SYDNEY AFP — Australia's Olympic chief John Coates has voiced support for the creation of a new independent body to examine drug cases and prevent a repeat of cycling's chaotic buildup to this year's Athens Olympics. A report, authored by top lawyer Robert Anderson into allegations of drug use...
May 01, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Olympic Committee AOC is getting ready for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. John Coates, of the AOC, notes that it easier to get sponsors for the Beijing Olympics than it was to get them...
SYDNEY AFP — Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy said Wednesday he still had a slim chance of making the Beijing Olympics despite an appeal court ruling that he "did bring himself into disrepute" in a vicious bar brawl. The Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS found Australian Olympic Committee chief...
BEIJING AFP — Australia will be one of the last countries to enter the Olympic stadium at the opening ceremony because the use of Chinese characters has scrambled the traditional order, the team's chief said Tuesday. "It has been confirmed that we will be nation number 203 in for...
SYDNEY AFP ? Craig Stevens is entitled to profit from his announcement about whether he will swim the 400-metres freestyle at the Athens Olympics, Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates said. If Stevens pulls out of the event, world and Olympic champion Ian Thorpe is expected to take his...
May 26, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Prominent public figures have made court submissions on behalf of Sydney stockbroker, Rene Rivkin, convicted of insider trading. The head of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates; two former politicians; Sydney's most popular...
CHINA, contesting accusations that it runs a systematic sports- doping programme, yesterday announced that it had caught and punished 24 athletes for drugs offences last year. Meanwhile, the Australian Olympic Committee president, John Coates, yesterday resigned from the board of the Australian Sports Commission over anti- doping policies...
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's Olympic chief on Tuesday demanded retired silver medallist Elka Graham name a former elite swimmer she claims offered her performance-enhancing drugs before the 2004 Athens Games. Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates said that if Graham refused to name the alleged culprit, the government should...
SYDNEY AFP — Swimmer Nick D'Arcy on Wednesday lost his appeal against being axed from the Australian Olympic team over a vicious bar brawl. The Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS appeals panel found Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates was right to find the 20-year-old 200m butterfly swimmer...
May 26, 2003 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Friends of celebrity stockbroker, Rene Rivkin, have testified at his sentencing hearing for insider trading. On 26 May 2003, the court heard evidence from friends such as Australian Labor Party powerbroker, Graham Richardson, who told...
