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"He will also need to do his bit to ensure the sport promotes a robust drug testing programme, while placating those leading players who have expressed distrust in the system after two much-discussed recent cases."

"A first major offence currently carries a two-year ban, with athletes banned for life if they test positive again. The new code, which comes into effect from 1 January 2015, means offenders will miss at least one Olympic Games."

"Dr Paul Wright told the BBC that the Caribbean island's anti-doping regime had been woefully short of the international standards required. His comments come a week after the World Anti-Doping Agency visited Jamaica to investigate claims that the country's athletes were not being tested rigorously enough."

"Kenya faces censure from the World Anti-Doping Agency  (Wada) for failing to carry out a full inquiry into the alarming surge in the number of their athletes caught taking banned drugs."

"And many of those that do come back positive are for recreational drugs with negligible performance-enhancing effects, like cannabis. There are some in the anti-doping industry - and it is now an industry - who wonder why, if the point is to stop cheats, we bother testing for drugs that are deemed not to enhance performance. And when it costs £65,000 for each positive, there are those who wonder why we bother testing for drugs at all."

"Britain's Chris Froome is set to win the 100th Tour de France on Sunday. However, he has been forced to respond to questions about doping, following revelations over Lance Armstrong and other former Tour de France giants who used drugs in the 90s and 2000s. Froome told BBC Sport: "I've also believed in people who have turned out to be cheats and liars. But I can assure you, I'm not.""