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AOC want tougher penalties

SYDNEY: Australian Olympic Committee AOC President John Coates called on Monday for tougher penalties for importing and using performance enhancing drugs which he said were being abused more than narcotics. Coates told reporters he had made the call to Prime Minister John Howard and all state premiers. quot;The level of non-medical use of anabolic steroids is now greater than heroin and cocaine and is estimated to be two percent of the population,quot; he said.

Vandalism at Test venue

COLOMBO: Police in southern Sri Lanka are looking for a gang which destroyed ten cricket pitches at a brand new international cricket stadium last week, a local newspaper reported today. The three-member gang broke into the Galle international cricket stadium on Thursday night, dug up the pitches and poured engine oil on them. Police believe the act is the result of rivalry between two gangs for control of gambling operations in the area.