Shannon Patterson, a 32-year old Australian man living in the Darwin suburb of Leanyer, pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal possession of anabolic steroids in Darwin Local Court last month

The India Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a man involved in an international steroid smuggling ring at an airport just before he planned to leave the country.

Dallas Seavey, the four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a dog doping scandal at the 2017 edition of the famous dog race. Seavey was implicated after four of his dogs tested positive for the prohibited pain medication tramadol (Ultram).

Alexander Krushelnitsky, a world champion athlete from Russia in mixed doubles curling, has been disqualified for a 4-year period of ineligibility related to the use of the prohibited drug meldonium.