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Buffalo has failed to earn a point since a 4-3 shootout win over the Islanders on Dec. 27, the longest drought since the Penguins lost 13 in a row in regulation from Jan. 13-Feb. 12, 2004. Jooris put the hosts ahead for good at 9:05 of the final period, when he converted a Colborne rebound from the left side. It was 3-1 at 14:06 as Colborne stayed in front of the Sabres crease and poked home a Raphael Diaz rebound just after Mike Weber was finished serving a delay-of-game minor. Gaudreau capped the run at 17:28 by finishing off a passing play between Hudler and Sean Monahan from the left wing. Each team registered a power-play goal in the first period. Stewart opened the scoring with a redirection of a Tyler Ennis shot at 10:33. Gaudreau countered for the hosts just over two minutes later on a stuffer try from the right post. Game Notes The Flames improved to 7-5-2 when tied after two periods and the Sabres fell to 7-8-2 in the same situation ... 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A Swiss Federal Tribunal ruling published Friday said that FIFAs disputes panel and the Court of Arbitration for Sport correctly imposed the sanction for Nantes enticing Guinea forward Ismael Bangoura to break his contract with Dubai club Al Nasr in January 2012.NAIROBI, Kenya - Rita Jeptoo, a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon and two-time Chicago Marathon champion, was handed a two-year doping ban Friday in a case that has cast a shadow over Kenyas famed distance runners.Jeptoo tested positive for the blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition test last September, a few weeks before winning her second straight Chicago Marathon title. Both the A and B samples were positive.Athletics Kenya announced Friday that Jeptoo was suspended from all competition until Oct. 29, 2016. The sanction rules her out of this years world championships in Beijing and next years OIympics in Rio de Janeiro.The 33-year-old Jeptoo is the biggest name among dozens of Kenyan athletes who have failed drug tests in recent years. The World Anti-Doping Agency has urged Kenya to step up its drug-testing program and is working with the east African country to help set up a national anti-doping body.Jeptoo appeared at a disciplinary hearing in Nairobi earlier this month. Also testifying were her estranged partner, Noah Busiendich, Italian manager Federico Rosa and Italian coach Claudio Berardelli.For now, the case of Rita has come to a rest and what remains now for us is to move on, Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat told The Associated Press. We shall see how we shall work with the new anti-doping agency of Kenya in partnership to deal with the vice.Jeptoo has already been denied her share of the $500,000 prize for winning the 2013/14 World Marathon Majors.Her positive test has made it very difficult for us, two-time womens marathon world champion Edna Kiplagat said. We keep on being asked about doping every timme we go to compete out there and Im hoping that her punishment will make others stop engaging in this bad thing.ddddddddddddI hope the (ban) will deter Kenyan athletes to stop taking short cuts, added Kiplagat, who stands to be upgraded to winner of the World Marathon Majors. It will be a lesson for others. Its unfortunate since nobody wants anyone to be banned. If you take something like EPO which is injected as a professional athlete, it is obvious you know what you are putting in your body.Kenya has been under close scrutiny since German broadcaster ARD alleged in 2012 that doping was common among the countrys distance runners.Kiplagat said this month that Athletics Kenya has banned or suspended 32 athletes for doping in the past five years.Our athletes should work hard to ensure we dont bring down what has taken 50 years to build, the 2008 Olympic mens 800-meter champion Wilfred Bungei told the AP on Friday.Anti-doping bodies from Norway and China are helping Kenya set up its own anti-doping agency.Boston Marathon organizers said they would evaluate Jeptoos ban before making any decision on stripping her results in the race.We are deeply disappointed in the findings involving Rita Jeptoo, and we are committed to upholding the integrity and credibility of the Boston Marathon, Tom Grilk, executive director of the Boston Athletic Association, said in a statement.The World Marathon Majors said the winner of the 2013/14 prize would not be determined until the completion of due process in Jeptoos case and the outcome of any appeal. Under WMM rules, any athlete sanctioned for doping is ineligible to win the series title. ' ' '