Sport and Ganja..
An article from the Indian Express:
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When Akhtar 'n Asif 'smoked the stuff'
New Delhi, October 17:
The problems for Pakistan’s fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and highly rated talent Mohammad Asif seems to be far from over.
Even as PCB gears up to set up a tribunal to decide on the penalties for the duo, who have been called back from India after testing positive for banned anabolic drug – Nandrolone, fresh insights into the dope scandal have come to light.
An eye-witness, who was audience to the last month’s England tour, has revealed that he had seen both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif smoking cannabis during the five-match ODI series, reported the Pakistani news daily Dawn.
According to the eye-witness, both Shoaib and Asif used the ‘stuff’ after Pakistan had won the third One-day International at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Sept 5, almost two weeks after the infamous Oval fiasco.
The report said that Shoaib was seen allegedly smoking a cannabis-filled cigarette on the lawn of the team hotel along with Pakistan bowling coach, Waqar Younis.
However, Asif did something similar but within his hotel room. The eye-witness claimed to have seen Asif pull out some of the tobacco from his cigarette to stuff it with the banned substance. After which he lit up the cigarette in presence of Azhar Mota, an England-based recruiting agent who had come to strike a deal with Asif for a county contract.
Asif, who was merrily smoking away wanted a lucrative contract. "Azhar bhai, I am interested in a contract worth 100,000 pounds because only then I would be in a position to give you 10,000 (as commission) if the deal is successful," Dawn quoted the eye-witness.
The eye-witness, as quoted by Dawn was from the US and was at the hotel to meet the players. He also claimed that he saw Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistan all-rounder, sitting in Mohammad Yousuf’s room where Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were busy playing cards.
He saw Azhar passing on two small boxes, used for storing ‘naswar’, to the players. While Afridi took one box contained ‘naswar’, the other contained cannabis and was taken by Asif, reported the Pakistani daily.
The incident, however, went unreported.
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Now, who the fuck cares if the pakistanis smoke pot after a game! If people start getting banned for smoking a spliff or two, there would be no sport ..
In fact, I think players from different countries should be put into a room with a lot of marijuana so that they can get to know each other (and life..) better.
Fuck the Geneva convention ... I didn't sign it ..
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When Akhtar 'n Asif 'smoked the stuff'
New Delhi, October 17:
The problems for Pakistan’s fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and highly rated talent Mohammad Asif seems to be far from over.
Even as PCB gears up to set up a tribunal to decide on the penalties for the duo, who have been called back from India after testing positive for banned anabolic drug – Nandrolone, fresh insights into the dope scandal have come to light.
An eye-witness, who was audience to the last month’s England tour, has revealed that he had seen both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif smoking cannabis during the five-match ODI series, reported the Pakistani news daily Dawn.
According to the eye-witness, both Shoaib and Asif used the ‘stuff’ after Pakistan had won the third One-day International at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Sept 5, almost two weeks after the infamous Oval fiasco.
The report said that Shoaib was seen allegedly smoking a cannabis-filled cigarette on the lawn of the team hotel along with Pakistan bowling coach, Waqar Younis.
However, Asif did something similar but within his hotel room. The eye-witness claimed to have seen Asif pull out some of the tobacco from his cigarette to stuff it with the banned substance. After which he lit up the cigarette in presence of Azhar Mota, an England-based recruiting agent who had come to strike a deal with Asif for a county contract.
Asif, who was merrily smoking away wanted a lucrative contract. "Azhar bhai, I am interested in a contract worth 100,000 pounds because only then I would be in a position to give you 10,000 (as commission) if the deal is successful," Dawn quoted the eye-witness.
The eye-witness, as quoted by Dawn was from the US and was at the hotel to meet the players. He also claimed that he saw Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistan all-rounder, sitting in Mohammad Yousuf’s room where Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were busy playing cards.
He saw Azhar passing on two small boxes, used for storing ‘naswar’, to the players. While Afridi took one box contained ‘naswar’, the other contained cannabis and was taken by Asif, reported the Pakistani daily.
The incident, however, went unreported.
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Now, who the fuck cares if the pakistanis smoke pot after a game! If people start getting banned for smoking a spliff or two, there would be no sport ..
In fact, I think players from different countries should be put into a room with a lot of marijuana so that they can get to know each other (and life..) better.
Fuck the Geneva convention ... I didn't sign it ..
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