
ROME (AFP) - Italian cyclist Gabriele Bosisio pleaded his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee's Anti-doping prosecutor on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Ryan Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards.

MARIBOR, Slovenia (AFP) - Slovenia qualified for only their second World Cup on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over nine-man Russia in their European zone, second-leg play-off tie.

PARIS (AFP) - 1934 GMT France go into this World Cup play-off second leg in Paris with a 1-0 advantage from Saturday's first leg at Croke Park in Dublin when Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka's deflected second-half strike divided the sides.
LAS VEGAS - Forrest Griffin rallied to score a split decision over Tito (The Huntington Beach Bad Boy) Ortiz in a battle of former light-heavyweight champions at UFC 106 on Saturday night.
LONDON - Two officials with knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press that Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain has been stripped of his 1,500-metre Olympic gold medal for doping.
After outscoring Alberta's NHL teams by a combined score of 12-3, the Chicago Blackhawks needed only one goal and a superb effort by Antti Niemi to topple the Canucks 1-0 on Sunday night in Vancouver.
The Carolina Hurricanes looked like the cardiac 'Canes of old as they rallied in Raleigh to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday.
The Montreal Canadiens will be without speedy forward Brian Gionta for an indefinite time, according to reports.

LONDON - Thierry Henry says the "fairest solution" is to replay the France-Ireland World Cup soccer playoff after he set up the deciding goal with a hand ball.
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