FINA announcement of two year ban for Russian swimmer Nikita Maksimov

http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=67&Itemid=183

Estonian swimmer has adverse finding for stanozolol, faces hearing and ban if convicted

http://www.swimvortex.com/estonian-teen-doped-with-an-old-steroid/

Tour de France director compares Team Sky’s Chris Froome to Paula Radcliffe

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/prudhomme-chris-froome-is-like-paula-radcliffe-on-a-bike

Cyclist David Millar on Team Sky and the comparisons to US Postal

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/millar-sky-dont-deserve-to-have-mud-thrown-at-them-at-the-tour

Team Sky’s manager Dave Brailsford talks about lessons learned from the first week of the Tour

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lessons-have-been-learned-says-brailsford

Frank Schleck reportedly to join Astana when his doping ban expires with the possibility of brother Andy joining him there next year.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-frank-schleck-to-astana-for-remainder-of-season

Using performance as a proof of doping?

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2013/07/tour-rest-day-pondering-unanswerables.html

Podcast of radio interview with Ross Tucker talking about power output, Chris Froome, performance as a doping marker

Vayer hopes power data leads to more transparency in cycling and a cleaner sport

http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/tour-de-france-radarfallen-im-gebirge-im-kampf-gegen-doping-a-909601.html

McQuaid says press questions about doping in current Tour: “I think the riders deserve another thing than to be asked about doping as the first question when they show up in the press conference.”

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/uci-boss-mcquaid-to-press-lay-off-the-doping-questions_294189

Omega Pharma-Quick Step sporting director says doping suspicion “earned,” riders need to cope with it

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/holm-cycling-has-earned-doping-suspicion_294359

CNN videos on past and the future of cycling, doping, and Lance Armstrong

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/sports/2013/06/26/intl-future-of-cycling-davies-pkg.cnn.html

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/sports/2013/06/26/pkg-davies-greasing-the-wheels.cnn.html

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/sports/2013/06/25/davies-doping-cycling-armstrong.cnn

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/sports/2013/06/24/davies-lance-armstrong-cycling-legacy.cnn

Another “manifesto,” this time from Pat McQuaid, on the UCI presidential election

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/mcquaid-publishes-reelection-manifesto-outlining-reform-agenda_294281

Copy of McQuaid’s Manifesto

http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2013/07/Pat-McQuaid-Manifesto-ENG.pdf

Presidential campaign should be about the future not the past, says McQuaid. Lance Armstrong is not an issue.

http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/9459184/pat-mcquaid-dismisses-lance-armstrong-cycling-election

Cookson responds to McQuaid Manifesto

http://www.independent.ie/sport/cookson-accuses-mcquaid-of-destructive-feuding-as-uci-battle-heats-up-29403351.html

Retired MLB pitcher Pedro Martinez talks about his career pitching clean during the steroids era

Pedro Martinez reflects on pitching clean in the steroids era

Younger athletes influenced by professional athletes when it comes to drugs

http://thedailycougar.com/2013/07/08/steroid-use-rises-in-younger-athletes/

More on the suspicions of doping problems in professional tennis

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/08/tennis-has-a-doping-problem.html

WADA Athlete Committee meets in Singapore, focal point of agenda is the revision of the WADA Code

http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/wadas-athlete-committee-meeting-in-singapore-moves-code-draft-closer-to-finalization/