French hair tests allegedly show 1 in 5 soccer players with evidence of steroids

A release from the AFLD -- the French doping control agency -- says that most of the positive tests show DHEA.  However, the hair samples hold no legal power in France.  Which makes it weird Lance Armstrong submitted to hair analysis.

Random tests on the hair of professional French football players, has revealed that there is frequent use of illegal, muscle-building steroids in the French game.

Of the footballers tested, results proved that one in five showed signs of having used banned steroids – mostly the anti-ageing hormone DHEA. Drug tests on hair samples have no legal basis in French law and are not implemented by sports governing bodies but the French anti-drugs agency believes that its "hair opinion poll" points to a submerged culture of drug-taking in football.

Pierre Bordry, the president of the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage (AFLD) said: "Here is the proof that doping is not just something that happens in cycling."

Of the 32 professional footballers playing in the French First and Second divisions who were tested, out of 138 sportsmen, seven showed clear signs of having used steroids. The 21.8 per cent "hit" rate was the highest in any sport tested.

The anti-doping agency confirmed that it has no plans to reveal the names of the players who tested positive or to pass individual results to clubs or sports bodies.

Comments

[Jenky]

For the record, one can see Zidane stomped on someone at the World Cup in '98 I believe so he has had that problem and I would not altogether doubt him getting involved in steroids. Likewise, the guy he headbutted has gotten the same treatment from a number of other people so Materazzi is a bit of a provocateur.

Watch the Dutch or Brazilians play for entertaining soccer.

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This is sad news for the sports industry. No matter how we try to educate the athletes on the dangers it might pose them by using steroids (not to mention the illegality of it) they still don't seem to learn and will do everything to be always at the top of their games even if it mean doing something illegal and hazardous to health.

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It's not a matter of learning, they do steroids for one reason only: money. They'll worry about that other stuff later...kidney dialysis, liver transplants, destroyed joints...

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[jason]

so did the names goes out public or not. there should be strict law against steroids...its a disaster for sports...