passport, the sport's world governing body FIFA announced on Friday -- FIFA 14 IOS
CoinsFIFA intend to introduce the system of biological profiling at this year's
Confederations Cup in Brazil, as part of the worldwide crackdown on doping in sport and
it should be fully operational by the next World Cup.A delegation from the World Anti-
Doping Agency (WADA) met FIFA officials at their Zurich headquarters on Thursday, and
WADA president John Fahey said his agency was "very satisfied with the commitment of
FIFA on the biological profiles".FIFA medical officer Michel D'Hooghe said: "FIFA was
the first international organisation for team sport to start with longitudinal
profiles."He explained that FIFA is developing plans to introduce profiling, including a
steroid profile through urine and a blood profile, for the Confederations Cup, where in-
and out-of-competition tests would be conducted on all participating players, as well as
unannounced blood testing at training camps and games."And it's our commitment to have
all players participating at the 2014 FIFA World Cup having biological profiles," he
addedBiological profiling is considered one of the most effective methods of detecting
the use of performance-enhancing drugs and blood boosters like EPO.EPO was first tested
for by FIFA at the 2002 World Cup where all players had to underego urine and blood
testing and whenever the results were abnormal, an EPO test was performed. All results
were negative.FIFA is also developing the hormonal profiling project, a new initiative
in collaboration with the WADA-accredited laboratory in Switzerland."There is always
more which can be done in the fight against doping, but we know FIFA has always been
serious in this domain," Fahey said. More information at
