CANBERRA， May 13 (Xinhua) -- Australian heavyweight boxing world champion Lucas Browne has on Friday had his World Boxing Association (WBA) title stripped after a "B sample" drug test also returned a positive result for the illicit substance clenbuterol.
Browne， 37， first tested positive for the drug in March， the day he was supposed to fight Russian Ruslan Chagaev in Chechnya， but wasn't stripped of his title until Friday， when the B sample confirmed he had taken the drug clenbuterol.
Browne has maintained innocence throughout the ordeal which has now resulted in a six month ban from fighting， and had questioned why a heavyweight boxer would knowingly ingest a weight-reduction drug.
He had previously said it was possible the drug was present in some food he ate between a prior， clean drug test and the positive test in March.
Clenbuterol is a banned drug on the World Anti-Doping Authority's list and is mainly used for its fat reduction and muscle building benefits.
On Friday， Browne took to social media platform Twitter to confirm the news， but said he would explore his options.
"I'm leaving everything to my lawyer， Mr Leon Margules，" Browne tweeted.
"I thank everyone for their support， especially the people and fans of Australia."
The WBA has always maintained that the boxer and his or her team are fully responsible for what enters his or her system， regardless of intent or not.
KIGALI nike air max 2017 rabais , Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda is striving to significantlyreduce maternal, infant and under-5 mortality rates, the ministryof health said on Friday.
To this end, efforts will be made to increase immunizationcoverage for children and sensitization to pregnant mothers, saidHealth Minister Diane Gashumba.
The minister was speaking at the Rwanda pediatric associationscientific conference in the capital Kigali dubbed: "Updates onpediatrics in Rwanda."
According to her, under-five mortality in Rwanda reduced from152 in 2005 to 50 deaths per 1000 live births in 2015 air max 2017 rabais , infantdeclined from 86 to 32 per 1,000 live births and maternal mortalityfrom 1,071 in 2000 to 210 per 100,000 live births in 2015.
"We are looking at reducing these numbers to below 30 in percategory in the years to come," said the minister, adding thatmaternal and infant mortality rates could be significantly reducedif community health workers visited pregnant and new mothersregularly.
During the campaign nike air max 90 ultra se homme , community health workers will engagefamilies across the country to understand comprehensive and rapidinterventions to reduce mother, infant mortality rates.
According to the ministry of health, the decline in mother,infant mortality rates enabled Rwanda to achieve MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 that were related to maternal andchild health.
The two-day forum that opened on Thursday aimed at sharinglatest data on achievements within the pediatric and neonatalfield, the main challenges that Rwanda still faces in the area, andpossible solutions.
The conference also looks to provide clinicians with the latestinformation on current issues in pediatrics in the country.Enditem
KOLOMNA nike air max 95 dynamic flywire homme , Russia, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup here on Saturday:
Women's 1,500m
1. Shim Suk-hee, South Korea, 2:25.106.
2. Valerie Maltais, Canada nike air max 95 jacquard homme , 2:25.190.
3. Zhou Yang, China, 2:25.416.
4. Jessica Smith, United States, 2:26.167.
5. Tatiana Borodulina, Russia nike air vapormax grise homme , 2:26.765.
6. Anna Seidel, Germany, 2:28.149.
World Cup Standings after four events
1. Shim Suk-hee, South Korea, 30,000.
2. Kim Alang nike air vapormax blanche homme , South Korea, 19,342.
3. Zhou Yang, China, 16,896.
4. Valerie Maltais nike air vapormax noir homme , Canada, 16,078.
5. Park Seung-hi, South Korea, 12,955.
MADRID nike air vapormax rabais , June 24 (Xinhua) -- Athletic Club Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera is on the verge of signing for Manchester United according to reports in Spain and England.
The 24-year-old who has spent three seasons with the Basque club, playing a key role in helping them qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League as Athletic finished fourth behind Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid last season.
He almost joined Manchester United on the last day of August 2013, but the move ended in farce as United failed to pay his 36 million euros (49 million US dollars) buyout clause.
Now with that clause due to rise to 40 million euros at the end of June the English side, who have announced Holland national team coach Louis Van Gaal as the replacement for David Moyes and embarked on a massive rebuilding program after last season's failure to qualify for Europe have moved to take Herrera to the Premier League.
The news comes just four days after Herrera's agent Arturo Canales commented in the Spanish press that "there has been nothing new during the year. There have been rumors that United would try to sign him and even that Jose Mourinho wanted him for Chelsea, but we have not heard anything. Athletic is focused on Athletic and nothing else."
'Graft fight expands beyond usual government targets'
China's anti-graft efforts have taken an unusual step forward following the sudden detention of celebrity China Central Television (CCTV) anchor Rui Chenggang.
Rui nike air max 2017 bleu homme , a popular host of financial news programs on CCTV, was taken away from his studio on Friday, the official People's Daily said Saturday night on its Twitter account without providing the reason for the detention.
The news has become the topic of the moment on China's media and social networks, sparking speculation on Rui's possible connection with corruption charges against his colleagues at CCTV's financial news channel.
Rui was scheduled to host a program on Friday night, but was taken directly by prosecutors from the CCTV premises without .