WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has warned soccer officials that the sport runs the risk of being dropped from the Olympics if its authorities failed to accept the drug-testing rule.

On Tuesday, European soccer's governing body (UEFA) joined forces with FIFA in unanimously rejecting WADA's "whereabouts" rule that requires athletes to inform national anti-doping authorities of their location for an hour every day.

FIFA wants the rule to apply to teams and not individual players.

The world's governing body also says out-of-competition doping tests should take place at club training facilities and that players should not be tested during holidays, "in order to respect their private life".

The demands drew a harsh response from WADA chief John Fahey, who said in a statement that FIFA and UEFA were ignoring the reality of doping and that giving in to such concessions would take the teeth out of any serious anti-doping effort.

WADA general secretary David Howman pointed out that no other team sports had objected to whereabouts rule.

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