Boxing: Britain's Muhammad Ali handed two year ban for positive test
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[February 06, 2018]
LONDON (Reuters) - British
Olympic boxer Muhammad Ali has been banned for two years after
testing positive for a banned steroid, the International Amateur
Boxing Association (AIBA) said on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old, who competed as a flyweight at the 2016 Olympic
Games in Rio de Janeiro, failed a dope test at a World Series Boxing
match between Morocco Atlas Lions and British Lionhearts in
Casablanca last April.
He was provisionally suspended from all international and domestic
competitions last October.
AIBA said in a statement on its website that it had imposed the ban
after reaching a "settlement agreement" on the case, without giving
details.
GB Boxing noted the decision and said AIBA had also expressed an
opinion "that the athlete did not take the prohibited substances
with the intention to cheat."
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Muhammad Ali (GBR) of Britain and Yoel Finol (VEN) of Venezuela
compete. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

The boxer told the BBC the length of the ban was "extreme" but he
had to accept it and move on, with the aim of competing at the 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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