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"Dick Pound, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has admitted that the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport has forced him to question 'everything I see'. Pound, a 71-year-old Canadian lawyer, was founding chairman of WADA and is a former president of the agency, as well as a senior member of the International Olympic Committee. "

"The sporting world's latest doping bombshell landed last weekend, as sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson of Jamaica and American Tyson Gay all tested positive for banned drugs. It was a jarring blow to track and field, tarnishing two of the four fastest men ever to run the 100-metre dash and a woman with three Olympic medals."

"According to a new study, more than $1 million worth of heart attacks, strokes, and hospitalizations for other reasons were avoided by 1,000 Scotsmen aged in their 40s through 60s who had taken cholesterol-lowering statins for five years."

"Colombian climbing sensation Nairo Quintana has remarked that fight against doping of cycling has helped him excel at the Tour de France by allowing his intense training to make a difference."

The new lawyer for Alex Rodriguez, opening a fresh defence for a player who sees himself as unfairly targeted by Major League Baseball and his team, said that the New York Yankees tried to hasten the end of his career by playing him when he was injured and that baseball's commissioner is personally determined to brand Rodriguez as the "poster boy" for doping.

"Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a DNA test to catch athletes who use blood doping to enhance their performance, but its limitations mean the current testing system will continue to detect cheaters."

"Doped athletes should be banned for life as using steroids for even just a short time could have permanent performance-enhancing effects, according to a new study. Several high profile athletes and celebs - such as Arnold Schwarzenegger - have admitted to using anabolic steroids to boost performance in sports and improve physical appearance."