A damning report from a major national newspaper will lead to state intervention after hundreds of British sports stars were implicated in the use of PEDs.
The British government has ordered an urgent inquiry into the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) for its handling of alleged activities by a doctor who was reported as admitting to prescribing performance-enhancing drugs to 150 sportspeople, including Premier League footballers.
The Sunday Times has said that London-based doctor Mark Bonar was secretly filmed stating that footballers, cyclists and tennis players were among athletes he had treated with banned substances.
There is no suggestion that any Premier League clubs were aware of any alleged wrongdoing, while the newspaper acknowledged it had no independent evidence of Bonar treating the players.