Steroid Use

"He will also need to do his bit to ensure the sport promotes a robust drug testing programme, while placating those leading players who have expressed distrust in the system after two much-discussed recent cases."

"The President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has lashed out at the World Anti-Doping Agency for what he called a "ridiculous" campaign against Jamaica and Kenya."

"US BMX cyclist Jason Rogers tested positive for a banned stimulant in March and is about to complete a nine-month suspension, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced on Wednesday."

"Shawn Morelli, of Leavenworth (Kansas), an athlete in the sport of Paralympic cycling, has been cleared to return to competition after testing positive for a prohibited substance, according to an announcement by the United States Anti-Doping Agency."

"The International Equestrian Federation has confirmed that the B blood sample taken from Clifton Promise, ridden by New Zealander Jock Paget at the Burghley International Horse Trials, has tested positive for the banned substance Reserpine."

"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."

"Shortly after I was hired to write terrible Morning Docket entries for this website, I went to one of those ATL holiday shindigs in New York."

"On Thursday morning, representatives of the horse-racing industry told Congress that thoroughbred racing's drug problem was a myth. On Thursday afternoon, a report by the California Horse Racing Board revealed that Bob Baffert, a Hall of Fame trainer, had been giving every horse in his barn a thyroid hormone without ever checking to see if any of them had thyroid problems."

"Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has questioned the credibility of now-banned cyclist Lance Armstrong after the rider implicated the Dutchman in covering up doping at the 1999 Tour de France."

"Usain Bolt, world's most famous athlete, has called for an end to false allegations about the doping problems of Jamaica after he revealed that a would-be sponsor pulled plug on endorsement deal."

"A strong statement about the IAAF view of the new WADA Code to the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Johannesburg was delivered by Abby Hoffman, an IAAF Council Member and a Member of the IAAF's Medical and Anti-Doping Commission."

"LONDON - Novak Djokovic's scathing comments on tennis' anti-doping authorities have dominated conversation at the ATP World Tour Finals this week. The world No. 2 said he had lost all faith in the anti-doping system after the way fellow Serb Viktor Troicki's punishment was handled for failing to provide a requested blood sample."

"A strong statement was recently delivered by Abby Hoffman, an IAAF Council Member and a Member of the IAAF's Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, about the IAAF view of the new WADA Code to the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport organized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Johannesburg."

"Cycling's governing body UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency have agreed to work together in a commission for investigating the sport's dark doping past. Many believe this agreement will give WADA something to cheer about for its behind-the-scenes discussions at its World Conference on Doping in Sport."

"LONDON (AP) -- The IOC is using an improved steroid test to reanalyze frozen doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and may use the same method to conduct retests from the 2008 Beijing Games."

"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."

"Samples stored from the 2006 Torino winter Olympics are being retested by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the eight-year statute of limitations runs out next year and as two labs find hundreds of unrelated positive tests."

"Scientists from the Houston Methodist Research Institute have claimed to be just ready with a technology that would someday be the first blood test for the early detection of breast cancer was shown in preliminary studies to successfully identify the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers."

"The World Anti-Doping Agency has provisionally suspended a Russia's anti-doping laboratory and given it a deadline of December 1 to improve the reliability of its results. Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee has guaranteed the "integrity" of the drug-testing program at the Sochi Winter Olympics."

"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."