Time to confront ugly side of sport

Sport, like most things, has both good and bad sides. It’s tempting to get caught up in the magical side but it’s naïve to think it’s all wonderful. Ugly issues like drugs in sport exist.

A few days ago, I watched “The Armstrong Lie” and later I listened to Irish athlete Martin Fagan being interviewed about his drugs ban and his possible return to athletics.

There are very few similarities between the Fagan and Armstrong stories but they’ve one thing in common, performance-enhancing drugs. Both are classed as drug cheats.