British shot-putter Carl Fletcher was suspended from competition for four years by the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) after being convicted of trafficking anabolic steroids. Fletcher pleaded guilty to supplying 16 different types of performance-enhancing drugs including human growth hormone (hGH) and the anabolic steroids testosterone and Trenbolone. Steroids are categorized as a Class C drug in the United Kingdom. Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in prison by the Liverpool Crown Court. [Read more…]
Nov
20
Spanish Athletes Respond to Steroid Accusations by Yannick Noah
Spanish athletes have sharply criticized former tennis champion Yannick Noah over an editorial he wrote for the French newspaper Le Monde. In “La Potion Magique”, Noah suggested that the incredible sporting success of Spain in recent years was due to their unfettered use of “the magic potion”. The magic potion was meant to refer to anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. Noah asserted that Spanish athletes were more muscular than French athletes and offered this as the only “proof” that they had used steroids. [Read more…]
Nov
19
Huge Steroid Scandal and Cover Up in India Exposed by Marathon Runner
A former marathon champion is fighting to expose the names of athletes who have tested positive for anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs over the past two decades in India. Sunita Godara had accused India’s government of engaging in a “systematically designed state-sponsored illegitimate doping control exercise” in which positive steroid test results were covered up by sports officials since 1991. [Read more…]
Nov
18
Tennis Legend Yannick Noah Advocates Legalized Doping in Sports
Former professional tennis player Yannick Noah recently wrote that the use of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs should be permitted in sports in a guest editorial entitled “La potion magique” for the French newspaper Le Monde. Noah argued that the athletes that win are the ones that have learned how to outsmart the anti-doping agencies. [Read more…]
Nov
17
Pharmacist Suspended for Dispensing Steroids Per Doctor’s Prescription
A pharmacist in Australia has been suspended after dispensing large quantities of anabolic steroids according to a local doctor’s orders. Simon Booy, a pharmacist employed at a Mermaid Beach medical center, dispensed 309 Sustanon, 168 Deca Durabolin 50, 54 Primoteston Depot and 20 Reandron 1000 ampoules to a single client over a 14-month period. [Read more…]
Nov
16
Arab Royal Family Bodyguard Accused of Steroid Use
Professional chauffeur Peter Robinson claims he was fired after he accused the bodyguard of a royal family member of using anabolic steroids. Robinson believed the royal family feared he would have reported the bodyguard’s steroid use to police thereby damaging the family’s reputation. [Read more…]
Nov
15
Usain Bolt Falsely Linked to Steroid Dealer
Ricky Simms, the manager for the “world’s fastest man” Usain Bolt, has vehemently denied internet rumors that have linked Bolt to an admitted steroid dealer. The rumor was given strength when Deadspin falsely linked Bolt to Angel “Memo” Heredia in a headline entitled “What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids Dealer.” [Read more…]
Nov
14
Floyd Landis Convicted in Hacking Incident Related to Steroid Case
Floyd Landis has been convicted of receiving steroid-testing documents that were illegally obtained from a French laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The Chatenay-Malabry laboratory was responsible for testing Landis’ urine and blood samples for the presence of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) during the 2006 Tour de France. Landis was initially declared the winner of the 2006 Tour until anti-doping controls suggested that he had used the anabolic steroid testosterone. [Read more…]
Nov
13
Steroid Scandal at Kabbadi World Cup Sends USA and Australia Home
The 2011 Kabaddi World Cup has been marred by a major steroid scandal after 31 players have tested positive for anabolic steroids and/or performance-enhancing drugs. Ten out of the 14 countries invited to play at the World Cup have been affected. These include players from Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Italy, Norway, Germany, Argentina and India. [Read more…]
Nov
12
All Blacks Rugby Players Used Steroids Says Jack Ralston
Jack Ralston, the former head of sales and marketing for the New Zealand Rugby Union, has claimed that at least two rugby players for the All Blacks had used anabolic steroids during the 1990s. “All Blacks” is the name used to refer to the New Zealand national rugby team. [Read more…]
