Performance-enhacing drugs

WADA: Football needs better doping tests

February 13, 2013
By ESPN staff
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey has said football is not doing enough to test for the use of banned substances.

Performance-enhancing drugs like EPO have been attracting intense media attention in recent months in the wake of the cycling scandal and, more recently, the revelations of widespread use in a number of Australian sports.

There have also been indications of use in football. Former Real Sociedad president Inaki Badiola claimed the club had made ...

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