Australian bobsledder banned for doping

Travis Sheehy, the bobsledder, has been banned from competing in any sport for a period of two years. The ban came after he was caught trying to ship banned performance enhancing drugs into the country.
Australia’s Sports Anti-Doping Agency initiated investigations after Australian customs intercepted a package containing the anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol.
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Suspension for two minor league pitchers

Two minor league pitchers, Joselito Adames and San Lazaro Solano, were suspended by the Major League Baseball. Both the pitchers were suspended for 50 games by the MLB for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
The suspension will be effective at the start of the 2011 season.
From Miamiherald.com:

Two minor league pitchers were handed 50-game suspensions for [...]

Eight weightlifters fail to clear dope test

Eight Indian weightlifters have tested positive for banned substances during the inter-railway competition in Kolkata earlier this month.
The doping menace in Indian weightlifting continues unabated amid repeated attempts to control it but the Indian federation claims that it has zero tolerance for use of performance enhancing drugs and said it will punish the guilty.
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Ben Johnson says his revelations will shock world

A shy and stuttering 19-year-old Jamaican sprinter who was made a disgraced Olympic 100m champion in 1988 and still branded the most notorious cheat in sporting history, Ben Johnson, recently remarked that his revelations will shock the entire sporting world.
In his about-to-publish autobiography, Seoul to Soul, Johnson will describe how Charlie Francis, his [...]

Crown Price of Dubai face ban for riding doped horse

The crown prince of Dubai and son of the Godolphin founder Sheikh Mohammed, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum, faces a ban from riding in endurance racing for a period of 10 months after his horse tested positive for stanozolol, the anabolic steroid.
The prince of Dubai rode his horse Eo Fawati in [...]

Dominican MLB prospect tested positive for steroids

In the last tow years or so, many Dominican prospects have been reported for testing positive for steroids and getting a two-year suspension.
Recently a Dominican prospect allegedly known as Damian Arredondo was banned from playing for the league for 50 games. Arredondo tested positive for stanozolol metabolite, an anabolic steroid derived from testosterone.
Stanozolol is one [...]

Dubai prince’s horse on steroids

The 26-year-old Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktuom was recently banned from endurance races. He was given a ten-month suspension, following the positive test of his horse, Eo Fawati, from Stanozolol.
The prince rode his horse in Bahrain in a 120-kilometer endurance race, where the test was also conducted.
According to the prince, investigations at the family’s [...]

Teens and steroids

Teens of today are often influenced by stories of successful professional athletes who abuse anabolic steroids and receive wide media coverage. The desire to stay ahead of competition and peers is often the reason behind teens getting attracted to steroids.
The desires of perfection, fame, and fortune are some of the other influencing factors behind popularity [...]