Steroid Use

"The local organizing committee of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has struck a deal with authorities in Switzerland for outsourcing part of the anti-doping program for the showpiece event."

"Long distance runner Devis Licciardi has been summoned to a hearing by the Italian Olympic Committee after reports that he used a "fake penis" to beat a doping test."

"The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be monitoring caffeine in order to detect misuse patterns in sport by adding it into the new list of monitored substances. The agency also wants to monitor nicotine."

"A federal lawsuit filed by Gale Sayers against the National Football League has been withdrawn in which the Chicago Bears great has accused NFL of failing to warn him about and protect him against head injuries, including multiple concussions, during his eight-year Hall of Fame career."

"The head of the Spain's anti-doping agency (AEPSAD) told the lower house of parliament that tests conducted at the Spanish athletics championships in July returned three "adverse analytical findings.""

"Men who exercise vigorously as young adults may reduce their risk of developing epilepsy later in life, according to a new research. The study is published in the September 4, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology."

"Seven athletes, including one finalist, tested positive for doping at August's World Athletics Championships in Moscow, track and field's world governing body, the IAAF, announced on Friday."

"According to an updated systematic review published in The Cochrane Library, exercise could be of great help to people suffering from depression. Authors of the review found evidence suggesting that symptoms of depression are reduced by exercises, although they say more high quality trials are needed."

"Archaeological research in western Anatolia has revealed that doping in sports was a common and acceptable part of athletic competition in ancient Greece."

"A ban of two years has been imposed on Sam Chalmers, the son of former Scotland and British Lions fly-half Craig, for doping offences."

"Brian Cookson, the International Cycling Union (UCI) presidential hopeful, has vowed that if he is elected, he will offer cyclists an amnesty should they come clean about doping. British Cycling president Cookson is challenging incumbent UCI head Pat McQuaid for the presidency in next week's elections in Florence, during the World Championships."

"Malta's Parliamentary Secretary for Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport, Stefan Buontempo, stated that sports organizations should sustain the National Anti-Doping Organization."

"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."

"A recently concluded study has associated moderate physical activity in males with better hormone levels and sperm characteristics that favor reproduction compared to sedentary men."

"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."

"Lance Armstrong's trophy case is a little emptier today. The disgraced cyclist, who admitted earlier this year to doping throughout his career, tweeted this week that he had given back the bronze medal he won at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia."

"The Caribbean Regional Anti Doping Organization (RADO) has commended Dominica for its campaign to combat the use of illegal substances in sports."

"The Russian Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement that the weightlifting federation of Russia has handed down two-year bans to four athletes."

"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."

"The World Anti-Doping Agency may ban Jamaica from participating in the Olympics if the country if does not address shortcomings highlighted by a former senior employee."