Amir Khan banned for two years from all sport after testing positive for prohibited substance
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Updated 04/04/2023 at 20:12 GMT
Former world champion Amir Khan has been given a two-year ban from all sport after testing positive for the banned substance ostarine. The UK Anti-Doping agency found that Khan took ostarine on the night of his fight against Kell Brook, which he lost. Khan retired from boxing in May 2022 and claims he did not intentionally take the substance, which increases muscle growth.
Amir Khan faces the media during a BOXXER press conference ahead of his fight against Kell Brook at Manchester Central Convention Complex on February 17, 2022 in Manchester, England.
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Amir Khan has been banned for two years from all sport after being found guilty of having ostarine in his system on the night he lost to Kell Brook last year.
Ostarine is a banned performance-enhancing drug and Khan, who retired from boxing in May 2022, received a positive test for the drug following a urine sample.
After the positive result, Khan's case was referred to an independent tribunal, which ruled out “deliberate or reckless conduct”.
The panel found two violations - the presence and use of a prohibited substance - in January before it confirmed the decision in writing in February.
The ban from all sport is deemed to have begun on April 6, 2022, and will then expire on April 5, 2024.
"This case serves as a reminder that Ukad will diligently pursue anti-doping rule violations in order to protect clean sport," UK Anti-Doping chief executive Jane Rumble said.
"Strict liability means athletes are ultimately responsible for what they ingest and for the presence of any prohibited substances in a sample."
"I've never cheated," Khan told Sky Sports News. "But I've got a two-year ban now, which is quite strange and funny because I'm already retired anyway.
"There's no comeback planned at all. But I've never cheated and I never will. That's just not something I would do.
"I have to take some sort of responsibility. End of the day it's been found in my system. I can honestly say this is something I would never ever do [cheating].
"It was such a tiny amount, it was no benefit at all. I should have maybe taken more precautions.
"I don't want to remembered for something like this. That'll hurt me."
Khan is a two-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist, having won the WBA world light-welterweight title in 2009 and the IBF belt in 2011.
The news comes as Conor Benn’s return to the ring is expected imminently, despite the British fighter not clearing his name after two positive tests for clomifene ahead of his fight with Chris Eubank Jr.
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