Club cricketer's steroid ban leads to call for better drug education for amateur athletesMONIQUE FORD/STUFF Jim Farmer QC , headed a Sports Tribunal panel that has recommended better drug education for all competitive sports people after a club cricketer was banned for buying a prohibited steroid. ​Ware bought clenbuterol - an anabolic agent that builds muscle and burns fat - from an online website NZ Clenbuterol in 2014 and 2015, the Sports Tribunal tribunal reported on Friday. John Selkirk Drug Free Sport New Zealand, led by Nick Paterson, has had its fourth case involving clenbuterol - a banned steroid - with more expected. The tribunal therefore urged clubs and national sports organisations to initiate, with DFSNZ, a greater degree of drug education at all levels. Ware had never played first class cricket, never been part of a high performance or drug education programme, nor been drug tested for sport.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2017 01:30 UTC