Elik, right, and Ryan Moore, on their way to winning the Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood
Giving anabolic steroids to horses will become a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who also owns the Godolphin stables where 18 horses have failed tests for the drugs this year, said yesterday.… Continue Reading…
When president Dwight Eisenhower introduced the Space Act in 1958 it led to the creation of NASA. One of the organisation’s intended consequences was that all people should benefit from its research and innovation. So what was designed and created for Neil, Buzz and co is now de rigueur for Tom, Dick and Harry.… Continue Reading…
St Joseph’s Nudgee College
One of the states elite sporting schools has acknowledged a third student was involved in a steroids scandal that has rocked the institution.
Two students at St Joseph’s Nudgee College, aged 16 and 17, were arrested on Tuesday on charges of possession and supply of steroids. Both were expelled.… Continue Reading…
Roger Charlton has joined the chorus to ban the use of anabolic steroids worldwide.
The Beckhampton trainer’s comments came after Al Kazeem had won the bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes at Sandown Park on Saturday.
Charlton trained Three Valleys when the colt was disqualified from the Middle Park Stakes in 2003 for failing a test for clenbuterol, a drug used to clear up a lung infection and aid normal breathing.… Continue Reading…
Many sports have had their share of scandals involving steroid use, performance enhancing drugs and blood doping.
Recently, some of major league baseball’s luminaries have come under suspicion for using banned substances.
However, baseball is by no means the only sport to have come under scrutiny for this kind of behavior.
Unbelievable. Pro Lacrosse player Lewis Ratcliffe tested positive for two steroids and a narcotic, yet the National Lacrosse League will not suspend him!
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Lewis Ratcliff’s failed doping test in Canada won’t keep the star forward out of National Lacrosse League games with the Washington Stealth.… Continue Reading…
The Taylor Hooton Foundation is proud to share the news that our President, Don Hooton, has been named on of the Top 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America by the Institute for International Sport.
Upon being notified of this recognition, Hooton commented, “This award is a reflection of the work that our entire team does at the Taylor Hooton Foundation. To date, our education programs have directly reached more than 500,000 people and millions more indirectly. But, our work has just begun. The epidemic of steroid use by our youth continues to grow – we have millions more to reach.”
The Institute for International Sport (IIS) was founded in 1986 by Daniel E.… Continue Reading…
The NBA announced Wednesday that Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu has been suspended 20 games without pay for violating the NBA's anti-drug program. Turkoglu tested positive for methenolone, an anabolic steroid.
Turkoglu explained his positive test in a statement released by the Magic.
"While I was back home in Turkey this past summer, I was given a medication by my trainer to help recover more quickly from a shoulder injury," Turkoglu said.… Continue Reading…
A fit and healthy woman who collapsed near the finish of the London marathon probably died as a result of taking a legally available performance-enhancing drug, a coroner has ruled.
Claire Squires, 30, collapsed in Birdcage Walk, a mile from the finish line of the 26.2-mile event last year.
The coroner, Dr Philip Barlow, said: “Claire died on 22 April 2012 at St Thomas’ hospital after collapsing during the final stretch of the London marathon.
Frank Thomas said steroids have ruined baseball in the era in which he played and remains proud to have steered clear of performance-enhancing drugs during his career.
The retired Chicago White Sox slugger said that after players fond using steroids missed out on their first Hall of Fame ballots - people like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Roger Clemens - he feels much better about his own chances.… Continue Reading…
