Doping in other sports?

[yaco]

Social media and prosports are a messy combination although I can see how sponsors interest and athlete's wages can be influenced by "online followers". What wories me is if the One Cycling project gets the green light in some degree, will gambling be "incentivized"? Then, there'll be no difference between horse racing and pro-cycling (not that there's a lot now!)

There has always been gambling on pro-cycling from its earliest incarnation. Gee, they still have the roadside bookmakers at Belgium races. The UCI and teams really should have rules that ban their riders and employees from betting on pro cycling races.

 

[Rob5091]

Yeah, the 1904 Tour really set the tone for procycling!
The UCI has rules for betting - no one is supposed to engage in it, but how would they know? The anti-motor doping czar Raudenski was heavily involved with online betting/ match fixing previously so the UCI should realize the dangers of pushing online gambling.
The Inner ring blog had an interesting post about ASO & betting back in 2014 - https://inrng.com/2014/06/aso-tour-de-france-uci-sports-betting/

In September 2011, the French gambling company SaJOO and Bwin.France merged. SaJOO was owned by the Amaury Group, which also owns ASO. The merger means that the Amaury Group as of 2012 (according to Bloomberg), owns 28 % of B.E.S. SAS (Bwin’s French subsidiary: Bwin.fr). SaJOO’s managing director at the time, Christophe Blot, tells that the goal with the merger is to build a forth pillar to the Amaury Group after ASO and the two French newspapers ‘Le Parisien’ / ‘Aujourd’hui en France’ and ‘L’Equipe’.

This means that the Amaury Group (and thereby ASO) is directly involved in the gambling industry. In theory, this means that the ASO (via the Amaury Group) can decide the available prices on the Tour de France, which they organize. ASO it not only indirectly involved in betting on the Tour de France due to the French gambling law, they are also directly involved as the Amaury Group owns a large stake of huge bookmaker. In fact, Bwin is the world’s largest publicly traded online gambling firm with a total revenue of €652.4m in 2013.

 

[Rob5091]

Handball is the new dirty! Ooo!
Just as Portugal should play their first match in the Handball World Championships, their star player Miguel Martins gets busted.
https://www.handball-planet.com/wor...-miguel-martins-suspended-amid-doping-claims/

Steriods maybe?

 

[Netserk]

Handball is the new dirty! Ooo!
Just as Portugal should play their first match in the Handball World Championships, their star player Miguel Martins gets busted.
https://www.handball-planet.com/wor...-miguel-martins-suspended-amid-doping-claims/

Busted a year ago, but only suspended now (and the B-sample hasn't been tested yet).

 

[Cookster15]

Busted a year ago, but only suspended now (and the B-sample hasn't been tested yet).

What substance did he test positive for? I read the link and did another search but it wasn't clear?

 

[Netserk]

What substance did he test positive for? I read the link and did another search but it wasn't clear?

I don't know. I guess we won't hear that until the B-sample confirms the result of the A-sample.