Supplements saga
Opinion
Opinion
Why there’s a silver lining a decade on from ‘blackest day in Australian sport’
The investigator responsible for the report that sparked the supplements saga says the long-term effects have justified the initial controversy.
- by Roy Masters
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Sheedy takes aim at AFL, supplements saga ‘mismanaged at every level’
The Bombers will celebrate their 150th anniversary this week, but Kevin Sheedy and Danny Corcoran have opened up on the supplements scandal that continues to haunt the club.
- by Jon Pierik
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AFL 2022
‘We exist to win premierships’: Bombers unveil their five-year blueprint
Ahead of their 150th year celebrations, Essendon have released a five-year plan that calls for success on and off the field.
- by Jon Pierik
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Bombers mourn long-time club doctor Bruce Reid
Essendon are mourning the death of long-serving club doctor Bruce Reid.
- by Daniel Cherny
Tanner rubbishes drugs report, shoots down Senate inquiry call
Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner has rubbished a report that cast doubt on the guilt of the 34 Bombers players banned for taking a prohibited substance.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Stephen Dank facing fraud charges over work at Darwin anti-ageing clinic
Man behind the Essendon supplements scandal has been charged by Northern Territory Police with offences relating to time working at a Darwin business in 2017.
- by Greg Roberts
ASADA was 'never ready' for Essendon, Cronulla scandals
ASADA boss David Sharpe admits it was "never ready" for Essendon and Cronulla but added nobody was ready for the doping cases that rocked a nation.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
Analysis
Drugs in sport
Don, but never quite dusted
Seven years later, details of the Essendon drugs saga continue to emerge and change, but the big picture does not.
- by Greg Baum
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Essendon Bombers
Essendon supplements scandal: TB4 was always banned, says ASADA
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has reiterated that Thymosin Beta-4 was a banned substance at the time it was injected into Essendon players in 2012.
- by Daniel Cherny
Why the risk of tainted sport supplements is on the rise
The lead researcher of a 2017 study which found 5.4 per cent sports supplements tested contained anabolic steroids believes the problem is now likely worse.
- by Ben Weir
Athletes should not trust supplement labels, says ex-WADA boss
Companies who sold off the shelf supplements were unregulated snake oil salesman whom athletes should not trust, former WADA head said.
- by Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall