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"Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, the 2012 Tour of Britain winner, faces disciplinary proceedings after analysis of his biological passport showed an anti-doping violation."

"Czech weightlifting association head Petr Krol has announcement that Czech weightlifter Jiri Orsag faces a suspension of two years for a positive doping test."

"In what is believed to be the UK Armed Forces' biggest doping case, eighteen soldiers face being kicked out of the Army for taking banned fitness drugs."

"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."

"Lance Armstrong is facing a lawsuit claiming he defrauded team sponsor US Postal Service out of millions of dollars. Armstrong's lawyers have fired back, claiming the government shouldn't collect because it should have seen all those media reports about Armstrong doping."

"The 19-year-old student, and son of former Scotland and British & Irish Lions fly-half Craig Chalmers, is alleged to have tested positive in a random drugs test while involved with Scotland Under-20s towards the end of last season. The IRB, SRU and Melrose RFC all declined to comment on the case, other than to re-state their commitment to keeping rugby clean and disciplining players in line with the UK Sport and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) guidelines."

"The Russian drug-testing lab for February's Winter Olympics in Sochi faces suspension unless it significantly improves the reliability of its results by Dec. 1. The World Anti-Doping Agency has provisionally suspended the Moscow Antidoping Center on Sunday, saying its operations must improve or a six-month ban on the facility's accreditation will be imposed."

"According to an announcement by Team Sky, cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has withdrawn from racing after facing an investigation by the world governing body of cycling, the UCI, over unexplained discrepancies in his biological passport."

"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)."

"In the face of explosive drug allegations, Canada's top cycling star, Ryder Hesjedal, came clean on Wednesday. In a statement issued after a former Danish cyclist exposed him, Hesjedal admitted to "mistakes" and apologized for "my part in the dark past of the sport.""

"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."

"With a decision imminent about who will be charged in the Qui Tam whistleblower case launched by Floyd Landis and joined by the US government, Lance Armstrong has moved to ensure that he will not be the only person to face blame for the widespread doping on the US Postal Service team."

"RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh-area based cyclist has been banned from competition for two years following a positive doping test at this year's national championships."

"According to a new Korean study, taking medications containing caffeine was tied to a doubled or even tripled risk of having a stroke. The findings of this study may seem to contradict recent evidence suggesting coffee and tea exert protective effects."