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FA criticises UK Anti-Doping for speculating about football

The Football Association has criticised the head of UK Anti-Doping for querying whether the game may have a hidden performance-enhancing drugs problem. Nicole Sapstead, chief executive of UKAD, said something "doesn't feel right" about football and stated she would seek talks with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger -- a long-time advocate of tackling doping. Wenger said in November he believes football has a doping problem after athletics was rocked by drugs scandals, although he is confident the British game is clean. The Frenchman also claimed that European football's governing body UEFA "basically accepts doping" after Arijan Ademi was banned for four years having failed...
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