Stanozolol

Three members of the national swimming team tested positive for doping. According to NOVA sources, the three athelets caught using banned preparations are Zdravko Bablakov, Svetlozar Nikolov and Blagoy Panayotov. The three don't have quotas for the Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed on Thursday that Greek triple jumper Pigi Devetzi is being stripped of the bronze medal she won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

"Reanalysis of Devetzi's samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance stanozolol," said the IOC.

Triple-jump national record holder Piyi Devetzi has had her Olympic bronze medal from the 2008 Games in Beijing annulled on Tuesday as the International Amateur Athletics Federation, track and field's world governing body, announced she is retrospectively disqualified from August 2007 for failing a drugs test.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the Bulgarian Weighlifters Federation (BWF) appeal of a 2016 Rio Olympics ban imposed on the country's athletes over positive doping cases.

"The BWF remains banned from entering the next edition of the Olympic Games," the Lausanne-based top court for sports said in a statement.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) expects to rule this week on the doping-related ban of Bulgarian weightlifters from the 2016 Olymics in Rio de Janeiro, the AP has reported.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has said it expects to rule by the end of next month on Bulgaria's appeal against a ban on its weightlifting team for the 2016 Olympics, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

Eleven members of Bulgaria's weightlifting teams (men and women) have tested positive for a banned substance, which could prevent them from taking part in the European championship next month.