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"UKAD Director of Communications and Education Nicola Newman recently paid a visit to Brazil for meeting with representatives from the Brazilian national anti-doping organization (ABCD)."

"A World Anti-Doping Agency team will visit Jamaica, a country troubled by doping allegations and lack of drug testing, amid reports that athletes of the country may face an Olympic ban over the handling of recent drug scandals by Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO)."

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"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."

"The world governing body of football is creating blood and urine profiles of the world's top players with unannounced visits by an anti-doping team to clubs like Champions League winner Bayern Munich. This is done to ensure that the stars are under scrutiny ahead of next year's football World Cup."

"Three representatives from UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) recently visited Cyprus for delivering training sessions for Doping Control Personnel (DCP) on the island."

"The entire board of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission and its chairman, Dr. Herb Elliot, has resigned, after World Anti-Doping Agency officials visited Jamaica to conduct what the nation's minister for sport called an "extraordinary audit." The board members will step down on December 31."

"The World Anti-Doping Agency will send an inspection team to Jamaica next week to investigate a rash of failed drug tests among top athletes on the island nation. WADA plans to conduct an audit of Jamaica's testing regime, which is overseen by the much-maligned Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO)."