Amir Khan banned for two years from all sport after testing positive for prohibited substance

Amir Khan has been banned for two years from all sport after being found guilty of having ostarine in his system on the night he lost to Kell Brook last year.

Ostarine is a banned performance-enhancing drug and Khan, who retired from boxing in May 2022, received a positive test for the drug following a urine sample.

After the positive result, Khan’s case was referred to an independent tribunal, which ruled out “deliberate or reckless conduct”.

The ban from all sport is deemed to have begun on April 6, 2022, and will then expire on April 5, 2024.

“This case serves as a reminder that Ukad will diligently pursue anti-doping rule violations in order to protect clean sport,” UK Anti-Doping chief executive Jane Rumble said.

“Strict liability means athletes are ultimately responsible for what they ingest and for the presence of any prohibited substances in a sample.”

“I’ve never cheated,” Khan told Sky Sports News. “But I’ve got a two-year ban now, which is quite strange and funny because I’m already retired anyway.

“There’s no comeback planned at all. But I’ve never cheated and I never will. That’s just not something I would do.”

Khan is a two-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist, having won the WBA world light-welterweight title in 2009 and the IBF belt in 2011.