"If they want to reduce that sanction, the opportunity

exists today for them to do it, and I encourage them to do it," Fahey said. In an indication of the growing problem, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) said the importation of peptides had exploded with seizures up 255 per cent over the past year. ASADA chief Aurora Andruska said peptides, which increase levels of human growth hormone, were the "new generation" of performance-enhancing drugs but only two labs in the world could test for them, in Cologne and Montreal. "We've been talking to sports about peptides, so we're very conscious about that being a new generation of drug that people are looking to use to improve their performance," she told reporters. The crime commission report did not name specific players, teams or codes due to legal reasons and cricket and football authorities insisted they were not under investigation, although rugby league admitted it was. Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd led growing concerns that all sports had been tarnished by making such broad-brush allegations and said more information must be made public. "The key thing now is to establish the facts -- which players, which clubs -- because I'm a bit concerned about every person out there who we've all watched, admired, is now walking around with a total cloud over their head," he said. AFP SSC SSC 02080944 NNNN