[peteo]

Nice positive note about the WC:

Blatter: No positive drug tests at World Cup

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- FIFA chief Sepp Blatter said Monday that more than 500 drug tests conducted on players at soccer's World Cup in Japan and South Korea were negative.

"During this World Cup, we carried out 256 urine doping controls, all negative. And for the first time . . . we carried also out 256 blood tests, and all were also [negative]," Blatter said at a news conference.

"Over 30 out-of-competition tests were made before the kickoff in the different training camps of the teams . . . all clean, and that's good."

For the first time at the World Cup, doping controls included out-of-competition checks involving the 32 finalists before the tournament and blood testing after every game.

FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe said in Yokohama, Japan during the Cup that between league, cup and national team games, top players compete more than 70 times before reaching the World Cup.

The heavy schedule not only turns small injuries into more severe ones, D'Hooghe said, but increases the pressures on players to use drugs as a way around the wear and tear.

[helmzgk]

That's because the Dutch didn't qualify

[sidspaceman]

Thats a low blow helmzgk.

[Super Hamatachi redded]

good result

[Samarkand]

I believe they stopped testing once Maradona eventually got to Japan..................

[Sachin]

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Thats a low blow helmzgk.

But a funny one.

Given the number of bad haircuts on display, I'm surprised at least one person wasn't caught.

Sachin

[Chachi King]

what about that one Tunisian guy who got a 6 month ban?

[skipshady]

Originally posted by helmzgk
That's because the Dutch didn't qualify

Ouch. Though I believe a Portugese player (Kenedy?) was disqualified before the tournament.

[Maczebus]

Doesn't 'positive' mean 'good'?

So maybe everyone was on drugs.

Would explain some of the refereeing decisions.