According to U.S. researchers, young football players may be at elevated risk for stroke.

Dr. Jared R. Brosch and Dr. Meredith R. Golomb of Indiana University School of Medicine looked at case studies of teen football players who suffered a stroke and found some potential causes for the disease in young football athletes, including increased hyperventilation, repeated neurological injury, and use of anabolic steroids.

From Upi.com:

The study authors point out the increase in obesity presents a two-fold risk, as it not only increases the force of impacts among the players, but also the likelihood for other stroke risk factors such as hypertension.

“Two of our subjects had mild hypertension, but were too young to have had the many years of exposure that would lead to chronic vascular injury,” Brosch and Golomb said in a statement.

The findings were published in the Journal of Child Neurology.

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Adolescent football players may be at a higher risk of suffering from stroke, according to a recently concluded study.

Jared R. Brosch and Meredith R. Golomb examined various case studies of football players in their teens that suffered a stroke and found some potential causes for strokes in young football athletes.

From News.bioscholar.com:

They found that some of the potential risks include an increase of hyperventilation, repeated neurological injury, use of anabolic steroids, use of highly caffeinated energy drinks and an increase in obesity of young players.

The authors point out the increase in obesity presents a two-fold risk as it not only increases the force of impacts among the players, but also the likelihood for other stroke risk factors such as hypertension.

“Two of our subjects had mild hypertension, but were too young to have had the many years of exposure that would lead to chronic vascular injury,” the researchers said.

The study has been published in the Journal of Child Neurology (JCN).

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Young individuals who are into football can be of higher risk in developing stroke, according to anew study which was published in the Journal of Child Neurology (JCN).

The new study involved the analysis and examination of data gathered from football players who had stroke during their teen years.

From Healblog.net:

Researchers found out that those young football players are actually of increase risk for developing stroke because of the presence of potential health risks which can be considered contributory to the development of stroke. These risk factors include: use of anabolic steroids, use of highly caffeinated energy drinks, repeated neurological injury, an increase of hyperventilation, and an increase in obesity of young players.

Obesity could also increase the health risk for up to two folds, according to the study findings.

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World football’s tainted governing body, FIFA, must institute radical changes to help avoid future scandals, according to an eminent anti-corruption expert.

FIFA has been mired in corruption allegations surrounding the appointment of World Cup host countries and Joseph “Sepp” Blatter’s fourth presidential term election.

From Swissinfo.ch:

Many of the corruption allegations concern the distribution of Fifa money to the 208 national football associations that make up its membership base.

 “The members are the owners and supervisors of Fifa and at the same time they are the beneficiaries,” Pieth told swissinfo.ch. “Since there is so much money going out to the members, there is a risk that some of this money will directly benefit individuals who are taking decisions.”

 One way to reduce the risk of such corruption would be to appoint external directors – perhaps from the business community – from outside the organisation to cast an independent eye over decisions and to “break up this insiders’ club”.

 Another way of combatting the actions of dishonest individuals would be to make Fifa’s ethics committee more independent and allow it to weed out unsavoury characters from positions of influence.

Mark Pieth, an experienced Swiss anti-corruption expert and recently appointed chairman,  released his initial findings that uncovered a series of weaknesses in the way FIFA is governed that leave the organization open to corruption.

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Lionel Messi and Neymar will participate to try a biological passport in soccer in a new anti-doping program.

All players set to be involved in the seven-team Club World Cup next month will be providing samples beforehand to help laboratories prepare their individual steroid profiles, FIFA said.

From Ibnlive.in.com:

Players then selected for anti-doping controls in the December 8-18 tournament in Japan will have their results measured against out-of-competition tests taken up to one month earlier.

“(FIFA) recently reviewed the current drug-testing procedures within football and come up with a new approach,” the governing body said in a statement. “The main, new aim will be to capture players’ individual steroid profile.”

FIFA announced the pilot project during the draw in Nagoya, Japan, that featured the six continental champions and the host nation’s league winners.

“Every club will be required to provide FIFA with accurate details of their team activities (matches, training schedule etc.) during the period from November 14 to December 8,” FIFA said.

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Matildas’ hopes of a London Olympic reprieve have been dashed after Australia’s calls to have North Korea banned from the tournament over a doping row fell on deaf ears.

The women soccer team of Australia narrowly missed a 2012 Olympic berth after finishing third at the Asian qualifying tournament in September behind Japan and North Korea.

From Abc.net.au:

But Matildas players and Olympic and football officials were not happy that North Korea was allowed to qualify after it was banned by FIFA from competing in the 2015 Women’s World Cup following a doping scandal at the 2011 World Cup in Germany in June-July.

Five players tested positive to steroids and received bans of up to 18 months, while the team’s doctor was banned for six years.

Football Federation Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee last month wrote to FIFA, the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Authority, claiming North Korea should also be banned from the Olympics, paving the way for the Matildas to take their place.

“WADA has carefully considered the award relating to all the sanctions handed out by FIFA to the North Korea women’s team,” a WADA statement said.

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FIFA and a number of well-respected laboratories, like the Le Laboratoire suisse d’analyse du dopage (LAD), have recently reviewed the present drug-testing procedures within football and have come up with a new approach.

The primary aim of this approach would be to capture individual steroid profiles of players.

From Fifa.com:

As a result of this pilot study, amendments have been made to the out-of-competition doping control procedure. All teams participating in the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 are now included in the FIFA pre-competition testing pool (PCTP) in accordance with appendix D, art. 1 par. 2c) of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations, and every club will be required to provide FIFA with accurate details of their team activities (matches, training schedule, etc) during the period from 14 November to 8 December 2011.

FIFA will test all of the players from all clubs in order to be able to compare those steroid profiles with the samples that will be taken at the FIFA Club World Cup 2011.

The main steroids constituting the individual steroid profile are Testosterone, Epitestosterone (E), Androsterone, Etiocholanolone, 5a-androstane-3a,17b-diol, and 5b-androstane-3a,17b-diol.

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The Canadian football player, Jordan Matechuk, is hopeful of one more chance after his career was put on hold following his steroid-related arrest in May at the U.S. border in Northern Michigan.

Future of the 25-year-old long snapper is in doubt as he tries to rehabilitate his reputation.

From Washingtonpost.com:

Matechuk broke his silence Wednesday, just more than a week after pleading guilty in Sault Ste. Marie to possession of steroids and marijuana. In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Matechuk issued a wide-ranging apology to his former team and rest of the Canadian Football League. Matechuk still faces sentencing in his case. He has an Aug. 24 court date.

“I would like to send out a sincere apology to the Tiger-Cats as a franchise, the CFL as a whole, my teammates, coaching staff and peers within the league, my family and friends, and football fans for the situation that I’m in — with the allegations before me, and the extreme stress this has certainly caused for those closest to me,” Matechuk said.

“Football was a big part of my life, and now it’s gone,” Matechuk said.

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Former Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus has not changed in many ways ever since he left the football field 38 years ago.

The days of Butkus on the field may be over but he is now making every possible effort to curb steroid use among young athletes.

From Infozine.com:

Butkus took part in a luncheon briefing for congressional staff members on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he discussed the benefits of sports nutrition, the detriments of taking performance-enhancing drugs and his effort to educate young athletes through his I Play Clean campaign.

Butkus said he first realized the severity of steroid use in youth sports when watching an ESPN special seven years ago.

“The plain truth is, if you use steroids for a prolonged period of time, you’ll probably be a heart patient, die early or both,” Butkus said.

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The Manchester City doctor, Jamie Butler, alleged to have authorized Kolo Toure taking diet pills, has been cleared of all blame related to the failed drugs test of the Ivory Coast defender last March.

Toure originally claimed that that doctor sanctioned the supplements he borrowed from his wife in an attempt to lose weight.

From Footballfancast.com:

Unfortunately, the former captain at Eastlands was absent for the team’s first cup triumph in 35 years when his brother, Yaya, converted the only goal in City’s 1-0 win against Stoke in last month’s FA Cup Final. “Before I signed for City I told Kolo I wanted to come to England to play with him and win something together,” said Yaya before the Wembley showpiece. “That won’t happen on Saturday, and that means it will be a hard moment for him, and for me as well.”

The public response to Toure’s misdemeanor was initially empathetic, but a deeper inspection of the player’s intent suggests that he was looking to gain an advantage over his Premiership compatriots by attempting to lose weight in a purportedly unnatural fashion. The extent of his punishment is arguably proportionate to the committed crime, but taking a glance at recent cases of substance abuse in football illustrates a confusing and unpredictable process for punishing those guilty of failing drugs tests.

Toure will have to wait until September 2nd until he can feature again for City having been banned for a total of six months by the Football Association.

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