Russell disputes doping charges

Jamaica: Andre Russell’s lawyer has disputed the Jamaican Antidoping Commission’s (JADCO) claim that the West Indies allrounder had missed three dope tests in a 12-month period, resulting in a violation of the whereabouts clause. According to The Jamaica Gleaner , Russell’s lawyer Patrick Forster claimed at the hearing of an independent panel on July 20 that his client had received correspondence from JADCO for only twice — January to March, 2015 and July to September, 2015 — for allegedly missing the out-of-competition doping tests. Forster requested JADCO’s lawyer to make available the Commission’s third correspondence which notified Russell of his transgression. The tribunal panel chairman Hugh Faulkner then asked JADCO to provide documentary evidence of Russell’s third filing failure, following which it was agreed that JADCO will provide details.The hearing is set for September 19 and 20.