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 [...]
Ban for weightlifting champion
A ban of nearly three years for doping has been imposed on Liao Hui, the Chinese Olympic weightlifting champion.
The announcement was made by Xinhua, the state news agency that also said Hui would be missing the London Games.
From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
But last year he failed a test and was stripped of his 2010 gold medal and [...]
Strict vigil at NIS
The ongoing national training camp at the National Institute of Sport based in Patiala is under strict vigilance after the doping scandal in which eight of India’s top track and field athletes were tested for banned steroids.
Coaches at the NIS have handed over a list of food supplements that are being taken by [...]
Tharanga to appear before ICC
Upul Tharanga will appear at an International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing for answering charges of doping.
The batsman from Sri Lanka recently tested positive for a banned drug after Sri Lanka’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in March.
From Bangkokpost.com:
Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said Tharanga’s case was fixed for June 24 [...]
Police report disclose steroid use in Belgium
An increase in the amount of steroids seized in 2010 has been revealed by a report by the Belgian report that also provided details of two cycling-related incidents.
“In 2009 the use of anabolic steroids has overtaken that of all other illegal performance-enhancing drugs,” Francis Clarysse, the Ghent public prosecutor and coordinator of the [...]
Stanton accepts doping ban
The bid of James Stanton, Australian water polo star, to compete at a third successive Olympic Games is over after he reluctantly accepted a two-year doping ban.
The goalkeeper for Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics tested positive for the anabolic agent clenbuterol in an out-of-competition test in Perth on September 15 last year.
From News.smh.com.au:
The [...]
Bell testifies about Barry Bonds’ shrunken testicles
Kimberly Bell, the former mistress of Barry Bonds, told the jury that Bonds suffered from shrunken testicles, acne, bloating, hair loss, and impotence because of use of anabolic steroids during their nine-year relationship.
Kimberly who first met Bonds in 1994 was tearful at times when the federal prosecutor pressed her for intimate details in context [...]
Previously suspended athletes win Olympic golds
Two eastern European women who have served doping suspensions in the past have won Olympic gold medals after women’s world hammer champion Mihaela Melinte was escorted from the arena for failing a drugs test.
Olga Shishigina of Kazakhstan, who has served a two-year drugs ban, won the 100 metres hurdles in front of sentimental favourite [...]
Two Olympic athletes tested positive for drugs
The total number of doping violations in Beijing has gone to three after two more athletes tested positive for drugs.
A North Korean pistol shooter, Kim Jong Su, was expelled from the Games after he tested positive for the betablocker Propanolol that can prevent shaking.
From Espnstar.com:
A Vietnamese gymnast, Thi Ngan Thuong Do, who finished in last [...]
Many sports cheats barred from Vancouver Olympics
According to a confirmation by the World Anti-Doping Agency, more than thirty athletes have been barred from competing at the Winter Olympics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency president, John Fahey, said that Olympic drug cheats are now more likely to be caught than ever before.
From Guardian.co.uk:
The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that more than 30 athletes have [...]