Supplements could cost your career, athletes told

Athletes, be warned: rolling the dice with supplements may cost you your career, your income and leave a permanent stain on your reputation.

That was the key message from Sport Ireland yesterday as they unveiled the 2017 Anti-Doping Review, a 31-page breakdown of testing statistics which addresses their chief areas of concern with doping in sport.

And almost two years on from Brendan O’Sullivan’s positive test, the Kerry footballer’s case is being put forward as a cautionary tale for sportspeople who continue to play Russian roulette with pills, powders and other dubious supplements.