THE SIDELINES : Germany to Fight Sports Doping

BERLIN — Top German sports officials said today that drug testing will be radically stepped up in all sports, following allegations of massive doping by German athletes.

Hans Hansen, president of the German Sports Federation, outlined a 12-point program to combat drug use following a more than three-hour meeting of sports officials in the German capital.

Hansen told a news conference that the federation would not wait for international recommendations to fight the use of drugs, but would seek to play an active role in cleaning up German sports.

Meanwhile, a prominent judge was appointed to head an independent commission that will investigate published allegations that many top stars in former East Germany, as well as some track and field athletes from former West Germany, regularly took performance-enhancing drugs. Heinrich Reiter, the 60-year-old president of the federal social court, will head the commission.