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‘I helped my friend. Then he stabbed me and everyone else in the back’: MERAB SHARIKADZE has been banned for ELEVEN years for doping offences. This is his story, why he refused to spy on Georgia team-mates – and how the ordeal killed his mother

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‘I helped my friend. Then he stabbed me and everyone else in the back’: MERAB SHARIKADZE has been banned for ELEVEN years for doping offences. This is his story, why he refused to spy on Georgia team-mates – and how the ordeal killed his mother

On Christmas Day 2024, Merab Sharikadze was riding horses outside Tbilisi, Georgia, when his world went … ‘I helped my friend. Then he stabbed me and everyone else in the back’: MERAB SHARIKADZE has been banned for ELEVEN years for doping offences. This is his story, why he refused to spy on Georgia team-mates – and how the ordeal killed his motherRead more

by sports•May 15, 2026•0