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"St Kilda forward Ahmed Saad is under investigation for breaching the AFL's anti-doping code, the club has confirmed. Saad, 23, has returned a positive sample to a substance alleged to be on the prohibited list. Twenty-three year-old Saad has not played for the seniors since early July when he was in the Saints' team which lost to Fremantle."

"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. "

"Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, may be in doubt for the next Olympic Games unless his nation gets its act together on its anti-doping measures. The World Anti-Doping Agency last night warned Jamaica it risked expulsion from major competitions if it failed to address failings highlighted by a former senior employee."

"The World Anti-Doping Agency may ban Jamaica from participating in the Olympics if the country if does not address shortcomings highlighted by a former senior employee."

"Dr Paul Wright told the BBC that the Caribbean island's anti-doping regime had been woefully short of the international standards required. His comments come a week after the World Anti-Doping Agency visited Jamaica to investigate claims that the country's athletes were not being tested rigorously enough."

"Dr Paul Wright, the most senior drug tester of Jamaica, has revealed that the recent rash of failed tests for athletes of the country might be the "tip of an iceberg"."