During the Under-17 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico in July, 109 of 208 soccer players tested positive for clenbuterol, according to a revelation by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Some farmers in Mexico still illegally use clenbuterol for bulking up cattle even though it is abanned substance that can cause an increase in aerobic capacity.

WADA issued a statement asking all athletes in Mexico to “exercise extreme caution with regards to what they eat and where they eat.”

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Doping cases against all five Mexican soccer players who tested positive for clenbuterol have been dropped. This was after FIFA determined the tests were caused by contaminated meat.

The World Anti-Doping Agency said it had dropped its appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

“Already several arrests have been made pursuant to these laws and large amounts of clenbuterol seized. Investigations are to continue,” WADA 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.

“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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As Australia appeals to have North Korea banned from next year’s London Games over a doping row, the shattered Olympic dreams of  Matildas could be revived.

A 2012 Olympic berth was narrowly missed by the national women’s soccer team after it finished third at the Asian qualifying tournament in September behind Japan and North Korea, who claimed the two Games spots.

“We think it’s strange that a team is banned for 2015 and not 2012 so we have raised the issue with WADA, the IOC and FIFA but so far to no avail,” Football Federation Australia national teams chief John Boultbee told AAP.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently revealed that 109 of 208 soccer players tested positive for clenbuterol during the Under-17 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico in July.

Clenbuterol is still used illegally by some Mexican farmers to bulk up cattle and is a banned substance that can cause an increase in aerobic capacity.

WADA issued a statement last week urging all athletes in Mexico to “exercise extreme caution with regards to what they eat and where they eat.”

Tags: clenbuterol, FIFA, soccer, World Cup

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The health authorities of Mexico are cracking down on cattle merchants who use the banned substance clenbuterol to make the meat from livestock less fatty.

The measure was launched after clenbuterol turned up in the urine of 109 players from various countries taking part in the Under-17 soccer world championship, an event hosted by Mexico in June and July.

“Steps taken by the Mexican government have reduced the number of cases of such contamination from 555 in 2005 to 89 in 2010,” Mikel Arriola, director of the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks, said in a conference call to Mexican Soccer Federation headquarters.

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After FIFA determined the clenbuterol-positive test of five Mexican soccer players were caused by contaminated meat, doping case against all five has been dropped.

The World Anti-Doping Agency said it had dropped its appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

“Already several arrests have been made pursuant to these laws and large amounts of clenbuterol seized. Investigations are to continue,” WADA said.

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According to a new research published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), long-term and regular participation in soccer greatly improves the health profile of young boys.

The study revealed sharp contrasts between regular and long-term benefits from extracurricular sports participation against physical education alone.

Soccer needs to be promoted as a low-cost option to facilitate sound and healthy growth of growing boys as per lead researcher Jose A. L. Calbet, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain.

It was revealed that growing boys who play soccer not just benefit from increased whole body bone mineral density but they also witness high regional measurements in areas such as femoral neck in the hip and lumbar spine.

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Sports organizations net two athletes for violation of anti-doping policies.
Soccer player Eduardo Carlos Morgado Oliveira tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone after the Russia-Italy matchup at the FIFA Futbal World Cup Brazil 2008 on Oct.18.

Meanwhile Liberian player Melvin King received a five-month ban subsequent to a positive test at a doping control after the match of the preliminary competition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between Senegal and Liberia. The match took place on 21 June 2008. King was discovered of using a glucocorticoid, which is a medication included in the list of specified substances of WADA.

The use of such a substance requires a therapeutic use exemption, something which the player did not have. The sanctions for such an anti-doping rule violation range from a warning to a two-year suspension, and the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided to impose a sanction of five months starting on 2 October 2008, the date on which the player was first provisionally suspended by the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. The sanction applies for all matches, whether friendly or official fixtures, at domestic and international level.

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