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■ CYCLING

Rider in double trouble

German cyclist Stefan Schumacher had amphetamines in his blood when stopped for drunken driving last year, police said on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Gerolsteiner rider was pulled over by police in Stuttgart on Oct. 7, six days after he won a road race bronze medal at the cycling world championships. His license was revoked for 10 months and he was fined 10,000 euros (US$14,500). The German cycling federation is now trying to determine if police discovering amphetamines in Schumacher's system instead of sports authorities constitutes a doping violation in sport.



■ SOCCER

Coach to pay compensation

FIFA have ordered FC Porto's former Dutch coach Co Adriaanse to pay the club 1.15 million euros (US$1.7 million) in compensation for abruptly terminating his contract without a reason in 2006, the Portuguese outfit announced on Tuesday. A judge sitting on the governing body of world soccer's Player Statutes Commission examined the case and found against Adriaanse and his assistant Jan Olde Riederink, who was told to pay 146,250 euros (US$656,000) in compensation, FC Porto said in a statement. "Unprecedented. For the first time in the world of football a coach has to compensate a club after terminating his contract without a reason," the club said.



■ BASEBALL

'Goose' finally finds fame

Pitcher Rich Gossage, who was in his ninth year on the ballot, was the lone athlete elected to American baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Gossage easily surpassed the 75 percent needed to get into the Hall, garnering 86 percent of the votes. In recent years, Gossage expressed anger over his exclusion, but his hopes were raised last year, when he fell only 21 votes shy of election with 71.2 percent. Gossage, who was called the "Goose," posted 310 saves during an illustrious 22-year Major League Baseball career from 1972 to 1994.



■ BOXING

Brawl lands ex-champ in jail

France's former WBA light heavyweight champion Mehdi Sahnoune was on Tuesday handed a three-year prison sentence, of which two years were suspended, for his part in a gang attack on a fisherman outside a nightclub. Sahnoune, 31, and a second accused, Bruno Bertagna, were both ordered to spend one year behind bars and fined 2,500 euros (US$3,678) for the attack on the 27-year-old victim in March 2002. The court heard that six men cornered Abdelaziz El Hermi outside a nightclub near Aix-en-Provence simply because they did not like "the overly exuberant manner" in which he danced. El Hermi suffered six fractures to his skull.



■ MOTORSPORT

Chile aims for Dakar Rally

The Chilean government will back a proposal to bring the Dakar Rally to South America after terrorist threats forced the cancellation of the off-road endurance race traditionally staged across the Sahara desert. The head of the Chilean Tourism Service, Oscar Santelices, said a formal letter will be sent next week to the France-based Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) -- organizers of the rally -- expressing Chile's interest to host it. The reaction in Chile came after the Spanish sports newspaper As reported that South America was being considered as an alternative to Africa.
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