Olympic Champion Charlotte Dujardin Fined, Suspended For Whipping Horse

Three-time Olympic dressage gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin has been handed a one-year suspension and fined 10,000 Swiss Francs (£8,886) for “excessive” use of a whip on a horse. The punishment follows the emergence of video footage in July, just days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, showing the 39-year-old repeatedly striking a horse’s … Read more

Ankaragucu Defends Ex-President After Prison Sentence For Referee Assault

Turkish football club Ankaragucu has come to the defence of former president Faruk Koca, who was sentenced to prison for assaulting a referee. On Monday, a court in Ankara sentenced the 60-year-old Koca to three years and seven months for “intentionally wounding a public official.” He also received a suspended sentence of under a year … Read more