Wada chief: he is a cheat

WADA president John Fahey labeled Alberto Contador a "doping cheat" on Tuesday and said the Spanish rider might have escaped with half of his two-year doping ban had it not been for remarks by a Spanish politician during the case.

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency added that politicians should steer clear of doping cases and said he was worried as to whether national sports federations, which have the responsibility to discipline offenders, might be sympathetic to their own athletes.

"I think that governments and politicians ought to stand back and stay above the administration of these issues when it comes to doping in sport," Fahey told Reuters in an interview.