FIFA agree doping deal

World football’s governing body has agreed to fall into line with the global anti-doping programme – provided it can run its own show.

In what was described by both parties as an “historic agreement”, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound finally signed a co-operation agreement in the fight against the drug cheats, eliminating the danger of football being thrown out of the Athens Olympic Games in August.