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Athletes ask for more exemptions for ‘therapeutic’ substances

Authorities have received more applications for exemptions under anti-doping regulations since the latest drugs in sport scandal. But ASADA insists that could just be a coincidence.

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Football faithful hit back at evidence-free drugs probe

Essendon fans are angry at their treatment by the Australian Crime Commission and the investigation into drugs and administration. And the media is also in fans’ sights.

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Swimming against the tide: do athletes make good bosses?

The report into culture and administration at Swimming Australia is damning. There was a critical failure of leadership, under a system that doesn’t put the best in charge, writes sports researcher Dr James Connor.

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Essential: ban all sports betting, says a public fed up with drugs

Dire warnings on drugs in sport have been taken up by the public, with Essential Research finding high levels of concerns about drugs (and betting) in sports. But fans won’t necessarily be turning off their TVs …

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Despite corruption, the last thing we need is a world sport police

Given the corruption in sport, we must wonder — why is the reality so far from the ideal? Sport is not beyond the foibles of mere mortals — it is just like the rest of the things we do. And we should certainly not allow further investigative bodies, beyond national control, to police it.

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Doping in sport: what Australia can learn from Spain

The Australian government and ASADA, in damage control over allegations of sports doping, can learn from how Spanish authorities have approached the issue, writes Martin Hardie.

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Basketballers on coke, it’s the end of sport as we know it

The very existence of drugs has sucked the life out of sport. The era of the glorious four-minute mile is drawing to a close — although sport will stagger on because big media needs it.

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Want drug-free athletes? Give women’s sport a go

The furore over drug use in (male) sports creates an opportunity for women — ignored by the media and sponsors — to win more attention. Crikey publisher and Netball Australia director Marina Go makes the case.

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Obviously NSW Labor weren’t on the peptides

Crikey readers go off.

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The real sacrifice of athletes — giving up their privacy

We ask a lot of athletes, and with a drug cloud over elite sport in Australia we will ask to invade their privacy even more. It’s unfair and pointless, writes sports researcher Dr James Connor.

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Bombshell sports probe: drugs and corruption to ‘disgust’ fans

Sports fans are bracing for the worst as sports and justice chiefs dropped a bombshell today: allegations of the widespread and systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs in Australian sport.

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How Crikey bought banned peptides online in 30 seconds

Growth hormone-releasing “peptides” might be rife in Australian sport. And no wonder — Crikey purchased a vial for nix from a US distributor in under a minute.

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AFL drugs probe: crime links and the doctor who advised

Crikey speaks to the doctor who advised Essendon conditioning staff on the supplements at the centre of a scandal that could blow up the AFL — and potentially other sports.

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Getting to the truth of cycling’s doping culture

After booting out the cheats, cycling needs stronger leadership to clean up the sport and get to the bottom of systemic doping programs, writes sports and anti-doping consultant Catherine Ordway.

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Armstrong, Pharmstrong, Livestrong: is the future strong?

Cycling enthusiast Jeremy Dore is troubled by the case of alleged drug cheat Lance Armstrong. It threatens not only the future of the sport, but a very important charity effort.

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Time to look at illicit drugs in racing

Racing’s attitude to illicit drugs is still reflective of how sports like AFL used to think, writes Back Page Lead’s Ralph Horowitz.

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Ben Johnson: Yes I took steroids, but my drink was spiked

Sprinter Ben Johnson is notorious in sport for being busted as a drug cheat at the 1988 Olympics. But his new autobiography will reveal how he was framed with a spiked drink because of sponsors, says Johnson.

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Let’s say no to the ‘just say no’ drugs in sport policy

With Tour de France champion Alberto Contador testing positive for a banned substance it is time to completely reconsider how we, the fans, and therefore governments deal with drugs in sport, write Dr James Connor and Dr Jason Mazanov.

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Floyd Landis is coming to town … panic breaks out in cycling

For all the hysteria he has caused in Australian cycling over the past week, you would be forgiven for thinking that Floyd Landis was an evil genius with a dastardly plan to wreck the future of Australian and world cycling.

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Evil riders or institutionalised corruption?

Martin Hardie, writer of the I Wish I was Twenty One Today: Beyond Doping in the Australian Peloton resarch report, discusses the perspectives and experiences of Australian professional cyclists and their cohort in relation to drugs in cycling.

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Depression, drugs and sport: the AFL backlash is on

The AFL’s three-strike illicit drugs policy appears set to drive a wedge between the clubs and the league.

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Mountains hammer Armstrong: new rumours may repeat the dose

Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail,” Lance Armstrong said after a grueling Tour de France ride. Doping allegations are continuing to hammer the champion, says Bob Gosford.

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First Agassi, now McGwire. Who next? Benaud?

So baseball legend Mark McGwire has joined the long list of drug taking sportsmen, admitting to taking steroids in 1998; the year in which he broke the single-season home run record. Jeez, who’s next? asks Leigh Josey.

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Cycling winning the war against drugs

The Tour de France reached such a nadir in the 2006-08 period that something had to be done about the mainly older generation of cheats, says Brendan Gallagher. Now, there are reasons to feel positive.

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Tour de France: sport’s ultimate enfant terrible faces doping chaos

The Tour de France is now beset by more drug controversies in its lead-up than ever before.

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