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| Lance Armstrong “bought” Million Dollar Race, claims former rival Posted: 13 Dec 2013 08:02 AM PST "It was a young American colleague," Gaggioli, who is now 51, was quoted as saying. "He offered me a panettone (a traditional Italian Christmas cake) as a present and wished me a merry Christmas. In the box there were US$100,000 in small bills. That colleague was Lance Armstrong. "Lance said that my team, Coors Light, had agreed to it. I understood that it had all been decided," added Gaggioli in reference to Armstrong's win in the CoreStates race in Philadelphia which was crucial to him winning the one million dollar prize for the victor of three races held over 21 days. The Million Dollar Race, which was known as the Thrift Drug Triple Crown, was comprised of the Pittsburgh Classic, the West Virginia Classic and the CoreStates race. "Two laps from the end, I was in a breakaway with Lance, Bobby Julich and some Italian riders from the Mercatone team. When Lance made a sign, I turned away as if not to see that he had escaped. He broke away to win on his own." The newspaper added that other riders also failed to respond to Armstrong's attack because they too had been bought, and cited one, Roberto Pelliconi, who said: "Angelo Canzonieri (another rider) and Lance agreed on a fee of 50, Angelo thought he meant dollars but Lance meant lire. "At the Tour of Lombardy he gave us 50 million (lire)." Armstrong, who was riding for Motorola at the time and is now 42, was officially stripped of his seven Tour de France wins in 2012 after being found guilty of a string of doping offences. He publicly admitted that he had cheated earlier this year. - AFP, December 13, 2013. |
| FAM has no more excuse for not joining football development committee, says Khairy Posted: 13 Dec 2013 07:48 AM PST Khairy said an FAM representative was needed in the committee as many matters which would be implemented by the committee needed FAM's endorsement. "Earlier, FAM did not allow any suspended individuals (by FAM) to be in the committee. After a discussion with Tan Sri Annuar, he decided to pull out. "Now FAM have no choice but to send a representative to the committee as we need FAM's endorsement on coaches," he told reporters after presenting medals to winners of a karate event at the Myanmar SEA Games here today. Khairy said he hoped that following Annuar's decision, differences between the ministry and FAM would be resolved. Annuar in a statement today said he was resigning from all football association posts including as president of the Kelantan Football Association (Kafa) with immediate effect. Asked if Annuar could join the committee after the resignation, Khairy said Annuar could not be in the committee as he was still an FAM leader under suspension. "I have conferred with the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) and was told that those who were suspended cannot be a member of the committee," he said, praising Annuar for the bold step and adding that the ministry could seek inputs from him in a non-official capacity. Annuar had earlier submitted his resignation as a member of the ministry's committee after FAM claimed the Ketereh Member of Parliament's appointment was not valid as he was still serving his suspension which began in April. The FAM deputy president was suspended after being found guilty of violating FAM's Article 88 which provides that only the FAM president and secretary-general could issue media statements on the national football squad. - Bernama, December 13, 2013. |
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