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"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."

"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."

"In a series of interviews in recent days, one of Alex Rodriguez's attorneys said he would like nothing more than to discuss Major League Baseball's case against the Yankees slugger, if only the league would free him from a confidentiality clause built into the league's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program."