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“Footballers have absolutely nothing to gain from taking drugs,” former FIFA president Sepp Blatter once said. So why is there such a history of players taking banned substances?

What is doping? Why does this happen? And which are the most publicized instances?

Written by Nick Harris, illustrated by Henry Cooke

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