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 [...]
Anabolic steroid issue strike World Kabaddi Cup
The World Kabaddi Cup made headlines for the wrong reasons in sports magazines for reports that 13 of its players tested positive for anabolic steroids and stimulants.
The anti-doping tests conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were part of the pre-tournament drug testing of the players.
From Mirror.co.uk:
Groups lobbying for a clean and dope free [...]
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 [...]
Cricketers refused to cooperate with WADA regulations
The International Cricket Council is doubting the World Anti-doping Agency’s decision to subject their athletes to Olympic drug regulations.
The Indians remained insistent that it poses as a security threat to high-profile athletes such as Sachin Tendulkar. They are confident that other countries would back them.
The WADA code necessitates that athletes must submit their whereabouts for [...]
HAMILTON DECLARES RETIREMENT FROM CYCLING WORLD
Olympic gold-medal winner, Tyler Hamilton declares his retirement from the inetrnational cycling world on Friday because of his confirmation of steroid use. Hamilton said that he took the drug to battle the problem of depression.
Hamilton, the American cyclist, admitted using an over-the-counter homeopathic anti-depressant that contains the steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), which is named in the [...]