In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Australian John Fahey, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, speaks during a WADA Media Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland. The widespread drug use by elite athletes and links with organized crime uncovered in a year-long government investigation have rocked a nation that prides itself on its sporting achievements and its collective notion of fair play. "The findings are shocking and will disgust Australian sports fans," Justice Minister Jason Clare said as he fronted a news conference in Canberra, the national capital, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, to reveal that "multiple athletes from a number of clubs in major Australian sporting codes are suspected of currently using or having used," performance enhancing substances. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)
In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Australian John Fahey, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, speaks during a WADA Media Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland. The widespread drug use by elite athletes and links with organized crime uncovered in a year-long government investigation have rocked a nation that prides itself on its sporting achievements and its collective notion of fair play. "The findings are shocking and will disgust Australian sports fans," Justice Minister Jason Clare said as he fronted a news conference in Canberra, the national capital, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, to reveal that "multiple athletes from a number of clubs in major Australian sporting codes are suspected of currently using or having used," performance enhancing substances. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)
LONDON (AP) ? The World Anti-Doping Agency is urging soccer to conduct more blood doping tests and intelligence operations to unmask cheating players.
WADA Director General David Howman warned on Tuesday that "team sports players can go their entire career without being tested."
WADA President John Fahey added that "football is not testing enough for (blood-boosting) EPO ... we are encouraging them to do more."
Last week, Spain's anti-doping agency announced it was examining claims by a former president of Spanish team Real Sociedad that its players used performance-enhancing substances.
Fahey also urged soccer to "use intelligence" after highlighting its importance to building a case against Lance Armstrong.
Fahey says sport must be "alert to the increasingly sophisticated science available to athletes today and to the growing influence of the underworld."
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