Posted on 23/01/03
Soccer probes death, drug link
Athletes swallowing performance-enhancing drugs are swallowing a time bomb, Canada's chief antidoping official says.Victor Lachance, head of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, said he is not surprised that authorities in Italy and Britain are studying the premature deaths of soccer players from Lou Gehrig's disease, suspecting a connection to medications they were given by their clubs or took themselves.
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