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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Russia was stripped of another track and field medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday after three athletes were retroactively caught in drug tests, the latest blow to a country reeling from scandals over widespread doping.Russia lost its silver medal in the womens 4x400 relay after Anastasiya Kapachinskaya tested positive for the steroids stanozol and turinabol in a reanalysis of her samples, the International Olympic Committee said.Its the second 2008 relay medal stripped this week from Russia because of doping. On Tuesday, the IOC took away Russias gold in the 4x100 after Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive for the same two steroids.Under international rules, an entire relay team loses its medals if one of the runners tests positive.With Kapachinskayas positive, Jamaica is in line to move up from third to silver and Belarus from fourth to bronze in the 4x400 relay.Kapachinskaya was also disqualified from her fifth-place finish in the individual 400 meters.In the two other cases announced Friday, Alexander Pogorelov tested positive for turinabol and was stripped of his fourth-place finish in the decathlon, and Ivan Yushkov had his 10th-place result in the shot put annulled after he tested positive for stanozolol, turinabol and oxandrolone.The three drugs are all traditional steroids that go back decades. Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive for stanozolol at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where he was stripped of the gold medal in the 100 meters.The IOC stores doping samples for 10 years so they can be retested when improved methods become available. Using enhanced techniques, the IOC has retested more than 1,000 doping samples from the Beijing Games and 2012 London Olympics to catch cheats who evaded detection at the time. A total of 98 athletes have been caught.For the Beijing and London retests, the IOC used a method that can detect use of steroids going back weeks and months, rather than days.Fridays decision was another black eye for Russia, whose track and field team was banned from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics over allegations of state-sponsored doping. Investigations are continuing into wider systematic doping in Russia involving dozens of other summer and winter Olympic sports. Nike Free Cheap Nz Wholesale . 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A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:- NASSAU, Bahamas -- Gone from the game for 15 months, Tiger Woods returns to competition at the Hero World Challenge at No. 898 in the world but with a game that shows promise.- MINNEAPOLIS -- The Dallas Cowboys, riding a 10-game winning streak, play a struggling Minnesota Vikings team that will be without coach Mike Zimmer. He is recovering from eye surgery. Game starts 9:30 p.m.- ALAMEDA, Calif. -- General manager Reggie McKenzies plan to rebuild the Raiders is finally coming to fruition. Oakland is 9-2 and tied with the Patriots for the top record in the AFC.- DAVIE, Fla. -- Star tackle Ndamukong Suh usually gets double-teamed, so the Miami Dolphins are doing what they can to free him up. And hes doing what he can to make the strategy pay off.- SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Washington coach Chris Petersen will let others do the lobbying for the College Football Playoff. He believes what his No. 4 team does in the Pac-12 title game will speak loud enough.- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Floridas Jim McElwain, a former Alabama offensive coordinator, never had a Crimson Tide quarterback quite like Jalen Hurts, in style if not effectiveness.- CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson knows all sorts of defensive schemes will be coming its way when they play Virginia Tech in the ACC title game.- OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors try to extend their winning streak to 13 games when they host James Harden and the Houston Rockets.dddddddddddd Game starts 10:30 p.m.- CLEVELAND -- LeBron James and the defending champion Cavaliers return home and face the Los Angeles Clippers, who have lost three straight. Game starts 8 p.m.- Two notable womens college basketball games: No. 15 DePaul at No. 2 UConn (7 p.m.) and No. 3 South Carolina at No. 14 Texas (7 p.m.).- MEDELLIN, Colombia -- Tear-filled tributes are held at packed stadiums in Colombia and Brazil for the victims of the plane crash that left 71 dead.- MADRID -- Spanish authorities have detained 34 people, including six low-ranked tennis players, in connection with a match-fixing network involving second-tier tournaments in Spain and Portugal.- LONDON -- English soccer authorities are investigating whether clubs paid hush money to victims of sexual abuse in the 1990s. Former pro players have gone public over the last two weeks about their ordeals.- MOSCOW -- Irish race walker Olive Loughnane was awarded first place at the 2009 worlds when her opponent was later caught doping. She is still waiting for her gold medal and $30,000 in prize money.- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Michael Phelps is looking to make the jump from swimmer and product pitchman to investor. The Olympic great is getting advice from Silicon Valley venture capitalists. ' ' '