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The man who runs Britain's anti-doping agency has given Dwain Chambers a stark message ahead of their first meeting - only full disclosure will suffice.

John Scott finally meets the controversial sprinter at UK Sport's London headquarters on Friday morning.

Chambers is set to tell the anti-doping chief he was on a cocktail of seven banned substances when he failed his test in 2003 but Scott wants names too.

"I want him to be absolutely open with us," Scott told BBC Sport.

"He has to help us stop others falling into the trap he fell into. But he has to believe it was a trap and he made the wrong decision - I want to hear that from him.

"It's time to stop playing games and tell us exactly what went on.

"And if he has the names of people who helped him, we want them - those people have to be driven out of the system."

One name Chambers, who is currently considering a High Court appeal against lifetime ban from the Olympics, definitely will be providing is Victor Conte.

The 57-year-old American was the founder and owner of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco) that supplied Chambers with a remarkable range of performance-enhancing substances, including the tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) he was eventually caught using.

Conte later served four months in prison for his central role in the Balco scandal but now seems determined to redeem himself as an advocate for clean sport. He is also back in the sports supplement game, the business his California-based firm was initially involved before its steroids sideline took prominence.

Conte's name, of course, is already in the public domain, but what was not known until now is the extent of the drugs regimen Chambers was following in the build-up to the 2003 World Championships.

The detail of that program is outlined in a stunning letter from Conte that Chambers will hand to Scott at their meeting.

As well as providing a full account of exactly what Chambers was on, how much he was taking and when he was taking it, Conte also explains "duck and dodge" tactics some athletes are using to this day to fool the testers and get away with cheating.

Scott admitted he was eager to hear what Chambers has to say and see what information he brings with him, but he had some caveats.

"It's an important meeting. This has to be relevant information and verifiable. Empty accusations are not enough," said Scott.

"We are going to need proper evidence that will help us refine our system. Hopefully we can then go after some people who were involved with him.

"Ultimately it could be incredibly valuable to us. I won't underestimate the value of that."

Conte, who served a four-month prison sentence for conspiracy to distribute steroids and money laundering, has offered to come to London to give even more inside information that could help improve Britain's testing procedures.

In fact, Conte has already spoken to the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and the US authorities in an effort to fix the damage that he helped cause.

He met Dick Pound during the final month of the Canadian's stint as president of Wada in December last year. Pound told BBC Sport that meeting Conte was an important step.

"Whether his information is completely current or not there are certainly things we can learn from him because he is somebody who was at the front line of a very sophisticated doping program," said Pound.

"I would like to know more about that because it would make our own testing and investigations more effective."

(BBC)

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