The ex-domestic helper of Roger Clemens said the embattled baseball player gave an honest account when testifying at a Congressional hearing into the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball.
The woman, who declined to be identified, told a US television station that Clemens was not at a party at Jose Canseco's house in 1998.
Clemens' former trainer, Brian McNamee, told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday that the party is where Clemens first spoke to Canseco about human growth hormone.
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"Mr Clemens is a good guy. I don't know what's going on," the woman said. "He's a wonderful man. His family and, you know, I cannot believe that he is going through all of this stuff."
The woman said she had been at the party at Canseco's Miami home, but backed Clemens' assertion that he was playing golf.
Members of the committee questioned why Clemens spoke to the former maid before telling them how to contact her.
■ WANG WANTS MORE
AP, ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
Taiwanese pitcher Wang Chien-ming became the first player to take the New York Yankees to a Major League Baseball salary arbitration hearing since 2000 on Thursday.
It was the first arbitration case the Yankees faced since the team won its case against Mariano Rivera in 2000.
Wang was eligible for arbitration for the first time and asked for a raise from US$489,500 to US$4.6 million. New York countered at US$4 million in a case heard by arbitrators Stephen Goldberg, Jack Clarke and Christine Knowlton.
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said the upcoming French Open would be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur. The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well, but eventually crumbled 7-5, 6-1 against the world No. 11 from Australia in the second round. Nadal, 37, who missed virtually all of last season, is hoping to compete at the French Open next month where he is the record 14-time champion. The Spaniard said the clash with De Minaur was
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