Ben Johnson is one of the most famous cases of doping in sporting history. Find out about other famous cases and about cases in the news recently.
Maradona was banned from football twice for failing drugs tests.
In 1991, he tested positive for cocaine during his time with Napoli and was banned from all competitions for 15 months
Find out more about the benefits of banned substances like EPO, steroids, growth hormone and genetic doping. What are their benefits?
Besides making muscles biggerIt is clear that anabolic steroids may reduce the muscle damage that occurs during a hard workout, helping athletes recover from the activity more quickly and enabling them to work out harder and more frequently. Some athletes, as well as nonathletes, may like the muscular appearance they get when they take the drugs.
What sports are they associated with? What are the possible side effects?.
All sports are associated with drugs.
Men may develop:
• Prominent breasts
• Shrunken testicles
• Infertility
• Prostate gland enlargement
Women may develop:
• A deeper voice, which may be irreversible
• An enlarged clitoris, which may be irreversible
• Increased body hair
• Baldness, which may be irreversible
• Infrequent or absent periods