Young 'tested positive for steroids'

Jerome Young, the American athlete who became world champion over 400 metres last night in Paris, is reported to have tested positive for steroids in 1999 before going on to win an Olympic gold medal in the 4x400m relay in Sydney a year later.
[ timesonline.co.uk ]

New world 400m champion Jerome Young is one of the most talented guys out there at this point.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

The United States were today plunged into a new drugs cover-up controversy in athletics.
[ thisislondon.co.uk ]

Check the list of gold medal winners at the 2003 world athletics championships after four days of competition.
[ foxsports.news.com.au ]

Newly-crowned 100m world champion Kim Collins said today his new-found fame will not change his lifestyle or his laid back attitude to training.
[ foxsports.news.com.au ]

Cathy Freeman has urged her heir apparent Jana Pittman to aim for a 400m hurdles and flat double if plans to change the 2006 Commonwealth Games schedule are successful.
[ foxsports.news.com.au ]

The decathlon at these Worlds in Paris has been all very good and exciting, but it's been pretty much the same as all other decathlons.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

Jon Drummond finally discovered the art of diplomacy when he formally withdrew from the United States team 48 hours after creating mayhem following his disqualification for a false start in the 100 metres quarter-final on Sunday.
[ guardian.co.uk ]

Jelena Dokic wants tennis fans who ogle Anna Kournikova to start loving the sport's sex symbols for their skill with a racquet as much as their looks.
[ foxsports.news.com.au ]

The Football Association have not ruled out the possibility of invoking the four-day rule to ensure England captain David Beckham's release for international duty next week.
[ guardian.co.uk ]

Football folk are a bit like dodgy compasses - you never quite know where you are with them.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

Fernando Alonso's victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday has turned the 2003 Formula One season into the best for nearly 20 years.
[ bbc.co.uk ]

Cyst in brain is growing problem in India, comes from greens, say doctors.
[indianexpress.com]

Chelsea's Champions League bid has been written off — by Sven Goran Eriksson.
[thesun.co.uk]

Claudio Ranieri has fired a warning to Europe's top clubs after Chelsea qualified for the Champions League and took their spending towards the £100 million mark with the £16.8 million caputure of Hernan Crespo from Inter Milan.
[itv.com]

Bayern Munich marked the 40th anniversary of the German Bundesliga on Sunday with 2-0 victory over Hamburg.
[bbc.co.uk]

So the new 100m world champion is Kim Collins, the most relaxed man in the field and as different from his bullish predecessor Mo Greene as you could possibly get.
[bbc.co.uk]

Newcastle, Rangers and Celtic all go into Wednesday's Champions League qualifiers hoping to book their passage to the group stages and a £15m windfall.
[bbc.co.uk]

England to experiment again under captain West.
[guardian.co.uk]

Decisions, decisions. David Beckham has stirred up a club versus country row.
[guardian.co.uk]

The prospect of Mickey Mouse one day sporting a Sir Alex Ferguson watch moved a step closer yesterday.
[guardian.co.uk]

Caretaker West Ham boss Trevor Brooking does not want to become Glenn Roeder's permanent successor.
[guardian.co.uk]

Lothar Matthaüs thinks it will take a miracle for Partizan Belgrade to dump out Newcastle. So it must be true.
[guardian.co.uk]

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