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"However, those years of unparalleled success on the road and manipulation of the legal system could cost the man who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles a large proportion of his estate. It is a year since the US ­Anti-Doping Agency published its 202-page report into what its chief executive, Travis Tygart, described as the "most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen"."

"According to a new study that included audio tests of close to 1,000 youth, teenagers are more likely to have hearing loss if their mothers smoked during pregnancy."

"The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU), amid concern expressed by the International Rugby Board regarding anti-doping education in age-grade Rugby in Zimbabwe, has signed up to the IRB's successful Keep Rugby Clean education initiative."

"Campbell-Brown, one of the cornerstones of Jamaica's recent sprinting success, returned a positive test for a banned diuretic at the Jamaica International Invitational meet in May. She was suspended while the disciplinary committee reviewed the case and missed Jamaica's national championships and the chance to race at the 2013 world championships in Moscow."

"The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Agency is focusing these days on ensuring their efforts of eliminating doping in sports are successful by targeting very young athletes."