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Athletics-East German Olympic shot put champion admits doping

February 15, 2013 10:30
BERLIN, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Former East German Olympic shot put champion and three-times world record breaker Udo Beyer has admitted doping in a new documentary film about the lives of top athletes in the socialist state. In the film, "I will not lose", showing at this year's Berlin film festival, Beyer who won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and was athletics team capitain says, "I knew about everything that was happening to me. I decided for myself."

Soccer-FIFA plans biological profiling at World Cup

February 15, 2013 08:45
ZURICH, Feb 15 (Reuters) - FIFA plans to use biological profiling of players at this year's Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup in its efforts to tackle doping, soccer's governing body on Friday. "FIFA is developing plans to introduce this new tool, including a steroid profile through urine and a blood profile, for the Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup Brazil, where in and out-of-competition tests would be conducted on all participating players," FIFA said in a statement.

Doping-Frustration follows in wake of Australia's 'blackest day'

February 15, 2013 02:15
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - It was dubbed the "blackest day" in Australian sport but one week after a government report said doping was widespread among professional athletes, frustration and anger had replaced soul-searching as the prevailing mood. The incendiary report, the result of a year-long probe by Australia's top criminal intelligence unit, said it had found evidence of performance-enhancing substance abuse across several sports and increasingly dangerous links with criminal figures.

Golf: Doping not big problem in golf - Garcia

February 14, 2013 23:15
Spain's Sergio Garcia says doping isn't a big problem in professional golf because performance-enhancing drugs aren't as helpful in the game as in other sports. The world's 14th-ranked player, who counts Spain's 11-time Grand Slam tennis champion Rafael Nadal among his friends, was asked Thursday at the US PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open what he thought of current calls in the tennis world for more stringent testing to keep their sport clean.

Tennis-Czech Zahlavova Strycova given six-month doping ban

February 14, 2013 13:50
LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Czech tennis player Barbora Zahlavova Strycova has been given a six month ban for a doping offence, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday. Zahlavova Strycova, 26, tested positive for the stimulant sibutramine last October and is banned until April 15, 2013. (Editing By Alison Wildey)

Doping: WADA chief Fahey highlights China crisis

February 12, 2013 21:45
China remains the "major source of supply" for illegal performance-enhancing drugs, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey told AFP in an interview here on Tuesday. His comments came after WADA director-general David Howman told a news conference at a London hotel on Tuesday that "99 percent of illegal substances come from China". Howman added the "same bad guys" were involved in both match-fixing and the supply of illegal drugs because of the huge sums of money involved in each case.

Doping: Athletes' lobby blasts WADA

February 12, 2013 09:15
The World Anti-Doping Agency needs a massive shake-up, with the Lance Armstrong case and a fresh scandal in Australia underscoring its failings, a global athletes' lobby group said on Tuesday. The Swiss-based UNI Sport PRO -- an umbrella group of national and international sporting associations representing some 100,000 members worldwide -- said WADA had fallen short in the 14 years since it was established. "The Lance Armstrong doping scandal and the Australian Crime Commission investigations demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the current WADA testing regime," it said.

Media face $10 mn suit over Australia doping scandal

February 10, 2013 21:15
A sports scientist at the centre of doping allegations in Australia plans a Aus$10 million lawsuit against media outlets, with his lawyer Monday scathing of how investigations have been handled. Stephen Dank claims he has been falsely accused of selling illegal drugs to sportspeople as part of a bombshell nationwide doping scandal after an official report said the use of prohibited substances was widespread.

Australia football codes in doping scandal

February 10, 2013 03:47
Australian Rules football on Sunday admitted involvement in a bombshell nationwide sports doping scandal, saying two clubs and a number of individual players had been implicated. The sensational Australian Crime Commission report, released Thursday, said use of prohibited substances including peptides, hormones and illicit drugs was common across multiple sporting codes, sending shockwaves through Australia.

Australia football codes in doping scandal

February 10, 2013 03:46
Australian Rules football on Sunday admitted involvement in a bombshell nationwide sports doping scandal, saying two clubs and a number individual players had been implicated. The sensational Australian Crime Commission report, released Thursday, said use of prohibited substances including peptides, hormones and illicit drugs was common across multiple sporting codes, sending shockwaves through Australia.
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