Taurasi teammates resist Turkish doping tests (AP)
Taurasi teammates resist Turkish doping tests (AP)
A Turkish newspaper says teammates of basketball star Diana Taurasi have resisted doping tests in Turkey because they don’t trust the lab that found her sample positive for a banned stimulant. Haberturk newspaper says Fenerbahce teammates Penny Taylor of Australia and Hana Horakova of the Czech Republic provided samples only after Turkey’s Basketball Federation agreed to send them to…
Lauren Jackson in Australia to treat hurt Achilles (AP)
Lauren Jackson
the reigning MVP of the WNBA
has returned home to Australia for treatment on her injured Achilles tendon. Basketball Australia chief executive Larry Sengstock said in a statement Tuesday that Jackson had an assessment at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra late Monday and was awaiting feedback on treatment.