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 ...

Merab Sharikadze was one of seven Georgians banned on Tuesday. Levan Verdzeuli / Getty Images Rugby union’s “most extensive anti-doping investigation ever undertaken” has resulted in former Georgia ...

Former Georgia rugby captain Merab Sharikadze has been given an 11-year ban for his involvement in an “orchestrated scheme involving recreational drugs and sample substitution”. Six internationals ...

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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 sport’s biggest ...