Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sport

Quotes of the week

22 May 2011

If I told you I would have to kill you now.'

Rugby chief Trevor Gregory when asked how much the Hong Kong Sevens sponsorship is worth

I saw him inject [EPO] more...

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100 Days To Go

30 Apr 2008

Smiles will grip China today as it celebrates 100 days to go before the grand opening of Beijing 2008 - but anxious sports officials are wearing a scowl.

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Doctor's orders

27 Jan 2008

As China prepares to host this summer's Olympic Games, the chief medical officer to the Hong Kong Olympic team says the world can expect rampant doping among Olympic athletes that will go largely...

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Dopers 'will try their luck in Beijing'

22 Jan 2008

Experts predict new tactics will keep cheats ahead of game despite zero-tolerance policy

The real race to watch at the Olympics will be between doped-up athletes as they try to...

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Jockey Club clears Shea of doping

21 Nov 2007

A urine sample taken from jockey Kevin Shea 10 days ago returned a positive to Midazolam, a prohibited substance under the rules of racing, but a quickly convened inquiry chose to take no action...

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Mainland to step up fight against drugs

14 Oct 2007

Mainland authorities have announced a sweeping five-month anti-doping campaign involving six government ministries in a desperate bid to steer the country away from possible drug-related...

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Opinion

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Mainland says criticism of testing policy unfair

Pressuring China to drastically increase the number of dope tests is unfair, say top mainland anti-doping officials.

11:43PM

Officials to crack down on pharmacies

Mainland authorities have mobilised a raft of government agencies ahead of next year's Beijing Games in an attempt to spare the country a re-run of past humiliations caused by doping.

2:19PM

Dramatic fall in drug positives

The Olympic Council of Asia yesterday declared that the 15th Games were the cleanest ever. Only four athletes, all weightlifters, of the more than 10,000 athletes taking part, have tested...

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Hong Kong escalates war on doping

New $3 million body to help athletes 'fight temptation'

Hong Kong sport will join the war on performance-enhancing drugs when an anti-doping agency is put in place next April at an...

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859 days to go

In a shabby public bathhouse down a small alleyway in Changchun - the capital of Jilin province in China's northeastern rustbelt - a stout woman scrubs the toilets and gives female customers back...

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HK officials take steps to ensure clean Games

Hong Kong are to start a series of doping tests to cope with Shanghai's intention to have a 'clean' All China Games.

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