‘Doctors, coaches won’t be spared’

The relentless war against drug cheats is to be widened to include coaches and doctors revealed Dick Pound, president of World Anti-Doping Agency here today.

Pound, in an exclusive interview with AFP, said it was the natural step forward as the screw continued to be turned to rid sport of the scourge of doping.

“There are very few accidental cases of doping. Most of them are organised programmes, designed by, implemented by, encouraged by, and condoned by coaches and sports officials,” said Pound.

And a new extension is to be made to the WADA doping control form