Doping: Cuban discus thrower Yarelys Barrios has been ordered to return her Olympic silver medal after tests showed she was doping – but it was apparently sold on ebay in June. The International Olympic Committee yesterday stripped Barrios of her second place at the 2008 Beijing Games and issued a demand for the immediate return of her medal. However, overturning the result appears a more straightforward process than recovering the silver. A silver medal advertised on ebay, shown in photographs as being from the Beijing 2008 women’s discus, was sold in June by a Cuban seller for $11,655.

Golf: Open champion Henrik Stenson hopes he will not need another operation as he prepares to play through the pain barrier in the FedEx Cup play-offs and Ryder Cup. Stenson withdrew from The Barclays last week after an opening round of 74 at Bethpage Black following the recurrence of a right knee injury. “I have a small re-tear in the meniscus, a different place from previous, but that’s what’s causing the symptoms I guess. At this point I’m hoping not to have do another surgery,” he said.

Rugby Union: Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper has signed a three-year contract with the Australian Rugby Union and the Queensland Reds, confirming his return after a season with French club Toulon. The agreement takes the New Zealand-born playmaker through until the end of the 2019 rugby World Cup in Japan.