By now you've heard the news: 2006 World Player of the Year and Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro
failed a doping test in late August, testing positive for cortisone. The Italian football
establishment players, coaches, officials, media came out in his defense. "The cortisone was
lifesaving treatment for a bee sting!
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1998
Zdenek Zemen accuses Juventus of supplying players with illegal performance enhancing drugs.
1998
Inquiry into doping at Juventus begins.
2001
Edgar Davids failed a drugs test in 2001 while playing for Juventus. He was banned for 16
months.
2001
Juventus club records reveal particularly high haematocrit levels in the blood of several players.
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You've probably heard of "The War On Drugs", the US government's equivalent of pushing a pea up
a hill with one's nose which aims to eradicate illegal narcotics forever by cutting them off at
source whilst telling young people that drugs are "bad, m'kay?". Football has its own equivalent,
the savage sentencing of anyone caught with anything banned floating around in their bloodstream,
and this summer's pin-up boy for the anti-drugs in sport movement looks like being the Sheffield
United goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, who tested positive for ephedrine after last year's Championship
play-off match against Preston North End.
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MLS Rumors 29 June @ 06:05 PM EST
It's Bouna Time!
Not surprisingly, a much rumored transaction has occurred in New Jersey/New York. Courtesy of USA
Today:
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Goalkeeper Jon Conway, suspended late last season by the MLS for using
performance-enhancing drugs, has been released by the New York Red Bulls.
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The Amazing Zizou Speaks Champions League! See video of Zinedine Zidane talking about the Champions
League final (Wed May 27). From Adidas. And they promise more cool interviews to come.
MLSChivas USA will get a big boost to their defensive depth this weekend as long time Mexican star
Claudio Suarez is finally healthy for the first time this season.
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Former Olympic, European and World 100m Champion Linford Christie, who tested positive for the
banned steroid Nandrolone in 1999, feels he should have been asked to carry the Olympic Torch
through London in April, claiming there is institutionalized racism in the United Kingdom. In his
interview, Christie produced this absolute gem.
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