P134 Teletext 134 Mar25 23:14:16 ——————————————————————————— IAAF DROP CHARGES ON MODAHL The International Amateur Athletic Federation has dropped all doping charges against Britain's Diane Modahl. The 29-year-old former Commonwealth 800m champion had a four-year drugs ban lifted bz a British Athletic Federation appeals panel last year. Now the IAAF council have voted to endorse that decision after finding the original results were unreliable. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Sports Calendar for next two weeks 189 ] £200 TO BE WON WITH CODEBUSTER p350 Next Football Cricket PollP134 Teletext 134 Mar25 23:15:54 ——————————————————————————— MODAHL FACES £\M LEGAL BILL Diane Modahl, who has spent £500,000 to clear her name of drugs cheating, is still fuming despite the sport'u governing body dropping all charges. The IAAF have endorsed a djcisjon "y the BAF that a four-year ban on the British 800m runner from August 1994 after a positive test was unfair. Modahl said: "I am still very angry that it happened in the first place." ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— World results 181 UK results 180 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WEATHER p102 Next Football Cricket PollP134 Teletext 134 Mar25 23:12:52 ——————————————————————————— "HOMELESS" MODAHL CLEARED Diane Modahl will lose her house bjcausj of £500,000 legal fees clearing her name of drugs cheating. The British runner had a four-year ban dropped bz world governing body IAAF after backing British chiefs in deciding a doping test was unsafe. Modahl said: "Wj have gone the distance in this battle. There is no more in the coffers but we have finally won." ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— World results 181 UK results 180 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WEATHER p102 Next Football Cricket PollP134 Teletext 134 Mar25 23:13:54 ——————————————————————————— LISBON TJSTJNG STANDS ACCUSED IAAF chiefs have accused Portuguese scientists of failing to carry out adequate tests of urine samples from British athlete Diane Modahl. A Lisbon laboratory found 40 times the normal level of a male hormone in a specimen given bz Modahl in 1994. But it refused to allow the IAAF to make further investigations and the govjrnjng body dropped all charges. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— World results 181 UK results 180 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WEATHER p102 Next Football Cricket Poll