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"The entire board of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission and its chairman, Dr. Herb Elliot, has resigned, after World Anti-Doping Agency officials visited Jamaica to conduct what the nation's minister for sport called an "extraordinary audit." The board members will step down on December 31."

"Brian Cookson has revealed he has had no contact with Lance Armstrong over the banned cyclist taking a part in an independent commission into doping and conduct of the world governing body in the past."

"Sherone Simpson, one of two Jamaican sprinters who tested positive for a banned substance last year, will appear on Tuesday before a disciplinary panel of her country's anti-doping commission at the start of a two-day hearing."

"The Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) will now hand over to the country's anti-doping disciplinary panel to discuss when hearings for the athletes - which also includes Powell's team-mate Sherone Simpson - will take place."

"UCI President Brian Cookson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Cycling's governing body and the World Anti-Doping Agency have an agreement on an independent commission to look into the sport's drug-stained past, and Lance Armstrong will be invited to take part, UCI President Brian Cookson told The Associated Press. Photo: Themba Hadebe, AP"

"A strong statement about the IAAF view of the new WADA Code to the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Johannesburg was delivered by Abby Hoffman, an IAAF Council Member and a Member of the IAAF's Medical and Anti-Doping Commission."

"A strong statement was recently delivered by Abby Hoffman, an IAAF Council Member and a Member of the IAAF's Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, about the IAAF view of the new WADA Code to the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Johannesburg."

"Cycling's governing body UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency have agreed to work together in a commission for investigating the sport's dark doping past. Many believe this agreement will give WADA something to cheer about for its behind-the-scenes discussions at its World Conference on Doping in Sport."

"A World Anti-Doping Agency team will visit Jamaica, a country troubled by doping allegations and lack of drug testing, amid reports that athletes of the country may face an Olympic ban over the handling of recent drug scandals by Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO)."

"A year after Usain Bolt made history at the London Olympics and declared himself "a living legend," a bombshell dropped largely unnoticed in The Gleaner, the Caribbean's oldest newspaper: A former director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission alleged the island didn't drug-test its athletes for entire months before they dazzled at the Summer Games."

"Kingston: The under-fire Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has appointed a new executive director just three days before the start of a World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) audit of its operations, the Jamaican government said on Friday."

"The World Anti-Doping Agency will send an inspection team to Jamaica next week to investigate a rash of failed drug tests among top athletes on the island nation. WADA plans to conduct an audit of Jamaica's testing regime, which is overseen by the much-maligned Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO)."