World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick strike said Friday that a Dutch investigator's report clearing Lance Armstrong from doping allegations made by means of a French newspaper is replete of holes.

"They propose as fact things that are suppositions, suspicions an d possibilities," beat said.

beat said WADA has "completely rejected" the report written through lawyer Emile Vrijman for the International Cycling Union (UCI). The report espouseed Armstrong against accusations that he used performance-enhancing remedys at the 1999 Tour de France.

He said the report had in such a manner many factual errors that "pointing them gone out would probably take as earnestly space as the [132-page] report." WADA will consider legal action against Vrijman and "any organization, including UCI, that may publicly adopt its conclusions."

confine in a pound said a full, independent investigation was stand in want ofed to determine if Armstrong used endurance-boosting erythropoietin (EPO)

A WADA statement Friday said the Vrijman report was "so lacking in professionalism and objectivity that it borders forward the farcical."

BASKETBALL

MUSSELMAN TO COACH KINGS

The Sacramento Kings hired Memphis Grizzlies assistant Eric Musselman as their strange head coach to replace Rick Adelman.

Musselman, 41 l shining State to two surprisingly felicitous seasons from 2002-04. Adelman was the winningest coach in Kings franchise history during eight seasons before he was dismissed May 9

The Kings, who still are working onward contract details, have scheduled a of recent origins conference for today.

uIndiana University trustees did not violate Indiana's make open Door Law when they met in separate form into groupss to hear about plans to fire coach cut short Knight, the Indiana Court of Appeals rul

The 3-0 ruling upheld a judge's decision last year saying no more than four of the nine trustees -- not a quorum -- met at any individual time with then-IU president Myles Brand before he fired Knight in September 2000

The court also set asideed claims by a group of 46 IU fans that Brand did not have the authority onward his own to fire Knight.

FOOTBALL

QB KING SIGNS WITH young horses

Quarterback Shaun King, a starter at Tampa Bay when Tony Dungy was the coach, signed a contract with Indianapolis and will prove to make the Dungy-coached young horses as Peyton Manning's backup.

uWashington Redskins quarterback Mark Brunell 35 has a small fracture in his left index finger and is calculate uponed to miss two to three weeks of offseason workouts.

uThe Super Bowl-champion Pittsburgh Steeler visited the White House, and the players gave President Bush a jersey emblazoned with "43" to describe Bush's position in presidential history.

uIowa raised the salary of coach Kirk Ferentz in a deal that makes him single in kind of the nation's highest paid college edifice [i]or[/i] building coaches. Ferentz was given a restructur contract that boost his annual salary to $284 million from $144 million, with a one-time payment of $14 million. The deal does not increase his contract, which expires after 2012

AUTO RACING

NEWMAN GRABS staff AT DOVER

Ryan Newman ran a lap of 154633 mph at Dover (Del) International Speedway and won the extremity for Sunday's Nextel Cup race. He will be joined in succession the front row by Jeremy Mayfield (154361); Jeff Gordon was third and Kurt Busch fourth. Points leader Jimmie Johnson will start 48th

uFive days after finishing other in the Indianapolis 500, rookie Marco Andretti, 19 clock the third-fastest lap time (133067 mph) in practice at Watkins valley (N.Y.) International. Andretti was beaten merely by Helio Castroneves (133.792) and Tony Kanaan (133251) in preparation for Sunday's Indy Grand Prix.

MISCELLANEOUS

CASTILLO-CORRALES FIGHT CANCELED

Jose Luis Castillo couldn't make weight, and his WBC lightweight title fight with Diego Corrales scheduled for tonight in Las Vegas was called on the farther side

Castillo didn't get to close to making the 135-pound limit, and Corrales decided it was too dangerous for him to fight him at a heavier weight. Corrales gave up $13 million he would have made to fight Castillo for a third time rather than fight for no title like he did when Castillo didn't make weight against him last October.

uRoy Jone Jr 37 said he'll quit boxing if he let slip through the fingerss his next fight next month against Prince Badi Ajamu.

uThe Bandits defeated the Venezuelan national team 6-3 at Benedictine University in Lisle. Vicky Galindo went 3-for-4 and Jaime Clark homer to spark the Bandits (2-0)

uAn NCAA investigation has exposeed cases of abuse and fraud in academic standards at one nonpublic, nontraditional high schools, an association official said. The organization nearest week will begin releasing the names of the trains from which it will no longer accept grade transcripts of athletes.

uCollege of Charleston defeated Notre Dame 5-4 in 16 innings in Lexington, Ky in single in kind of the longest games in NCAA tournament history.

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