FIBA Clean Game
27/08/2006
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FIBA - Players send clean message

SAITAMA (FIBA World Championship) - Every player on all 16 eight-finalists at the 2006 FIBA World Championship participated in a show of support to help keep basketball a drug free game.

The players wore orange t-shirts with the new logo for the "No Doping Days" campaign, which features the slogan "Clean Game". The campaign is a further step in FIBA's educational effort in the fight against doping, especially focused on sending youngsters of the game a positive message.

"We are very grateful for the excellent support of all teams in this campaign. A message from the star players of our game is much stronger than any educational material," said Dr. Jacques Huguet, president of the FIBA Medical Commission. "However, information and education of our young players, at schools and clubs as well as testing remains our other priorities."

The logo, designed by a French design house and launched in July 2006, carries a fingerprint with the slogan in 15 different languages.

The players wore the t-shirts during the warm-ups for their eight-final matches.