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" Roger Federer said he trusts the anti-doping procedures in tennis despite rival Novak Djokovic's claim that fellow Serb's Victor Troicki's one-year ban was the result of negligence by the authorities."

"LONDON - Novak Djokovic's scathing comments on tennis' anti-doping authorities have dominated conversation at the ATP World Tour Finals this week. The world No. 2 said he had lost all faith in the anti-doping system after the way fellow Serb Viktor Troicki's punishment was handled for failing to provide a requested blood sample."

"The Turkish Athletic Federation has announced that two-time European 100 meters hurdles champion Nevin Yanit has been banned from competing for two years for doping offences."

"The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has remarked that the credibility of track and field's anti-doping program has been "enhanced, not diminished" after sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell tested positive for banned substances. "I am not now - nor have I ever been - a cheat," Powell posted on Twitter. Olympic gold medalist Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for the same stimulant oxilofrine, said she "would not intentionally take an illegal substance of any form into my system.""

"A record 1,974 athletes from 206 countries have entered the 47 events in Moscow, but doping and injuries have deprived the year's biggest single sports event of several top attractions. Germany is sending 67 athletes and is hoping to do well right at the start of the competition in the decathlon. "To win a medal right at the start would be a great beginning," said Clemens Prokop, president of the German athletics federation (DLV), with European decathlon champion Pascal Behrenbruch in mind."

"The Russian Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement that the weightlifting federation of Russia has handed down two-year bans to four athletes."

"Bulgarian sprint champion Tezdzhan Naimova was banned for life and ordered to hand back her 2013 European gold medal after failing a dope test, the Bulgarian athletics federation said Tuesday. Naimova, 26, tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Drostanolone at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg in March, where she won the 60m title."

"Croatia's Marin Cilic has been suspended for nine months after testing positive for a banned stimulant. According to an announcement by the International Tennis Federation, the ban rules him out until 1 February 2014."

"Tezdzhan Naimova, a Bulgarian sprinter of Turkish descent who specializes in the 60, 100, and 200 metres, has been banned for life. This was after she tested positive for the banned steroid drostanolone, the Bulgarian athletics federation said."

"Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, at a ceremony in Monaco last night."

"Bay Area investment banker Thom Weisel, who financed Lance Armstrong's cycling teams, knew of Armstrong's efforts to cover up his doping as early as 1999, according to a sworn affidavit submitted to a federal court in one of the lawsuits against the fallen cyclist."

"A federal lawsuit filed by Gale Sayers against the National Football League has been withdrawn in which the Chicago Bears great has accused NFL of failing to warn him about and protect him against head injuries, including multiple concussions, during his eight-year Hall of Fame career."

"The International Tennis Federation remarked on June 26 this year that Marin Cilic was withdrawing from the Wimbledon championship due to a knee injury when in fact Cilic was starting an anti-doping suspension."

"The President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has lashed out at the World Anti-Doping Agency for what he called a "ridiculous" campaign against Jamaica and Kenya."

"The International Equestrian Federation has confirmed that the B blood sample taken from Clifton Promise, ridden by New Zealander Jock Paget at the Burghley International Horse Trials, has tested positive for the banned substance Reserpine."

"The International Wrestling Federation has announced that Iran's world champion Amir Aziz Ali Akbari, who won the 120 kg-weight class title in September in Hungary, has been banned for life after a second doping offense."