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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UK Athletics has been accused of encouraging Brett Morse, the British discus thrower, to leave his South Wales training stable and work with a coach who was banned for taking anabolic steroids.

Vesteinn Hafsteinsson, a former discus thrower, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and was suspended for two years.

From Telegraph.co.uk:

UK Athletics says it was Morse’s personal decision to change coaches and insists it is not paying Hafsteinsson for his services.

But Bevan, who competed for Britain in the javelin at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, claims the move to Hafsteinsson was orchestrated by UK Athletics. He cites an email, seen by Telegraph Sport, which was sent to him by UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee on Oct 16, 2010.

“We identified a need for greater technical input into Brett’s training and a person who could deliver that to the athlete and his coach in a controlled and monitored environment. The athlete has now chosen to work with this coach,” a spokeswoman for UK Athletics said.

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Ten out of 21 samples taken during a trial for the second Kabaddi World Cup have tested positive for banned steroids and a stimulant, according to NADA.

India’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said the Kabaddi players’ samples contained prohibited steroids stanozolol, boldenone, nandrolone, and stimulant phentermine.

From Hindustantimes.com:

Doping is a major problem in Indian sport and NADA has been forced to become more proactive as it deals with one doping scandal after another, involving mainly athletes, wrestlers and weightlifters.

The selection trial for the Nov. 1-20 tournament was held at Ludhiana in Punjab on Oct. 5 and NADA collected a total of 51 samples, meaning more positive tests could be expected among the 30 results yet to be confirmed.

Players testing positive have been provisionally suspended.

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Alvaro Aristy (Jorge Leandro Guzman) signed with the Padres three years ago for a sum of $1 million but neither age, talent, or name have proven to be legitimate.

Dan Mullin, the vice president of Major League Baseball‘s department of investigations, remarked the MLB got a tip about Aristy’s identity in January 2010.

From Baseballamerica.com:

Randy Smith, Padres vice president of player development and international scouting, said the team was surprised to learn of Guzman’s fraud before spring training in 2010. “We had no reason to be suspicious,” Smith said. “From our information and him being cleared the first time, we were comfortable with MLB‘s investigation.”

MLB launched its department of investigations in 2008 in response to recommendations from the Mitchell Report, but Mullin’s team didn’t take over age and identity investigations of Latin American players until July 2009. Prior to that, teams contracted out background checks of Latin American players—including Guzman’s—to independent investigators, a system that team officials often complained was ineffective and at times outright corrupt.

This is the second time that player has been in the news for the wrong seasons. In July 2009, he was suspended for 50 games after he tested positive for a metabolite of Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid commonly sold as Deca Durabolin.

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After testing positive for anabolic steroids, SA featherweight champion Matima Molefe has been banned for two years by the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport.

The urine sample of Molefe that was taken by the institute’s officials on May 29 this year after a title fight in East London had illegal substances.

From Supersport.com:

Molefe stopped Simphiwe Tom in the second round to win the vacant SA title. The fight at the Orient Theatre ended 1 minute 40 seconds into the round. The new champion improved his record to 11-1, with 8 knockouts.

Khalid Galant, CEO of the Institute, said Molefe had tested positive for metabolites of the anabolic agent Nandrolone.

Statistics show anabolic steroid use among boxers is becoming a trend.

Galant said drug abuse by professional boxers was becoming rife, with four positive tests out of 87 reported for the period April 2010 to March 2011.

Galant added, “Boxing 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.”

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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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The second Kabaddi World Cup has been robbed of its true spirit due to rampant doping among players.

On Tuesday, five players, two from Canada and one each from UK, Australia and Italy, were found dope positive, taking the overall tally to 12 out of 36 samples tested till now.

From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

The revelation has cast shadow over the event, putting the organizers and Punjab sports department, in an embarrassing situation.

The samples taken from Moga had nandrolone, methylhexanamine, methanteramine and other stimulants. “Almost every third player tested so far has been found positive with steroids and stimulants. It is a grave situation,” said National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) director general Rahul Bhatnagar.

“To be very true, I don’t know whether we will be participating next year or not,” said an apprehensive Australian coach.

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The number of people caught selling steroids in the Lothians has soared, which is evident from the fact that police snared nearly 50 dealers peddling the performance-enhancing substances in the last three years.

The new figures sparked concern from drug charities that warned that the use of steroids had risen steeply in recent years.

From Scotsman.com:

Dealers are often sourcing the Class C drugs over the internet before selling them to users, including at gyms in the Capital.

Anabolic steroids are also becoming increasingly popular amongst members of drug gangs in the Lothians, while prison inmates are also abusing the body-building substances, which can be taken as tablets or injected.

Police chiefs today pledged to continue to crack down on steroid dealers, with 46 people charged with dealing the substances, or possession with the intent to supply, since January 2009.

The steroids seized last year were nandrolone, methandrostenolone, and oxymetholone that are used by bodybuilders to produce muscle growth and testosterone.

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The Commissioner’s Office has suspended A’s prospect Mitch LeVier and Major League veteran Timo Perez for drug use.

Catcher Oscar Rodriguez and right-hander Kelvin Santana were also banned 50 games after testing positive for anabolic steroids.

From Web.minorleaguebaseball.com:

LeVier, 23, spent his fourth season in the Minors in 2011 with Class A Advanced Stockton, where he hit .218 with 15 homers and 48 RBIs in 99 California League games. In the playoffs, the center fielder hit .280 with a pair of homers and eight RBIs in eight games as the Ports fell to Lake Elsinore.

Perez is a journeymen outfielder who has played for seven Major Leagues organizations along with teams in Japan, Mexico and an independent league amidst appearing in nearly 1,000 Minor League games. He won a World Series with the White Sox in 2005 after appearing in one with the Mets in 2000 following four seasons in Japan. He hit .304 with six homers, 50 RBIs and 16 steals for Triple-A Toledo in 2011 after signing a one-year deal with Detroit in January.

Rodriguez’s contract was voided after testing positive for Nandrolone and Stanozolol.

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