Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might be putting themselves at an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease in later life, according to a new study.
Sydney: You've run your last race or played your last game at the Sydney Olympics. Now what?Psychologists and other experts warn that the 16,000 athletes who took part in the world's biggest sports event risk a case of "post-Olympic blues".
Sydney: An Armenian and Norwegian athlete have tested positive for drugs, taking the number of Olympic athletes caught taking banned substances in competition in Sydney to seven, an IOC medical commission official said on Sunday.
Sydney: A chickenpox scare broke out in the Olympic athletes village on Saturday after a hurdler from Barbados came down with the disease.
Sydney: The Olympic boxing programme was delayed on Monday when a bus got lost taking contestants to their bouts and heavy traffic held up a softball game as Sydney's transport system hit its first woes since the start of the Games.
Berlin: Heidi Krieger was a champion shot putter for communist East Germany, winning the gold medal at the 1986 European athletics championships with powerful "man-like muscles" in a body pumped up with steroids supplied by her coach.
Sydney: Despite all the talk about Drug, Passports, etc, Australian athletes have apparently been evading drug tests by failing to answer their telephones, prompting anti-doping officials to call for sanctions to be imposed on serial offenders.
London: Olympic chiefs have taken the most significant step for years in the battle against doping by introducing a test at next month's Sydney Games for one of the most dangerous drugs in sport -- erythropoietin (EPO).
Sydney: Russian swimming star Alexander Popov will have to train by himself in the lead-up to the Sydney Olympics while his coach Gennadi Touretsky helps prepare the Australian team.
Sydney: Athletes from East Timor will have a special place of honour just ahead of host Australia in the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Games, a top Olympic official said on Monday.