The drug carries a maximum four-year ban, but the penalty can be reduced to a month if proven it was taken for recreational use and not to enhance performance.

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Sydney Kings star Xavier Cooks has been provisionally suspended by Basketball Australia for a potential violation of the ...

Sydney Kings star Xavier Cooks has been suspended on the eve of the NBL finals after an adverse finding and possible doping ...

Former NBL MVP Xavier Cooks has been provisionally suspended after an alleged anti-doping violation two days out from the ...

Australian Boomer, Sydney Kings and former Wellington Saints player Xavier Cooks has been suspended for potential anti-doping ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney Kings forward Xavier Cooks has been suspended for a possible doping violation ahead of the post-season in Australia’s National Basketball League.

Sydney Kings forward Xavier Cooks has been suspended from the NBL, effective immediately, after a potential anti-doping ...

Australian Boomers star and former NBA player Xavier Cooks has been suspended from playing for the Sydney Kings in the NBL ...

Recent NBL MVP and Sydney Kings star Xavier Cooks has been handed a provisional suspension, effective immediately, over a ...

Sydney Kings star Xavier Cooks is now likely to miss Thursday night’s NBL finals play-in game after being handed a ...

Adams was ejected in the final minutes of the 20-point blow-out due to an ugly incident with Illawarra’s Wani Swaka Lo Buluk. Adams poked the player in the face after they became tangled up under the ...