Sanctions levied on Essendon by AFL, but many more questions left unanswered. Coach James Hird accepts responsibility for supplements program. Hird offered new contract to coach after his 12-month suspension finishes next year.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-27/essendon-bombers-out-of-2013-afl-finals/4915888
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Club-slapped-with-biggest-fine-in-Aussie-Rules-history/articleshow/22096591.cms
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-28/suspended-hird-given-new-essendon-contract/4917038
Afgan wrestler Jami Mirwaise banned for two years for steroid use
http://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/download-decision/a/6384
http://www.ukad.org.uk/news/article/wrestler-banned-August-2013
Three MLB prospects—Brandon Bayardi, Daniel Huchingson, and Sean Ochinko–banned for 50 games
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130826&content_id=58497402&vkey=pr_mlb&c_id=mlb
Zimbabwe footballer Devon Chafa provisionally suspended after adverse finding on drug test
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308270616.html
German study on doping in the country from 1972 to 1990 to be published as a book
http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/sport/2230816/
More numbers on the JADCO testing situation
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130827/letters/letters3.html
http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=47498
Vini Fantini cycling team likely to fold after positive tests on several riders during the season
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/news/vini-fantini-nears-its-end-in-wake-of-doping-cases_300563
Malaysia
More on the Malaysian response to the testing situation at the Tour of Borneo
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anti-doping-procedures-compulsory-at-future-tours-of-borneo
Call for testing in Malaysian football in wake of adverse finding in Malaysian FA Cup final
http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2013/08/28/4217455/former-kafa-president-urges-fam-to-make-doping-tests
WADA revokes accreditation of Rio drug testing lab for second time
http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/wada-revokes-accreditation-of-rio-de-janeiro-laboratory/
“Eventually the only way to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame will be to be an expert in bio-genetic engineering.”
http://www.thecrier.net/our_columnists/article_1beb3a04-0eb3-11e3-8af2-0019bb2963f4.html
CCES summary of testing stats and activities from April-June 2013
http://www.cces.ca/en/news-242-summary-of-cces-key-activities-from-april
USADA’s Travis Tygart to speak at SMU, his alma mater
http://www.smu.edu/News/2013/Travis-Tygart
DDCA conducts anti-doping education program
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/DDCA-conducts-education-programme-on-anti-doping/articleshow/22101226.cms
Advances of chip technology in drug development testing
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/small-chip-advance-art-drug-testing
