Johnson voted biggest cheat

BEN JOHNSON has been voted the worst sporting cheat of all time for the 1998 drugs scandal that saw him stripped of his Olympic gold medal.

The survey, conducted in Britain, showed disgust for the Canadian's shameless flouting of the rules. They voted it worse even than other notorious cheaters such as Tonya Harding's shocking attack on arch-rival Nancy Kerrigan in the 1994 Winter Olympics, and Maradona's 'Hand of God'.

The survey was undertaken by SkillsActive, an employer-led organisation responsible for improving the level of training and skills of those employed in the sector.