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| No Tour de France winner from 1999-2005, says UCI Posted: 26 Oct 2012 08:11 AM PDT  Armstrong waits in front of the pack of riders for the start of the 192.5km first stage of the 89th Tour de France cycling race in Luxembourg in this July 7, 2002 file photo. — Reuters pic The decision, supported by Tour organisers, was widely expected given so many riders finishing behind Armstrong have also been associated with doping offences. "With respect to Lance Armstrong and the implications of the USADA sanctions which it endorsed on Monday October 22, the Management Committee decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events," the UCI said in a statement. Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven titles on Monday when the UCI ratified the US Anti-Doping Agency's decision to ban the 41-year-old Texan for life and nullify his results from August 1998 onward. "The committee also called on Armstrong and all other affected riders to return the prize money they had received," the statement added. The UCI also said it was setting up an independent commission to investigate allegations made against the UCI over the Armstrong affair. The governing body agreed that part of the commission's remit would be to find ways to ensure that anyone caught doping would no longer be able to take part in the sport, even as a non-rider in a team. It also announced it was suspending legal action against journalist Paul Kimmage pending the findings of the commission. Former professional rider Kimmage had alleged the UCI covered up a suspicious Armstrong test. On October10, the United States Anti-Doping Agency published a report into Armstrong which said the now-retired rider had been involved in the "most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". Armstrong, who has always denied doping, had previously declined to contest the charges, prompting USADA to propose his punishment pending confirmation from cycling's world governing body which came on Monday. Former Armstrong team mates at his US Postal and Discovery Channel outfits, where he won his Tour titles, testified against him and themselves and were given reduced bans by the American authorities. — Reuters pic |
| Napoli charged with rigging Seria A match Posted: 26 Oct 2012 06:23 AM PDT  Napoli's Edinson Cavani reacts after missing a goal opportunity against Udinese during their Serie A match in Naples in this April 17, 2011. — Reuters pic The club, their former third choice goalkeeper Matteo Gianello and ex-footballer Silvio Giusti will go before the federation's disciplinary committee after information was passed from a criminal investigation in Naples. Sampdoria won the game and entered the preliminary stage of the Champions League. Current Napoli defenders Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava have also been charged for failing to report the alleged fix. The development is part of a wide-ranging criminal and sporting probe into illegal betting and match-fixing in Italy which have already led to several arrests and bans. — Reuters |
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