'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

Merab Sharikadze, a Georgian sportsman, received an eleven-year ban for doping offences, as revealed in an exclusive Daily Mail interview published around Christmas 2024. Sharikadze claims he helped a friend who subsequently betrayed him and his Georgia team-mates. He alleges the ordeal surrounding the case led to the death of his mother.