Nigeria: Evans, Rauf Banned Four Years Over Doping Violation

Fulbright scholar and winner of two Olympics gold medals Lee Edward Evans has been banned for coaching athletes for four years after the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Anti-Doping Committee which met at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife on February 17, 2014 found him guilty of giving a youth athlete performance enhancing drugs.

In a release on athleticsnigeria.com, Evans who is a consultant to Lagos State Government was banned alongside Coach Abass Rauf who was banned for life.

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