UCI ASKS ARBITRATION HEAD TO HELP CHOOSE INQUIRY TEAM

The International Cycling Union has asked Court of Arbitration for Sport board president John Coates to help choose a three-member commission to investigate the governing body’s links to the Lance Armstrong doping case. The inquiry is seen as a key to restoring the UCI’s damaged credibility after the Armstrong affair. The governing body has been accused of covering up Armstrong’s suspicious doping tests and unethically accepting $125,000 from him. The UCI says it is already contacting officials recommended by Coates, an Australian lawyer who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee executive board.