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"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."

"Sherone Simpson, one of two Jamaican sprinters who tested positive for a banned substance last year, will appear on Tuesday before a disciplinary panel of her country's anti-doping commission at the start of a two-day hearing."

"November 10 - Kenya's Government will tomorrow reveal details of a new committee to investigate allegations of doping by some of the country's top athletes. Problems in Kenya and Jamaica are set to be among the major topics discussed at the World Conference on Doping in Sport, which is due to start here on Tuesday (November 12). "

"The frontline in the battle against doping lies a long way from the floodlit stadiums in which athletes ply their trade. This is the world of dawn knocks waking reluctant athletes who start their day by weeing into a bottle in front of a stranger wearing plastic gloves and flourishing an anti-doping ID card."

"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."

"Asbel Kiprop has pledged to support the decision by the IAAF to impose doping bans of four years on doping cheats, starting in 2015."

"Kingston: The under-fire Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has appointed a new executive director just three days before the start of a World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) audit of its operations, the Jamaican government said on Friday."