Scottish rugby player Sam Chalmers has adverse finding on drug test
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23821962
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby/latest/melrose-player-sam-chalmers-faces-doping-allegations-1-3062174
Harmonization of rules and procedures still not complete in anti-doping, which often leads to issues in sanctioning and processing of cases.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Even-WADA-criticised-for-not-having-the-skill-to-clean-up-sports_14941026
JADCO needs to address concerns raised by former head Renee Ann Shirley, writes Jamaican born UK MP Diane Abbott
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Jamaica-cannot-afford-to-shrug-off-the-Shirley-allegations_14930826
More on questions about AOD-9604 and ASADA
http://www.foxsports.com.au/other-sports/as-essendons-supplements-saga-drags-on-it-is-time-for-asada-to-come-clean-on-its-investigation/story-e6frf56c-1226703045537#.UhouQ9Kc9IE
The Essendon supplement saga: “In all the talk about duty of care, corporate governance, and pharmacological environments, little has been said about player accountability”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/play-it-straight-and-take-the-medicine/story-fni0fhh1-1226703731898
A longer summary of the Essendon supplement saga
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=15391
Summary of the Essendon/Hird situations going into Monday’s AFL Commission meeting. Final deal still being worked out.
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/burnside-blasts-afl-over-supplements-saga-20130825-2sjcx.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-tackle-essendon-coach-james-hird-prepares-for-the-long-game/story-fni5f6kv-1226703751187
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/essendon-prepared-to-wait-on-james-hird/story-fnca0u4y-1226703429286
http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8711819
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/bombers-may-have-to-look-for-12-month-caretaker-coach-if-james-hird-suspended/story-fndv8gad-1226703766025
Braun apology has a familiar ring to it, writes columnist
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBO_TIM_DAHLBERG_082413?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-24-16-17-08
Germany Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich says anti-doping law for professional sports, but not for “recreational sport”
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/vorab/friedrich-fuer-anti-doping-gesetz-im-profisport-a-918393.html
First samples tested in Anti Doping Denmark’s drug testing partnership with DTI lab to do analysis from samples collected in fitness centers and gyms
http://www.antidoping.dk/om-add/aktuelt/2013/08/dansk-antidopinglaboratorium
Focus for testing is “value for money”—“intelligent testing.”
http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Doping+battle+makes+progress/8830487/story.html
A look back at the first major Olympic sports doping scandal the 1983 Pan Am Games
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/authorities-lack-stomach-to-chase-the-cheats-29525880.html
Lance Armstrong settles lawsuit brought by London Sunday Times to recover settlement paid to Armstrong in libel case in 2006. Question now, what happens in the other lawsuits(subscription required)
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/article1305027.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_08_24
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/cycling/article1304809.ece
Weight loss drugs banned in Europe, legal in US
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/printerfriendlynews.php?newsid=265125
Interview with Johan Bruyneel on all things not tied to the USADA case
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/exclusive-interview-with-johan-bruyneel
CCN and Skins’ Jamie Fuller on UCI, McQuaid, Armstrong, cycling
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/news/jaimie-fuller-sounds-off-on-mcquaids-uci-candidacy_300301
The “farce” of legalized doping
War on drugs in sport: With the passage of time and increase in technology what will grow is “our disinterest in an ill-conceived war that is no longer worth fighting.”
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/high-on-illfounded-anxiety/1160178/0
Former NFL coach tired of “players and their drug issues”
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130823/SPORTS0401/308230027/Give-me-break-PEDs?nclick_check=1
Professional sports, for better or worse, are in the entertainment business
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/business/media/mlb-unit-buys-rights-to-broadcast-live-concert.html
Research article on energy drinks
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966367/
