THURSDAY, 5.00PM
FORMER Springbok rugby player Johan Ackermann, has lost his appeal against his two-year suspension from rugby for illegal drug use.
Ackermann, a policeman, tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone at a Springbok training camp in in February.
Ackermann says the handling of his urine sample did not follow procedures prescribed by the International Olympic Committee. The judge said Ackermann had signed a form declaring he was satisfied with the sample-taking procedure.