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"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."

"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."

"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). "

"Top Jamaican track and field coach Glen Mills, while admitting that there is room for improvement in Jamaica's anti-doping efforts, blasted sections of the international community for what he believes to be unfair targeting of the island."

"Johannesburg - Trainer Cliffie Miller was charged for doping a horse which collapsed and died during a race earlier this year, the National Horseracing Authority (NHA) confirmed in a statement on Tuesday."