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Footballers caught in doping scandal face potentially career-ending bans

Essendon Football Club chairman Lindsay Tanner addresses the media in Melbourne

Essendon Football Club chairman Lindsay Tanner addresses the media in Melbourne Source: AAP

A-F-L players caught up in a doping scandal face potentially career-ending bans after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court has upheld an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Authority over the use of a prohibited peptide by players at the Essendon football club in 2012. 34 past and present players have been found guilty of using the banned substance that was administered by controversial sports scientists Stephen Dank.



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