Former Premiership Rugby side Saracens Dir of Rugby MARK EVANS has been appointed project leader for the Stadium for Cornwall. Rugby Football Union Championship side Cornish Pirates "briefed stakeholders and sponsors at a meeting held by the directors." Also present was ALAN CADGER representing the architects, Holmes Miller (RUNNING RUGBY, 6/2). ... Australian Olympian THOMAS FRASER-HOLMES "stands to miss next year's Commonwealth Games after being hit with a 12-month ban for missing a trio of drug tests." Fraser-Holmes faced a FINA hearing late on Wednesday "in the hope of avoiding a suspension." But the panel returned with a ban that would see him miss any competition for a 12-month period. The 25-year-old stands to appeal the finding at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 6/8). ... Former cricketer MUTTIAH MURALIDARAN was formally inducted into the Int'l Cricket Council Cricket Hall of Fame by ICC CEO DAVID RICHARDSON on Thursday. The Sri Lankan was awarded the honor along with ARTHUR MORRIS, GEORGE LOHMANN and KAREN ROLTON (ICC). ... Australian BRETT CLOTHIER was named operational head of the Athletics Integrity Unit, which is "responsible for fighting doping, bribery and corruption in the scandal-plagued sport." The IAAF said that Clothier would be in charge of the unit's "core activities," which included "testing; intelligence and investigations; compliance; case management and education" (REUTERS, 6/8). ... Irish road racer ALAN BONNER died after a crash during qualifying at the Isle of Man TT. The 33-year old "crashed at the 33rd Milestone the Mountain section during qualifying for the Senior TT." Bonner's death is the third at this year's event, following the fatal crashes of JOCHEM VAN DEN HOEK and DAVEY LAMBERT (RTÉ, 6/7).
