Amir Khan

Former world champion Khan tested positive for a banned substance following his KO defeat by Brook last year.

In announcing his retirement last May, Khan said: "It's time to hang up my gloves. Khan was made aware of the failed test last April before being charged two months later. Khan, 36, later announced his retirement but it has now been revealed he failed a drug test shortly after the final bell.

The boxer tested positive for muscle-growth stimulant, ostarine, after his loss to Kell Brook last year.

Two men have been convicted and, speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain shortly before news of the doping violation became public, he said that the experience has made him fearful of going out in certain places. Following his provisional suspension last April, Khan was then charged in July 2022 with both the presence and use of a prohibited substance. It is important that all athletes and their support personnel, whatever level they are competing at, take their anti-doping responsibilities seriously. Under the rules of strict liability, they still imposed a two-year ban. "Strict liability means Athletes are ultimately responsible for what they ingest and for the presence of any prohibited substances in a Sample. [but announced his retirement last May](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2022/05/13/amir-khan-retires-trailblazer-famous-vulnerabilities-much-storied/) following the defeat against Brook, which was the fifth loss by knockout or stoppage in his career.

Khan tested positive for ostarine after losing to Brook in February 2022, in the final fight of his career.

[Brook admitted to struggling with his mental health during his retirement](/sport/boxing/kell-brook-video-retired-apology-b2274622.html) from boxing, while apologising to ‘family, friends and fans’ after a video emerged of the Briton appearing to snort white powder. [Amir Khan](/topic/amir-khan) has denied cheating after being banned from sport for two years, with the Briton having tested positive for a prohibited substance following his fight with [Kell Brook](/topic/kell-brook) in 2022. I’m a retired fighter, and at the same time, you can see by my performance; my performance against Kell Brook wasn’t the best performance that I had. Meanwhile, Boxxer chief Ben Shalom, who promoted Khan vs Brook, told Talksport that he only learned of the failed drug test on Tuesday. An independent tribunal then heard Khan’s case this January, and in February its verdict was that Khan had committed a violation but that he had not done so intentionally. A statement from UKAD on Tuesday (4 April) read: “Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator.

Khan, 36, underwent a urine sample following his fight against Kell Brook in February last year that found traces of ostarine.

"It is important that all athletes and their support personnel, whatever level they are competing at, take their anti-doping responsibilities seriously. Khan was given a provisional ban on 6 April 2022, which will now last until 5 April 2024. "You can see by my performance against Kell Brook... He added that he was "the one who wanted the testing on the fight" and that "the amount that was in my system could have been by shaking people's hands". UK Anti-Doping announced on Tuesday that Khan, 36, has been given a two-year ban from all sports over the urine sample he gave following the fight he lost against Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022. Former Olympic medallist Amir Khan has told Sky News he has "never cheated" after being given a two-year ban for use of a prohibited substance.

UK Anti-Doping said the 36-year-old returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in February 2022.

Khan is due to make a second appearance on I’m A Celebrity later this month. I don’t know the drug that was in my system. It goes against the very core of our company’s values. I’ve got a two-year ban now which is quite strange and funny that they banned me. Also, the amount that was in my system could have been by shaking people’s hands. At the same time you can see by my performance against Kell Brook wasn’t the best, I lost the fight.

British boxer Amir Khan is banned for two years after an anti-doping test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook ...

Amir Khan has been banned from all sports for two years after testing positive for a prohibited substance following his defeat to Kell Brook last year.

The former light-welterweight world champion returned a positive result for anabolic agent ostarine.

Retired boxing star Amir Khan has been banned from sport for two years after failing a drug test following his stoppage defeat by bitter rival Kell Brook ...