Anabolic steroids found in warehouse of coach
Greece’s National Organisation of Medicines said anabolic steroids have been discovered by Greek medical chiefs at a warehouse used by the coach of disgraced sprinters Kostas Kederis and Ekaterina Thanou.
“The supplements included materials that do not have a distribution license,” read a statement from the agency.
From Guardian.co.uk:
The agency, which is known as EOF, also revealed [...]
British sprinter loses appeal
Wyberton’s Team GB sprinter Bernice Wilson has failed in her appeal against a four-year suspension after a positive drugs test in June 2011.
The 27-year-old sprinter broke into the British team last year and competed at the European Indoor Championships and tested positive for two anabolic steroids.
From Spaldingtoday.co.uk:
Wilson had blamed a contaminated sample for [...]
Police officer arrested for steroid possession
On Wednesday night, a four-year veteran of the Bridgeton Police Department (BPD) was arrested by members of his own department shortly after reporting for duty.
Members of the police department and Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office apprehended Robert W. Smith, 31, of Williamstown, on narcotics-related charges at around 10 p.m. that evening.
From NJ.com:
The charges [...]
Braun rejects all steroid allegations
Maintaining his innocence, Milwaukee leftfielder Ryan Braun disputed allegations that he took performance-enhancing substances when accepting his National League MVP.
“I always believed that a person’s character is revealed in those moments of adversity,” he said. “I have so much respect for the game of baseball. Everything I’ve done in my career has been [...]
NFL Player Union right to question HGH testing methods
The ongoing standoff between NFL players with WADA and its American arm, USADA, over testing for human growth hormone, is intensifying with every passing day.
“To me it’s clear that WADA is more interested in bullying us into a test than in scientifically supporting and justifying their testing protocol,” NFL Players Association Executive Director [...]
Drugs scandal threaten Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy has been engulfed by a major scandal after revelations that sailors from a Sydney Harbour base may have been selling drugs to foreign backpackers.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and New South Wales police had confirmed that they are pursuing investigations about an alleged drug-dealing ring operating out of [...]
Messi and Neymar included in anti-doping trials
In a new anti-doping program, Lionel Messi and Neymar will participate to try a biological passport in soccer.
FIFA recently said all players set to be involved in the seven-team Club World Cup next month would be giving samples beforehand to help laboratories prepare their individual steroid profiles.
From Ibnlive.in.com:
Players then selected for anti-doping controls in the [...]
Bolt’s manager refutes claims
Ricky Simms, the manager for world-record-holder Usain Bolt, called an internet blog post associating the Jamaican sprinter to admitted steroids dealer “nonsense.”
The website Deadspin posted an article under the headline, “What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids Dealer.”
From Universalsports.com:
The accusation is rooted in the [...]
Steroids may be useful if given early in ARDS
The jury is still out on whether patients with acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome derive any benefit from the use of corticosteroids, according to Dr. Stephen M. Pastores.
“This is probably the most controversial topic in acute lung injury and ARDS,” Dr. Pastores of the department of anesthesiology and critical [...]
Jail term for steroids sale
A former bodybuilder was jailed for a period of five years over the illegal importation of anabolic steroids.
Mark William Rainbow was sentenced in Auckland District Court after earlier admitting breaches of the Medicine Act 1981 including importing, possessing and supplying prescription and other medicines.
From Nzherald.co.nz:
Rainbow imported medicines from Thailand in May 2008 [...]