Beijing risk ban - IOC

Up to 31 athletes from 12 countries could be banned from the Rio Olympics for doping after new tests on samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday. The 31 were caught in new tests on 454 Beijing samples using "the very latest scientific analysis methods," the International Olympic Committee said. The re-examination was part of widespread measures taken by sporting bodies after a wave of new doping scandals to hit international sport with Russia at