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Doctor who 'doped 140 sports stars' axed from clinic

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has ordered an inquiry into the UK anti-doping watchdog over allegations it knew a doctor had been prescribing banned performance-enhancing drugs to leading athletes.

According to The Sunday Times, Dr Mark Bonar was secretly filmed describing how he had prescribed the drugs to sports stars including Premier League footballers.

The paper said the publically-funded UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) had been passed information about Dr Bonar's alleged activities two years ago.

Dr Bonar's services at his clinic meanwhile were terminated after it was revealed he does not have a licence to practise medicine in the UK.

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Hundreds join call for doping in sports to be criminalised

The petition will be delivered to the Prime Minister Credit: Change.org

Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for doping in sports to be made a criminal offence.

The petition on change.org was started by the former Tory sports minister Lord Moynihan.

A competitor who deliberately cheats "shreds the dreams of clean athletes with every needle they inject", it says.

So far more than 300 people have signed the appeal, which will be delivered to the Prime Minister David Cameron and John Whittingdale, secretary of state for culture, media and sport.

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