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David_Nilsson: Baseball star David Nilsson is not likely to miss any of the games at the Sydney Olympics in September over a positive drug test at last year's Intercontinental Cup competition, sources close to the Chunichi Dragons player said Wednesday. Nilsson tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine at last November's competition in Australia and was subsequently given a three-month suspension by the International Baseball Federation (IBF), which later reduced the ban to one month. Glen Partridge, a spokeman for Nilsson's Australia-based personal management firm, Dingo International, told Kyodo News that Nilsson has admitted to taking a dietary supplement, but added that he was unaware it contained ephedrine. Nilsson, known to Japanese baseball fans as ''Dingo,'' is Australia's highest profile baseball player and led the Olympic hosts to the championship in the Intercontinental Cup with a 4-3 win over Cuba last November. (April 19, 2000)