Britain to stick to doping ban law despite ruling

LONDON - Britain will retain a by-law preventing its athletes found guilty of willful doping from competing in any Olympics, British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan said on Thursday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) earlier cleared the way for several dozen former doping offenders to compete at next year's London Games after dismissing the validity of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) rule banning them.

The IOC Rule 45 was introduced in 2008 and banned athletes, including American Olympic 400 meters champion LaShawn Merritt, from participating at the next Games if they have been suspended for six months or longer.