Hull trio banned
ByReuters
Updated 29/12/2011 at 19:17 GMT
Former Britain rugby league international Martin Gleeson has been banned for three years for anti-doping rule violations, UK Anti-Doping said, with former Hull chief executive James Rule and a coach also banned for trying to cover up the incident.
RUGBY LEAGUE Martin Gleeson, the former Hull centre banned for doping
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Rule and former assistant coach Ben Cooper had also been banned after Gleeson tested positive for a banned stimulant last May.
Gleeson, 31, left Hull in September.
UK Anti-Doping said Gleeson had admitted lying about the circumstances leading to the positive test while Rule and Cooper were "complicit in the lies".
"Mr Gleeson agreed to a three-year ban being imposed by the National Anti-Doping Panel, with half that ban suspended in recognition of his providing assistance to UK Anti-Doping," UK Anti-Doping said.
"Mr Cooper agreed to a two-year ban, with half also suspended. Mr Rule did not contest the charge made against him by UK Anti-Doping, and has been banned for two years by the National Anti-Doping Panel."
UK Anti-Doping chief executive Andy Parkinson said the case marked two firsts for the anti-doping community.
"It is the first time that tampering with the doping control process in this manner has resulted in a violation and the first time that members of an athlete's entourage have been convicted of anti-doping rule violations in the UK," Parkinson said.
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