As unethical and as morally wrong as it sounds I actually think that’s the way to go

As unethical and as morally wrong as it sounds I actually think that’s the way to go.”It’s an ethical problem. There’s no question where I or anyone else at this institute stand medically – steroids are illegal and performance- enhancing.”He claimed Atlanta’s highly publicised doping laboratory had been a public relations exercise. you just don’t get pectoral muscles like that from huge bench presses.”In the strength and power events I would say that as many as 50 per cent of competitors at the Olympics have used performance-enhancing drugs, maybe more.”He said the only way to recreate a level playing field was to consider legalising the use of steroids and other enhancers.”Maybe we should just make steroids legal. There’s no question that drugs are a big part of today’s superior performances.”I’m not going to mention any names but you look at the physiques of those guys… “Whenever anyone stands up there on the podium I don’t know whether it’s them or the drugs,” Hawley said.”You can’t ignore it. Dr John Hawley, director of the High Performance laboratory at the South African Sports Science Institute in Cape Town, was quoted in the September issue of SA Sports Illustrated as saying it was no longer possible to tell who was “clean” and who was not.
He said many athletes at last month’s Atlanta Olympics have had to make a choice of whether they are going to take performance-enhancing drugs.

A leading South African sports scientist has said drugs should be legalised in sport to end the “does he, doesn’t he?” debate once and for all. Despite a history of disappointing showings at Flushing Meadow, Goran Ivanisevic was seeded fourth.Spain’s Felix Mantilla, ranked No 16, who would have been awarded the final seeding under the usual US Open format, was left unseeded, allowing Cedric Pioline of France to join the seeded ranks in the men’s draw.Britain’s No 1, Tim Henman, has been drawn against Andrei Olhovskiy of Russia in the first round at Flushing Meadow, while his compatriot, Greg Rusedski, plays Jared Palmer of the United States.. He said a player’s showing in the other Grand Slams, recent performance and record on hard courts were all taken into consideration, and insisted the popularity of a player was not a factor.Andre Agassi, following victories in the Olympics and at Cincinnati, is seeded sixth, while the seventh-ranked Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek was seeded fifth. That dropped the second-ranked Thomas Muster of Austria, a clay-court specialist, to the third spot for the event.Snyder said tournament officials wanted the seedings to be a more accurate predictor of the event, rather than a reflection of the rankings computer. Pierce is troubled by an injury to her right shoulder, while McGrath, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals this year, has a knee injury.
The French Open champion, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, was included in yesterday’s draw, but the Russian considers himself questionable after pulling out of the Hamlet Cup on Tuesday with a rib injury.In deciding yesterday’s draw, the US Tennis Association broke with tradition and took a page out of the Wimbledon handbook by deviating from the ATP Tour rankings in formulating the men’s seedings.The association has for many years seeded players strictly according to world rankings, but the USTA president, Les Snyder, decided to do things differently this year, and withheld the list of men’s seeds until just prior to yesterday’s draw ceremony.Michael Chang, currently ranked a career-high third in the world, has been ranked as the second seed, behind the world No 1, Pete Sampras. Mary Pierce of France and America’s Meredith McGrath have also pulled out of the year’s final Grand Slam tournament. Sunderland contacted the FA as soon as they realised their mistake..

Boris Becker has withdrawn from the US Open, which begins on Monday. Becker, who won the title in 1989, is still suffering from the wrist injury he sustained at Wimbledon. The aim is to reduce the number of players who are forced to retire due to injury.Gordon Taylor, the PFA chief executive, said only 13 of the 20 Premier League clubs have fully chartered physiotherapists and across the 92 professional clubs the figure is only a third.”Fifty of our members have to quit every year and with this link-up we hope we can reduce that figure with the free places we are providing at this centre, which has an excellent record and reputation,” Taylor said.The FA is awaiting a written explanation from Sunderland after they played Alex Rae in three pre-season friendlies despite the midfielder still having a three-match ban to serve after being sent off for Millwall last season. The midfielder, who has been linked with Arsenal, agreed a three-year extension to his contract with the club yesterday.The Professional Footballers’ Association has announced a scheme that will provide six places a week for their members at a Lilleshall rehabilitation centre.