Gymnastics






CAS orders two-year ban for gymnastics doping offender

By Emily Goddard

Luiza Galiulina 280513May 28 - Uzbekistani artistic gymnast Luiza Galiulina has been hit with a two-year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the six-month sanction imposed on the athlete by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) following a positive doping test for a banned substance at London 2012 was insufficient.









FIG President Grandi awarded Japan's highest honour

By Emily Goddard

Prof Bruno Grandi and Ph D Ryosho TanigamaApril 11 - Bruno Grandi, President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), has been awarded the title of Dr Honoris Causa, Japan's highest honour, by the Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) in Tokyo in recognition of his career of more than 50 years in international sport.