This continues the tradition started by the Club in its earliest days to help outstanding young athletes realize their full potential.

In helping athletes I think we've filled a void.

Instead, it will try to help athletes by providing advice, mentoring and support, he said.

Hyypiä has set up a fund to help young promising athletes of his native Finland.

The point here is not just to stay awake but to boost performance, the way steroids or growth hormones help athletes.

Welch, 55, and Johnson, 41, have said the cash payments were made to help impoverished athletes in developing nations.

"I hope that what I've been through will help other athletes when they've been wronged," he said.

Despite having no coaching background, he began helping aspiring young athletes.

Personal physicians helping athletes during training know how long banned substances remain in the system, he said.

He said the idea was to help coaches and athletes here to build courts at home.