Newsmakers

Admitted Canadian Olympic star Clara Hughes has disclosed a doping violation from more than 20 years ago. The former cyclist and speedskater writes in her newly released biography that she tested positive for the banned substance ephedrine in 1994. She adds that the violation was intentionally kept quiet. The offense occurred before the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency or Canada’s national anti-doping body. Hughes informed Cycling Canada in August of the revelation in her biography. Hughes is tied with Cindy Klassen for most Olympic medals won by a Canadian, having competed in both the Winter and Summer Games.

Denied Three-time London Marathon winner Paula Radcliffe, who holds the world record for the distance, denied that she ever used performance-enhancing drugs and said she was “devastated” that her name had been linked to allegations of wide-spread blood doping in track and field. The 41-year-old Radcliffe, who won in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and has retired from international competition, said she was “effectively” implicated during a Parliamentary hearing into allegations of doping leveled last month by The Sunday Times newspaper and German broadcaster ARD.

Died A standout safety at Iowa who later won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, Tyler Sash, has died, the state medical examiner’s office in Iowa City, Iowa, said. He was 27. John Kraemer, the director of forensic operations for the medical examiner, told The Associated Press his office is investigating Sash’s death along with police in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sash’s hometown. No cause of death has been determined. An autopsy is scheduled today.

Fined Disgruntled Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris has been fined $10,000 for making “a public statement detrimental to the NBA.” The fine, announced by the league, did not specify the statement but said it concerned Morris’ desire to be traded. Morris said in a tweet last week that “my future will not be in Phoenix.”