LOUDENVIELLE-LE-LOURON, France: International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said Monday he would prefer Michael Rasmussen didn't the win the Tour de France.
LONDON:England was agonisingly denied a win over India on the fifth and final day of the first test at Lord's on Monday after bad light and then rain prevented any play after tea and the match was drawn.
MARSEILLE, France: Cedric Vasseur clinched the host country's first win in this year's Tour de France with victory on the 229.5-km 10th stage on Wednesday.
BERLIN: Peter Danckert, the president of the German parliament's sports commission, called on yesterday for public funding of the German Cyling Federation to be suspended in light of Patrik Sinkewitz's failed drugs test.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand: All Blacks coach Graham Henry will play several of his World Cup cards in Saturday's deciding Tri-Nations rugby match, hoping they are not trumped by Australia, .
BRIANCON, France: Alexander Vinokourov's hopes of winning the Tour de France ended in tears when he failed to keep up with the top contenders in the ninth stage, a 159.5-km ride from Val d'Isere to Briancon on Tuesday.
MARSEILLE, France: German T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz has tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, the German cycling federation (BDR) said yesterday.
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