May 12 (Reuters) - Former Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze was one of six players handed lengthy bans from rugby for their part in a scheme involving alleged sample substitution and advance warnings ...

DUBLIN (AP) — Six players from Georgia’s rugby team have been handed long bans — including one for 11 years — for their involvement in a urine-swapping scheme to cheat anti-doping tests in one of the ...

Six Georgia rugby players have been sanctioned over a urine-swapping scheme similar to that exposed in the Russian doping scandal. Five unnamed internationals have been banned, with another facing the ...

Former Georgia rugby captain Merab Sharikadze has been banned for 11 years over his role in a urine-swap scheme that helped ...

Stuart Lancaster's Connacht have confirmed a group of eleven departures at the end of the season, including three Ireland ...