The Court of Arbitration for Sport has cut the lifetime ban on Iranian weightlifter Saeid Ali-Hosseini for a second doping offense to 12 years.

Ali-Hosseini was barred by the CAS until October 2021, when he will be 33, after he tested positive for the anabolic steroid methandienone.

From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

The court eased a lifetime ban imposed by the International Weightlifting Federation because of the circumstances of Ali-Hosseini’s first offense.

CAS accepted that a subsequently banned coach doped unwitting Iranian lifters with clenbuterol.

Ali-Hosseini returned from that two-year ban to set several junior world records. CAS described methandienone as the “classic steroids-of-choice for doping weightlifters.”

The incident has once again brought forward the association between anabolic steroids and professional sportsmen.

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The SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport has banned SA Boxing Featherweight champion Matima Molefe for two years.

The ban was imposed after Molefe tested positive for anabolic steroids after the featherweight title fight in May this year.

From Sport24.co.za:

The banned substances were found in Molefe’s urine sample, which was taken by the Institute’s doping control officials on 29 May 2011, after the featherweight title fight in East London.

Khalid Galant, CEO of the Institute of Drug-Free Sport, says that Matima tested positive for metabolites of the anabolic agent, Nandrolone.

Latest doping figures show that anabolic steroid doping amongst boxers is becoming a trend because of the misconception that steroids alone will enhance their performance and give them additional strength and power.

Galant says that drug abuse by professional boxers is becoming rife, with four positives out of 87 tests reported for the period April 2010 to March 2011.

“Boxing is a sport that combines high level co-ordination of gross motor skills with speed and strength. By focusing on illegal performance gains from steroids and ignoring the consequences that a doping ban can have, boxers are placing their championship status and earning potential at risk,.” Gallant said.

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The boxing featherweight champion from South Africa, Matima Molefe, has been banned for a period of two years from the sport.

The boxer was banned over anabolic steroids, according to a statement by the Institute for Drug-Free Sport recently.

From Iol.co.za:

The institute said Molefe tested positive for the drugs – metabolites of the anabolic agent Nandrolone – after a featherweight title fight in May this year.

The banned substances were found in Molefe’s urine sample, taken by doping control officials on May 29 after the title fight in East London.

CEO Khalid Galant said latest figures showed anabolic steroid doping among boxers was becoming a trend.

“Due to the number of adverse analytical findings that we have experienced in boxing over the last two to three years, we have increased our testing and anti-doping education to professional boxing,” Galant said.

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A pharmacist from Gold Coast has been disciplined after admitting that he wrongfully dispensed steroids and supplied himself with restricted drugs.

Simon Andrew Booy worked behind the counter at a pharmacy in a Mermaid Beach medical centre between June, 2008 and August, 2009.

From Goldcoast.com.au:

Records brought to the attention of Queensland Health and the Pharmacy Board of Australia revealed that during that time, non-therapeutic amounts and combinations of steroids — which could be used to build muscle bulk — were dispensed.

Authorities found that during the 14-month period Mr Booy supplied a customer 168 Deca-Durabolin, 54 Primoteston Depo, 309 Sustanon and 20 Reandron phials, in line with prescriptions issued by Dr Peter Grant.

Dr Grant said he would discuss with the patient the regularity of the injections after Mr Booy raised concerns about the quantities being requested.

In a judgment handed down by a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal made public yesterday, Judge Fleur Kingston found Mr Booy continued to fill the prescriptions authorised by the doctor until August, 2009.

“Mr Booy dispensed anabolic steroids in circumstances in which he knew he should not,” Judge Kingston said in her judgment.

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More than a dozen of the suspects arrested in a two-year multi-state and multi-agency investigation into a massive anabolic steroid ring made an appearance in the Warren County Court recently.

Thirteen people accused of using or peddling the drugs faced a judge, according to officials in the court.

From Local12.com:

The Warren County Drug Task Force and the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office held a press conference on Tuesday to talk more about the indictments of thirty-two people charged with crimes that include engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, trafficking in drugs, and possession of drugs. In total, the suspects face more than 240 felony drug charges.

The task force says the investigation began after The CEO of the Countryside YMCA in Lebanon heard rumors about steroid pushing at his facility. He called police, who placed an undercover Wilmington officer at the YMCA.  The officer spent months working out in the weight room. On April 10, 2010, after three months of work, that undercover officer was able to purchase steroids from person he met at the YMCA.  The sales were all made off YMCA grounds.

Illegal drugs worth $600,000 and a cache of confiscated weapons were displayed by Warren County officials.

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After the NFL and NFLPA not coming to a final agreement on HGH testing and the NFLPA already agreeing that players will submit to testing, the NFL has at its disposal several options for enforcing the language of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

One ore more of the options could be used at some point by the NFL.

From Profootballtalk.nbcsports.com:

Either way, the league must at some point take the initiative to compel the NFLPA to adhere to this commitment, as codified at Article 39, Section 7(b) of the CBA:  “The parties confirm that the Program on Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances will include both annual blood testing and random blood testing for human growth hormone, with discipline for positive tests at the same level as for steroids.  Over the next several weeks, the parties will discuss and develop the specific arrangements relating to the safe and secure collection of samples, transportation and testing of samples, the scope of review of the medical science and the arbitrator review policy, with the goal of beginning testing by the first week of the 2011 regular season.”

The NFLPA has resisted HGH testing and argued that WADA’s “population study” of Olympics athletes may not translate to NFL players.

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Greg Ball, Ipswich’s world champion Paralympic cyclist, has been stripped of his most recent world record and banned from the sport for a period of two years after he tested positive to an anabolic steroid.

The cyclist tested positive for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid, in a test conducted during February’s Australian Track Cycling Championships in Sydney.

From Brisbanetimes.com.au:

The former Collingwood Park rider had just set his fifth career world record in the one kilometre time trial before submitting a voluntary sample to ensure his world record time was validated.

In a submission to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority after the positive test, Ball claimed he never intentionally took a banned substance.

“Gregory would not have consented to the sample collection if he believed or suspected at the time that he was at risk of the violations. It would have been illogical for him to do so,” according to a submission.

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The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has reminded members and competitors of the rule changes surrounding drugs and medications in competition horses.

Every exhibitor, trainer, coach, and owner has been encouraged by the USEF to take the time, prior to competing, to carefully review the “Guidelines for How Long Drugs Remain Detectable” that can be accessed online or requested on call by calling 800/633-2472.

From Thehorse.com:

Also effective Dec. 1, 2011, anabolic steroids will be considered a forbidden substance under the USEF therapeutic drug rule. No anabolic steroid is to be administered to a horse or pony in the time before competition such that it, or any metabolite of it, might be present in the animal, or might be detectable in its blood or urine sample at the time of competition. This means that, if anabolic steroids are administered and/or any surgical implants are removed, the administration and/or procedure occurs sufficiently in advance of competing to ensure these substances are not present in the blood or urine at the time of competition.

The new competition year begins December 2011.

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The World lightweight champion, Juan Manuel Marquez, is defending his new strength and conditioning coach, Angel Hernandez, after reports came out revealing Hernandez’ shady past.

Hernandez was known as Angel Heredia and supplied performance enhancing drugs to Olympians, including Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery.

From Abs-cbnnews.com:

In a conference call with RingTV and other boxing media, Marquez defended Hernandez and said he has no knowledge of his new nutritionist’s dealings with steroids.

“I didn’t find out any of this other stuff until it was written over the last couple of days. It was big news to me,” Marquez said.

“I just knew that he had trained a lot of elite and world class athletes before I met him. We talked about what we needed to do. I was very happy with what he told me that I needed to do,” Marquez said, adding that Hernandez has been “a very professional guy.”

“If they want to do whatever doping or drug testing they want to do, Olympic-style, or whatever they want to do, I’ll do it. I’m prepared,” Marquez said.

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The NFLPA has made a proposal regarding an HGH testing protocol after a meeting with two members of Congress that resulted in an apparent commitment to commence the collection of blood samples for the purposes of HGH testing.

The proposal details are contained in an item posted at ProPlayerInsiders.com, an official licensee of the NFLPA.

From Profootballtalk.nbcsports.com:

In a press release masquerading as an article, the NFLPA proposes that the process commence with a population study of all NFL players, in order to establish an HGH testing standard that accurately reflects the naturally occurring HGH in the bodily composition of NFL players.  This goes back to the union’s concern that the World Anti-Doping Agency has developed its testing threshold based on the constitutions of Olympic athletes, including Estonian figure skaters, Korean gymnasts, and Canadian curlers.   (Of course, a population study of NFL players that includes players who are currently taking HGH will skew the numbers, potentially creating a higher threshold.)

The union also proposes six major points:  (1) “Any player found in violation of the hGH policy has the right to all of the testing information”; (2) “The burden of proof rests with the NFL, not the player, as in the American judicial system where the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty”; (3) “The hGH testing process will be overseen by a neutral arbitrator agreed to by the NFL and by the NFLPA”; (4) “That no player shall be punished by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell until all of his appeals have been exhausted”; (5) “The testing and appellate processes shall be confidential until the player’s appeal rights are exhausted”; (6) “Players who are in the midst of the appellate process remain on their teams and continue to play until it has concluded.”

However, the agreement creates the false impression that no agreement on HGH testing has been reached as the NFLPA had agreed only to eventually “discuss and develop” the procedures for testing.

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