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31 August 2006
FA Fine Chelsea For Drug Testing
In an incredibly petty move the FA have fined Chelsea £400,000 (€592,000)
for
breaching their doping regulations :
"Chelsea were charged in relation to the independent private drug testing
the
club conducted on some of its players on 12 July 2004. The Commission
found
that, in conducting such tests, the club had breached The FA's Doping
Control
Regulations."
Chelsea issued the following response on their website :
"While we accept there was a technical breach of the doping regulations in
this
case, we find it extraordinary that we have been found guilty of trying to
undermine the drug testing system. Chelsea FC would never contravene any
rules
in order to cover up drugs in sport. These rules are in place to punish
those
who seek to protect drug takers. Our stance in the Adrian Mutu case proves
that
our sole intention in conducting a private test was to protect football
from a
drug taker. Firstly, we had suspicions that this player was a regular user
of a
Class A drug and the FA random drug test procedures had failed to confirm
this.
Secondly, the player was not privately tested for performance enhancing
drugs,
only for recreational drugs. In the circumstances, the test on July 12,
2004
proved negative and an FA approved test was requested later that summer
which
was positive. The player's contract was then terminated and during the
hearing
into this failed test he also admitted to taking cocaine on at least seven
occasions, vindicating our actions."
22 Year Old Defender Dies
22 year old Egyptian international defender Mohammed Abdel Wahab has died
of a
heart attack while training with his club Al-Ahly. Mohammed was rushed to
hospital after collapsing on the pitch but attempts to resuscitate him
filed.
25 August 2006
FIFA Fine Togo
FIFA have fined the Togolese
FA €62.80 for bringing the World Cup into disrepute. The team threatened
to pull out of the tournament prior to their final group game against
France following disputes over bonus payments. A FIFA
statement read :
"The (disciplinary)
commission has adjudged this affair to be particularly
serious because since the arrival of the Togo federation in Germany at the
end of May, its internal quarrels made the front pages of newspapers,
behaviour not befitting a
World Cup participant and which put the smooth running of the tournament
at risk."
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