Taken from cyclingnews.com
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Joseph S. Blatter, president of world football federation FIFA, has declared he wishes to see the documents relating to Operación Puerto. Blatter's request comes after French national newspaper Le Monde claimed last December the Spanish doing investigation spread beyond the world of cycling and into other global sports, including soccer.
At the World Anti-Doping Agency meeting in Montreal, Blatter stated he "wanted to know what was in the Puerto file", according to press agency sid. He was particularly interested as to whether his sport was affected. "It is of highest interest for the sport and for football," he added.
Le Monde claimed to have in its possession several documents revealing the involvement of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in the training schedules of the two greatest soccer clubs in Spain: FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The confidential, but non-nominative documents were reported to be seasonal preparation plans for the two clubs, hand-written by Fuentes himself.
The newspaper claimed that the papers, which also concern the FC Valencia and Sevilla, are not part of the documents seized by the Guardia Civil. If the reports are found to be true and it emerges that high-profile footballers have been receiving illegal treatments, it would mean that the Operación Puerto fallout will be much more far-reaching and have even more serious consequences than was originally anticipated.
"All the sports possibly concerned by this form of doping should target a part of their anti-doping controls on it," WADA vice-president Jean-Francois Lamour told L'Equipe when Le Monde broke its story in December. "In June, FIFA has agreed in principle on the adoption and application of the World Anti-Doping Code. Now we wait for it to present its anti-doping programme to WADA, and we will insist that it includes blood controls."
i'm glad Blatter is doing this, he's been the best FIFA president since before i was born, and this makes me like him more.
although i am very sorry that my team Barca, are implicated, but it is to be expected seen as they're Spanish, and would have easy access to Dr. Fuentes and his lab.
(just in case anyone is thinking; i am not a glory supporter, i have, what i think, are valid reasons for supporting Barca)
Edited by Addy291 on 16-05-2007 16:33
