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Andrea Sambu Sipe The former world junior cross country champion Andrew Sambu and another outstanding marathon runner Dickson Marwa are expected to compete at this year’s Dubai Marathon.   “I will try my best to qualify for Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games “, said the 45 years old Anrew Sambu who was training hard at Arusha Stadium recently. Dubai Marathon will be held in three weeks time (January 22 2016). Dickson Marwa has also been training hard for the same race; the two athletes have a long history of which both have represented Tanzania at several international competitions. Three Marathoners have so far qualified for Rio Games;  -         Alfonce Felix at Gold Coast Marathon – Australia -         Saidi Juma Makula at Casablanca Marathon - Morocco -         Fabian Joseph at Hofu Marathon - Japan Tanzanians hope Sambu and Marw...

Al Jazeera investigation raises questions about whether sports heroes are linked to performance enhancing drugs Inside a hotel room in Austin, Texas, a pharmacist advises a professional athlete on taking performance-enhancing drugs. "One anabolic, and I can give you something to use right now, is this Delta 2 stuff. It's a steroid. There's a bunch of football players who take this," he tells Liam Collins, a British hurdler reporting undercover. In another conversation, a Vancouver pharmacist poses a question to the same athlete. "Have I doped people? Oh yeah. And no one's got caught because the system is so easy to beat. That's the sad fact." Later, a Naturopath doctor explains how he would destroy medical records if investigators came looking for them. "I can just document everything not in this chart but on my own chart. And if somebody ever comes sniffing for it, it's very easy to just delete and say no, this is the ...