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"A new anti-doping centre was recently opened by Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko in the grounds of Moscow's physical culture and sports research institute. However, many believe the sincerity of the hosts of the World Athletics Championships against doping will be under the spotlight after many top athletes of the country tested positive in the run-up to the event."

"The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has provisionally suspended a Zimbabwean international footballer for an initial period of 30 days and opened disciplinary proceedings following an adverse analytical finding in relation to a doping control conducted after the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ qualifier between Zimbabwe and Egypt played in Harare, Zimbabwe on 9 June 2013."

"Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has vehemently denied any wrongdoing after the International Cycling Union opened disciplinary proceedings over alleged doping by the British Team Sky rider."

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.

"Danish sports officials say cyclist Michael Rasmussen's doping ban has been reduced from eight to two years because of his "substantial assistance" to the anti-doping authority that has opened up several other cases. Lone Hansen, the head of Anti Doping Denmark, says Rasmussen's voluntary admission and information he provided earlier this year led to new investigations. She declined to give further details pending the outcome of the probes."

"The doping ban on cyclist Michael Rasmussen has been reduced to two years from eight years, according to an announcement by Danish sport officials. This reduction was facilitated after the Danish cyclist offered "substantial assistance" to the anti-doping authority that has opened up many other cases."

"PARIS: Marin Cilic on Monday won his first match since a doping suspension forced him to pull out of Wimbledon, saying at the Paris Masters that bad science and errors had led to his ban. The former top 10 player, now ranked 47th, opened in Paris with a 5-7 6-1 6-4 defeat of Dutchman Igor Sijsling."

"CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Lance Armstrong must cooperate fully if he wants to win back some of his reputation and help cycling recover from its drug-stained past, the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said."