The doping scandal in India involving school children is threatening to take shocking proportions with schools from Punjab and Maharashtra topping the list of offenders.

According to National Anti-Doping Agency, 11 children – from boxing, wrestling, and weightlifting – tested positive for steroids and diuretics during the 57th National School Games, which concluded recently in New Delhi.

From Timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

While the three wrestlers tested positive for diuretic furosemide (a substance used to mask the presence of prohibited substances in the body), the weightlifters’ samples contained the steroid stanozolol THC (found in marijuana). The boxers tested positive for a cocktail of banned drugs – stanozolol THC (marijuana), methylhexaneamine and nandrolone.

Those caught for doping in wrestling are from schools in Maharashtra, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, while in weightlifting the positive cases came from the students of Delhi and Punjab schools. In boxing, the positive samples were found in students from Maharashtra, Manipur and Punjab.

“This has become a very serious matter. That 14 per cent of the samples have returned positive is a matter of shame for the schools and officials. It is much higher than the national average of 4 per cent,” NADA director general Rahul Bhatnagar told TOI.

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The decision by the Breeders’ Cup to ban the use of Lasix for its year-end races is likely to embolden other organizations that are against the raceday use of the drug, according to officials.

The ban will be applied to the five races for 2-year-olds in the 2012 championships and all 15 races for the 2013 event.

From Drf.com:

Lasix, a diuretic that is used to treat bleeding in the lungs, is legal in every racing jurisdiction in the United States and Canada. It is banned, however, in every other major racing jurisdiction in the world, and the North American policy has been criticized consistently by participants in international racing, who cite its perception as a performance enhancer.

It remains unclear whether the ban by Breeders’ Cup will have an immediate impact on the willingness of state racing commissions to tackle the subject, especially in light of industry-wide talks about the issue at a conference in June. Following the conference, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, a research group that has a cross-section of industry stakeholders on its board, was given the task of developing an overall policy.

Supporters of a ban include the Jockey Club, the racetrack trade group Thoroughbred Racing Associations, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, and the Association of Racing Commissioners International, an umbrella group for state racing commissions. But horsemen remain opposed and contend Lasix is the only treatment proven to reduce the severity and frequency of bleeding in the lungs, a condition that affects all horses who exercise strenuously.

“Breeders’ Cup can obviously decide what rules they want to adopt for their event,” Bellocq said. “The fact remains that the [June conference] clearly showed that this is not a black-and-white issue. We’re still focused on working with all these groups on a policy that’s best for U.S. racing,” Remi Bellocq, the executive director of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association.

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Russian Cyclist Alexandr Kolobnev has tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic at the Tour de France.

The positive dope result may have a big impact on the world of cycling even though Kolobnev was virtually a non-factor in this race.

From Bleacherreport.com:

In cycling, PEDs can help to alter many factors that could lead to greater endurance, giving cyclists an edge over their competition.

Lance Armstrong has been under fire, as he himself is being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs.

Many people probably don’t associate cyclists with performance enhancing drugs because cyclists don’t have the build of someone who is using steroids to bulk up.

Even so, there are many different types of PEDs. the diuretic Kolobnev tested positive for is said to decrease the amount of water in the kidneys and decrease blood return in the heart, which makes for less cardio output.

Hydrochlorothiazide is not exactly an anabolic steroid, but it still provides an unfair advantage.

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According to a report by The Tennessean, Tennessee Titans reserve defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson has been suspended for four games without pay.

The ban was imposed after Vickerson was found violating the NFL‘s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.

From Espnstar.com:

“It was kind of a rough situation for Kevin, the timing and everything,” Vickerson’s agent Tony Fleming told The Tennessean.

“He completely feels like he was innocent and didn’t do anything wrong. But for the benefit of the team and the situation, he wanted to get it out of the way and get ready for the Super Bowl run.”

Vickerson was placed on the team’s suspended list, leaving its roster at 52 players. The Titans are not expected to add a player prior to Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns, the newspaper reported.

League sources told the newspaper that Vickerson tested positive for the banned diuretic Bumetanide.

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Total number of doping violations in Beijing has gone to three after two more Olympic athletes have tested positive for drugs.

Kim Jong Su, a North Korean pistol shooter, was expelled from the Games after testing positive for the betablocker Propanolol that can prevent shaking.

From Espnstar.com:

A Vietnamese gymnast, Thi Ngan Thuong Do, who finished in last place in the women’s floor exercise, tested positive for the diuretic furosemide.

Prof Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the International Olympic Committee‘s medical commission, said he believed Kim had deliberately taken the drug.

“I cannot interpret the finding in any other way than it was deliberate,” he said. “It is banned in precision sports such as shooting and archery.”

The USA’s Jason Turner will now be awarded the bronze medal in the 10m event. China’s Tan Zongliang moves up to silver in the 50m event and Russia’s Vladimir Isakov gets the bronze.

Ljungqvist said he believed the Vietnamese gymnast had taken the drug inadvertently as part of medication.

The cases follow Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno who was expelled from the Games after he tested positive for the blood agent EPO.

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Eight of Indian weightlifters have tested positive for banned substances during the inter-railway competition in Kolkata earlier this month.

These doping offences leave Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), which conducted the event, on the verge of being suspended for a year, if not more than that.

From Indiatoday.intoday.in:

Six of the eight samples have tested positive for stanozolol, and another for methyndienone, both anabolic steroids. Another lifter’s ‘ A’ sample revealed traces of a diuretic.

The results of the tests on the ‘ B’ samples of all the dope offenders will be known in a week’s time after which the anti- doping disciplinary panel will decide the sanctions to be imposed on them.

If the ‘ B’ samples also return positive, the RSPB is likely to be suspended for a year. However, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) top brass said that they would insist on the punishment being extended for at least four years if the number of offenders remains the same after the second tests.

In fact, it was only after IWLF’s request that National Anti- Doping Agency (NADA) officials came to collect the samples but the move backfired on the federation, although it insists that the revelations augur well for the future of Indian weightlifting at the international stage.

The doping menace in Indian weightlifting continues unabated despite repeated attempts to control it but the federation claims that it has zero tolerance for use of performance enhancing drugs and said it will punish the guilty.

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Grady Jackson of the Atlanta Falcons has sued the manufacturer of a diuretic that led to his suspension of four games from the NFL.

Jackson filed the suit in Superior Court of California against Nikki Harrell’s StarCaps diet pills, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

From Espnstar.com:

“We’ve received notice of a problem with an NFL player,” the statement read. “We have referred the matter to our counsel and are taking all necessary steps to ensure that our customers receive product that is safe and effective. We have temporarily suspended shipping of StarCaps pending the results of our investigation.”

Jackson is among a handful of NFL players who reportedly tested positive for Bumetanide, a diuretic which is on the NFL’s list of banned substances.

Defensive tackles Pat Williams and Kevin Williams of the Minnesota Vikings and a trio of players with the New Orleans Saints – running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant – have been identified in multiple media reports as testing positive for the drug.

Bumetanide is a diuretic which can mask the presence of other substances, including steroids.

The player is seeking restitution and damages for false advertising and unfair business practices against the retailers and StarCaps.

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The NFL Players Association has filed a lawsuit for blocking the suspensions handed to five players.

The suit was filed recently in a United States District Court and carried out in response to penalties handed down to Pat Williams and Kevin Williams of the Minnesota Vikings and Deuce McAllister, Charles Grant and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints.

From Espnstar.com:

Attorneys for Pat and Kevin Williams, both Pro Bowl defensive tackles, won a temporary reprieve in Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, arguing that league officials were aware that StarCaps contained the banned substance but failed to share that information with players.

The Players Association’s lawsuit alleges the same argument, claiming that the NFL violated its duty to the players.

The NFL will challenge the ruling of the Vikings’ players, said spokesman Greg Aiello, noting that the league policy on steroids and related substances was collectively bargained between the league and the Players Association.

David Cornwell, a Washington-based attorney who represented the Saints players during their appeals, argued that Dr John Lombardo, the administrator of the NFL’s policy regarding anabolic steroids and related substances, was aware that StarCaps contained Bumetanide but did not share the information with NFL players.

The players were suspended after testing positive for a banned diuretic (Bumetanide) that can mask the presence of other substances, including steroids.

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The trio of defensive tackles and three players with the New Orleans Saints – running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant – have been identified in media reports as testing positive for a banned drug.

The players reportedly tested positive for Bumetanide that figures on the NFL’s list of banned substances.

From Espnstar.com:

McAllister said after Sunday’s game against the San Diego Chargers that he was not surprised to learn of his inclusion on the list, although he insisted he always has tried to play by the rules.

Grant disavowed any knowledge of the report following Sunday’s game while Smith said he did not know the full details of the report and declined to comment on it.

“My initial reaction to it, we’ve been kind of going through this process for a while,” McAllister said. “I guess you guys just found out about it at this point.

“But whatever happens that’s what’s going to happen. We’ve hired counsel. He’s going to do his job to kind of put the case together and however the NFL rules, that’s the way it will be.”

Bumetanide is a diuretic that can mask the presence of anabolic steroids.

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The National Football League (NFL) has won in Minnesota case that threatened to dilute its league wide drug testing policy. This means that Kevin Williams and Pat Williams who violated policy on performance enhancing drugs of NFL will have to serve a four game suspension in the 2010 season.

Hennepin County Judge Gary Larson ruled that the NFL players were not harmed by the failure of NFL to provide notice and it wasn’t enough to block the suspensions.

From NYTimes.com:

“For the past two years, this case has been reviewed on numerous occasions by both the federal and state courts,” the N.F.L. said in a statement. “Those decisions make clear that the claims of the players and the N.F.L. Players Association were without substance and that the players suffered no harm by being required to comply with the terms of the collectively bargained policy on steroids and related substances. We intend to continue to administer a strong, effective program on performance-enhancing drugs that applies on a uniform basis to all players in all states.”

Still, the case is not over. The players plan to appeal the ruling and on Thursday asked for an injunction that will allow them to play while the appeal plays out. The judge is expected to rule on the injunction in a couple of weeks.

Their lawyer claimed at least a partial victory on Thursday. Peter Ginsberg said the decision was a victory because the judge ruled that the N.F.L. violated state law.

The N.F.L. originally suspended Kevin Williams and Pat Williams for four games in 2008 after they tested positive for a banned diuretic (bumetanide), which can be used to mask steroids.

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