MORE PRESSURE FOR A RIO BAN
’Rio Ferdinand must be banned for at least six months if
London is to have a decent chance of staging the Olympic
Games. Olympic chiefs say British sport must prove it takes
drugs policing seriously. The only way to do that, they
claim, is to hand the Manchester United defender a lengthy
ban. London has bid to stage the 2012 Games, with a decision
announced in two years.
London is to have a decent chance of staging the Olympic
Games. Olympic chiefs say British sport must prove it takes
drugs policing seriously. The only way to do that, they
claim, is to hand the Manchester United defender a lengthy
ban. London has bid to stage the 2012 Games, with a decision
announced in two years.
‘UK Sport, who carried out the random test, would do the
drugs testing for the 2012 Games if London win the bid. They
cannot be seen to be less than rigorous. Olympic organisers
have already warned FIFA they must take a tougher line
against drugs or risk having the sport kicked out of the
2004 Games in Athens.’
drugs testing for the 2012 Games if London win the bid. They
cannot be seen to be less than rigorous. Olympic organisers
have already warned FIFA they must take a tougher line
against drugs or risk having the sport kicked out of the
2004 Games in Athens.’