Gadafy's testing time

Fancy $400,000 for 90 days' work? Too late, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson has got the job - as personal trainer to Al-Saad Gadafy…

Fancy $400,000 for 90 days' work? Too late, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson has got the job - as personal trainer to Al-Saad Gadafy, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy and a member of the national soccer team. Libyan officials said Johnson would attempt to do with Gadafy what he did with Diego Maradona, whom he helped train for a comeback in 1997. Mmm. Expect Al-Saad to fail a drugs' test any day soon.

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Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan is a sports writer with The Irish Times