WADA SAYS RUSSIA STILL NOT COMPLIANT
» TheWorld AntiDoping Agency placed Russia’s fate for the upcomingWinter Olympics on perilous ground, refusing to reinstate the country’s suspended antidoping operation while Russia remained insistent the government is not to blame.
At its meeting Thursday in South Korea, WADA handed Russia the equivalent of a failing grade, saying two key requirements for reinstating the Russian Anti- Doping Agency had not been fulfilled:
• Russia must publicly accept results of an investigation by Canada’s RichardMcLaren that concluded the country ran a state- sponsored doping program.
• Russia must allow access to urine samples collected during the time of the cheating.
“We can’t walk away from the commitments,” said Craig Reedie, the chairman ofWADA and also a member of the International Olympic Committee, which will ultimately decide Russia’s fate.
The IOC said its executive board, due to meet Dec. 5- 7, “will take all the circumstances, including all the measures to ensure a level playing field at the OlympicWinter Games 2018, into consideration when it decides on the participation of the Russian athletes.”
Testimony details alleged bribes.
» Alejandro Burzaco, a former marketing executive from Argentina, testified at a U. S. trial that he and his company arranged to pay 30 soccer officials about $ 160 million in bribes over the course of several years until his arrest in 2015.
He offered the estimate in the case against three former South American soccer officials accused in the sprawling bribery scandal engulfing FIFA, the sport’s governing body.
The 53- year- old witness said on cross- examination he knew when he joined the firm in 2004 that bribes were a cost of doing business when competing for lucrative broadcasting and hosting rights.
Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay, Manuel Burga of Peru, and Jose Maria Marin of Brazil have pleaded not guilty to charges they enriched themselves in an international conspiracy involving tens of millions in bribes and spanning more than two decades.
“Fight doctor” dies.
Fernando MIAMI “Ferdie” Pacheco, the “Fight Doctor” who served as Muhammad Ali’s ringside physician, has died. He was 89. Pacheco’s daughter, Tina Louise Pacheco, told The Associated Press that he died Thursday morning at his Miami home after prolonged illness. Pacheco worked as Ali’s cornerman from 1962- 1977.
Footnotes.
The Colorado Buffaloes will play two weekday Pac- 12 football games next fall. CU will open league play on Friday, Sept. 28, at home against UCLA. Then, on Nov. 2, the Buffaloes will travel to Arizona for another Friday night kickoff. CU’s homecoming game is scheduled for Oct. 27 against Oregon State. ( Schedule, 7B). … No. 23 South Florida beat Tulsa 27- 20 behind Quinton Flowers’ 142 yards and two touchdowns passing and 119 rushing yards. … Chris Kirk holed an 18- foot putt for eagle on his final hole for a 9- under 63 and a one- shot lead over Joel Dahmen in the RSM Classic at Simons Island, Ga. … LPGA rookie Sung Hyun Park took a big first step toward sweeping all the season awards with a 5- under 67 to finish one shot behind after the opening round of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla. Peiyun Chien of Taiwan and Sarah Jane Smith of Australia opened with bogey- free rounds of 66. … Colorado Mines was shut out 2- 0 by Midwestern State in a men’s soccer NCAA South Central Regional final inWichita Falls, Texas, ending the Orediggers’ season. … Toronto forward Jozy Altidore’s one- game suspension was upheld by an independent Major League Soccer panel, and he will miss the first leg of his team’s Eastern Conference final at Columbus on Tuesday. … Sporting Kansas City’s TimMelia was named MLS’ goalkeeper of the year.