VIOLATIONS!
CAS strips three T&T cyclists of Olympic medals
West Indian stars arrive in
UAE for Indian Premier League
By Azad Ali
Explosive all-rounder
Kieron Pollard has
arrived in the United
Arab Emirates along
with other star members
of the recent Caribbean
Premier League
(CPL) to begin their
stint with in the Indian
Premier League (IPL)
which bowls off this
weekend.
Pollard, fresh off
of leading the Trinidad
and Tobago Knight
Riders (TKR) to their
historic capture of the
CPL, was accompanied
on a luxury jet with
his wife and fellow
West Indian all-rounder
Guyanese Sherfane
Rutherford, who is also
on Mumbai’s squad.
Pollard, who is also
West Indies ODI captain,
is now expected
to isolate for a week
before linking up with
the Mumbai squad.
This year’s IPL will be
played from Sept. 19
to Nov. 10 after being
moved from India due
to the ongoing COVID-
19 pandemic.
The IPL will be
played under strict
“bio-secure” protocols
Caribbean L 28 ife, Sept. 18-24, 2020
and behind closed
doors. All of the West
Indian players who
arrived over the weekeend
are currently in
quarantine in the UAE.
Pollard in his 10
years at the Wankhede
has played 148 matches
for Mumbai, scoring
2755 runs with 14 halfcenturies.
Rutherford, a 22
year-old hard-hitting
left-hander, is in his
first season with Mumbai
after spending his
maiden IPL campaign
last year with Delhi
Capitals.
West Indies’ Kieron Pollard dives to stop a ball. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
By Azad Ali
The Court of Arbitration
for Sports (CAS) has confirmed
the disqualification of
the results achieved by Trinidad
and Tobago cyclist Njisan
Phillip during the Lima
2019 Pan American Games,
including the forfeiture and
return of the gold medal won
in the Men’s Team Spirit and
the silver medal won in the
Men’s Individual.
CAS also endorsed that the
other team members of Team
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
sprint — Nicholas Paul and
Keron Bramble — were also
to return their gold medals.
In a release, Panam Sports
said it will continue its
efforts in the fight against
any kind of doping in sport.
The organization “welcomes
the response of Mr. Nisjane
Phillip with regard to the
award, in which he asserts
that in spite of the offense,
he condemns all kinds of
doping in sport.”
Panam Sports also stated
that the prohibited substance
found in the sample provided
by Phillip is not considered a
performance enhancing substance
and that the organization
believes that “regardless
of the award by CAS
that confirmed the decision
of the Panam Sports Ad Hoc
Disciplinary Committee, Mr.
Phillip had no intention of
cheating or having an unfair
advantage over his competitors.”
“Panam Sports believes
that Mr. Phillips is an honest
athlete that made a mistake
and that he is committed
to learning from the experience,”
the organization said
in a release.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Njisane Phillip celebrates a gold win. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes