"The Prime Minister of Jamaica called for the sprinting powerhouse's athletes to be far more vigilant about any kind of supplement they take. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made these comments after revelations that two of the island's marquee sprinters and three others tested positive for banned substances at a meet."
"Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, has remarked there is tremendous pressure on athletes and business leaders to do whatever it takes to win, including cheating."
"Former cyclist Erik Zabel has met with the German National Anti-Doping Agency to announce his interest to take the fight against doping to a new level. His cooperation was hailed by NADA that remarked Jan Ullrich has refused to meet with them."
"The Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) will now hand over to the country's anti-doping disciplinary panel to discuss when hearings for the athletes - which also includes Powell's team-mate Sherone Simpson - will take place."
"The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has remarked that the credibility of track and field's anti-doping program has been "enhanced, not diminished" after sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell tested positive for banned substances.
"I am not now - nor have I ever been - a cheat," Powell posted on Twitter.
Olympic gold medalist Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for the same stimulant oxilofrine, said she "would not intentionally take an illegal substance of any form into my system.""
"Suspended Jamaican 400 meters runner Dominique Blake is thinking on the lines of whether to take her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after her appeal was turned down against her ban of six years for a second doping violation."
"Suspended Jamaican 400 metres runner Dominique Blake is yet to decide if she will take her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after her appeal was turned down against her six-year ban for a second doping violation."
"For drug cheaters from countries like the United States and Britain, nations with well-funded and relatively efficient antidoping agencies, that means big trouble. Under the new World Anti-Doping Code, which would take effect in 2015, the ban for athletes who intentionally use performance-enhancing drugs will double, jumping to four years from two. That penalty ensures that any athlete whose deliberate doping leads to a positive test will miss an Olympic Games."
"UCI President Brian Cookson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Cycling's governing body and the World Anti-Doping Agency have an agreement on an independent commission to look into the sport's drug-stained past, and Lance Armstrong will be invited to take part, UCI President Brian Cookson told The Associated Press. Photo: Themba Hadebe, AP"
"Sir Craig Reedie, a member of WADA's Executive Committee and Foundation Board, will take over from outgoing WADA president John Fahey who began his term almost six years ago."
"Everth Cabrera, a Nicaraguan professional baseball infielder with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball, has admitted to using banned substances that led to his 50-game suspension by Major League Baseball."
"Kenya faces censure from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) for failing to carry out a full inquiry into the alarming surge in the number of their athletes caught taking banned drugs."
"Delhiand KKR pacer Pradeep Sangwan who was recently banned for 18 months by a BCCI-appointed tribunal for the taking weight loss pills (a doping offense) feels the punishment was extremely harsh."
"Brian Cookson has revealed he has had no contact with Lance Armstrong over the banned cyclist taking a part in an independent commission into doping and conduct of the world governing body in the past."
"Months after a drug scandal in the UK highlighted anomalies in worldwide rules, anabolic steroids are to be banned in Australian horse racing.
The Australian Racing Board (ARB) says its ban will take effect from 1 May 2014 and apply to all thoroughbreds from the age of six months."
"In what is believed to be the UK Armed Forces' biggest doping case, eighteen soldiers face being kicked out of the Army for taking banned fitness drugs."