that will be a concern for the uci under its new leadership with brian cookson.hat will be a concern for fans of the sport, who has seen its image battered over the past few years, as these problems with doping, as these allegations and rumors continue to go on. now, what the uci are hoping is that this report will mark a line in the sand that they'll be able to move on from this point, having exposed and explained and looked into its toxic past. it will hope now that having analyzed those issues put into effect some robust procedures to deal with doping in its present and in its future the sport will be able to regain some credibility. >> but if we look at the loss of credibility for the sport, we have to talk about lance armstrong, don't we? and the way he was named and shamed. what does the report say about this? >> well what the report outlines is the cozy relationship that existed between two former presidents of the uci and lance arm strong. as you say, there were allegations of outright corruption have not been proven. they've been cleared of that. but tha

brian cookson was brought into power promising a clean slate for the organization. the report is highly critical of former president pat mcquaid, who will be asked to give up his honor presidency. he's accused of prioritizing image over action. anti-doping policy was, the report says, was to give the impression that the uci was tough on doping rather than actually being good at anti-doping. >> there is a degree of denial in certain cases and they'll face what we're facing up to in this report today. >> cyclists have had many so-called fresh starts, but this is another test in the long-running battle to restore faith in a clean sport. >> you can keep up to with all the news all the time on our website, 1-855-730-9674 www.aljazeera.com. >> no other sport can kick off mass emotion in indonesia like football, even if the national team languishes near the bottom of world rankings. >> indonesians, they're really crazy. we can see their ranking in fifa is going down, going down, going down. but every game in the stadium, 80,000 people, 90,000 people. >> even local competit

brian cookson was brought in to the uci in 2013 promising a clean slate for the organization. it's president stand accuse of prioritizing the sport's public image over action. the doping policy was the report says, was to give the impression that uci was tough on doping rather than actually being good at anti-doping. >> these sports are in a degree of denial in certain cases and they'll face the problems that we're facing up to in this report today. >> cycling has had many so-called fresh starts, but they have to prove another test in the long running battle to establish faith in a clean sport. al jazeera. >> england's cricketers have been knocked out of the world cub by bangladesh, who grabbed the spot for the quarterfinals for the first time in their history. it was do or die for england. a win would have kept them in the tournament, just. but bay length bangladesh put england under pressure from the start. captain alan morgan was out from the start. and the back end of the batting order collapsed and they won by 5 runs. >> i would say it's great for us. if i go back, i thin

. >> president of uci, brian cookson. >>> india fifth straight win at cricket world cup and taking onh was strong after partnership of 89 runs abwent on to post 259 but india made like work losing two wickets as they reached the target of 18 overs to spare. and he scored 100 and the other posted 64. island can advance to the final 8 if they beat pakistan in the final game. posted the first win in nine years to advance to semi finals of fa cup and danny returned for his former site turning in winner of 2-1 over manchester united and sent off for united after appearing to grab the referee and will face bradford or reddening in the semis. >> one or to more and i'm pleased above all of his performance and aspect of our game, as always positive and you know. >> reporter: full time african player of the year samuel honored for his work against racism in futbol the chelsea striker has the european metal of tolerance and the leader took a stand in 2005 playing barcelona threatening to walk off the pitch after being chanted and experienced racism throughout his career and called on racist futb

. >>> now, the head of international cycling brian cookson has admitted that the sport governing bodyance armstrong to cover up his drug use a report released by an independent reform commission on monday attacked the approach to doping and suggests that it's still rife in pro cycling. alan fisher reports. >> reporter: for years critics have claimed many in cycling powered along in grit, determination and any drugs that they could get away with. when the ruling body the u.c.i. voted in a new president we wanted to find out how wrong and rotten the sport was. though the independent reform commission has delivered a 227-page report that says doping still exists, and previous leaders allowed it to happen. >> i think it was a demonstration that the u.c.i. was always going to prioritize the image of the sport and the business of the sport over the integrity and honesty of the sport and that was a very bad signal that was different out at that time. >> reporter: one of the most high-profile cheaters was lance armstrong. he systematically doped his way to seven tour de france titles the spor