Steroid Use

"After the recent positive tests of Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, and Sherone Simpson, IOC vice president Thomas Bach has find a reason to look at the bright side of the latest doping scandals to jolt track and field. IOC vice president Thomas Bach, who leads the committee's investigations into Olympic doping cases, said the latest news is "disappointing and encouraging at the same time.""

"In October, Anthony P. Bosch, a troubled businessman who had a permanent suntan and a white lab coat with his name embroidered on it - though he had no medical license - clashed with an investor in his small anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables, Fla."

"Lance Armstrong should have his seven Tour de France victories reinstated because of the prevalence of doping at the time, says former cyclist Jan Ullrich. Ullrich told Sport Bild magazine he would "give Armstrong the Tour victories back. … That's how it was back then." "Bjarne Riis was given back his victory from 1996. That's how things were at the time. It's not helping anyone to have lines struck through the roll of honour," Ullrich said."

"Two men have been arrested for allegedly sending death threats to United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart last year."

"Despite speculation last night the club would receive the 400-page report today, Bombers officials insisted this morning they had not been given a copy by either ASADA or the AFL. Speaking before training at Windy Hill - attended by about 500 Bombers fans - Hird was reluctant to divulge any information on the investigation."

"The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has remarked that the credibility of track and field's anti-doping program has been "enhanced, not diminished" after sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell tested positive for banned substances. "I am not now - nor have I ever been - a cheat," Powell posted on Twitter. Olympic gold medalist Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for the same stimulant oxilofrine, said she "would not intentionally take an illegal substance of any form into my system.""

"St Kilda forward Ahmed Saad is under investigation for breaching the AFL's anti-doping code, the club has confirmed. Saad, 23, has returned a positive sample to a substance alleged to be on the prohibited list. Twenty-three year-old Saad has not played for the seniors since early July when he was in the Saints' team which lost to Fremantle."

"According to a new study that included audio tests of close to 1,000 youth, teenagers are more likely to have hearing loss if their mothers smoked during pregnancy."

"Insisting that he is running clean, Usain Bolt said Thursday that the recent spate of doping scandals in athletics will damage the sport. They won't affect his preparations for the upcoming world championships, however."

"Major League Baseball is all set to use evidence from more than one of those cases in its effort to suspend Alex Rodriguez in lieu of a laboratory test."

"Lance Armstrong is facing a lawsuit claiming he defrauded team sponsor US Postal Service out of millions of dollars. Armstrong's lawyers have fired back, claiming the government shouldn't collect because it should have seen all those media reports about Armstrong doping."

"According to a new analysis of over 53,000 volunteers, the use of low-dose CT scans to screen high-risk patients for lung tumors is far more effective at preventing lung cancer deaths than scanning those at low risk."

"ARLINGTON, Texas -- On Monday, I wrote a column saying that the best thing Alex Rodriguez could do for himself would be to drop all the posing, the pretense and the publicists and just tell the whole truth about what he got from Biogenesis and why he felt he needed it. "

"Doping in sports is simply not acceptable, said Indian cricket team vice-captain Virat Kohli. He further called for the harshest possible punishment for those who bring disrepute to the game."

"PARIS - Chris Froome, crowned the Tour de France winner on Sunday, was being peppered at a recent news conference with questions that furtively nibbled at a bigger issue - have you doped? - when his team director leapt into the fray, bubbling with frustration."

"Team Sky has released his performance data from six races, including this Tour. The team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome did this to dispel suspicions of doping."

"Banned 400m runner Dominique Blake is all set to challenge her suspension of six years that was imposed by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel which resulted from a positive test for methylhexanamine at last year's Olympic Trials."

"Britain's Chris Froome is set to win the 100th Tour de France on Sunday. However, he has been forced to respond to questions about doping, following revelations over Lance Armstrong and other former Tour de France giants who used drugs in the 90s and 2000s. Froome told BBC Sport: "I've also believed in people who have turned out to be cheats and liars. But I can assure you, I'm not.""

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