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TENNIS
Belgian players suspended for failing 'whereabouts rule'
The Flemish Doping Tribunal has handed US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer (pictured) and Xavier Malisse one-year bans for breaching the "whereabouts rule", under which athletes are obliged to tell anti-doping authorities about their whereabouts.
TENNIS
Andre Agassi reveals he used to wear a wig
After admitting taking crystal meth, tennis champion Andre Agassi has also revealed that he used to wear a wig to hide his baldness in his new autobiography 'Open'.
CYCLING
UCI in fresh spat with French anti-doping agency
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has fired back at France's anti-doping agency, blasting a French report that suggested the cycling governing body had given the Astana team an easy ride in the Tour de France.
TENNIS
Andre Agassi admits he took crystal meth
Tennis hero Andre Agassi has admitted he tested positive for crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug, in 1997 and lied to sporting authorities to escape a ban.
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CYCLING
Police target Astana in new doping case
French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation after suspicious medical material was seized during this year's Tour de France. The Astana team, which includes Tour winner Alberto Contador, is the target of the investigation.
CYCLING
Drug testers accused of leniency towards Astana
A report by France's anti-doping agency (AFLD) accuses the International Cycling Union (UCI) of adopting a lax attitude on doping tests when it came to the Astana team of Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, French media say.
CYCLING
Boonen told to settle drugs case with €1,000 fine
A Belgian public prosecutor has said that all criminal charges relating to Tom Boonen's use of cocaine will be dropped if the cyclist, who has twice tested positive, agrees to pay a fine of one thousand euros.
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Inès Geipel, former athlete, author, journalist
Inès Geipel, who broke the 100m relay record in the GDR, only to find out that she has been part of a state-sponsored doping programme. Now she wishes to renounce her record and has been campainging to make sport cleaner.
ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jamaicans suspected of doping will not compete
Five Jamaican athletes who tested positive for doping in July before being cleared and allowed to compete in the Berlin world championships will not run after all, since the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission appeals panel has still not ruled.
ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Morocco's Jamel Chatbi fails doping test
The Moroccan Athletics Federation announced that Jamel Chatbi failed a drugs test at the world athletics championships. He is the first athlete to fail a dope test at the championships.
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