the lawyer for the former british cycling team doctor, richard freeman has told his medical tribubalhat former performance director shane sutton was handed a can of urine to try and avoid a positive drugs test when he was a rider. it was one of several allegations. but a lawyer for the general medical council said there was no evidence to support the claims. formula 1 teams have all rejected the tyres put forward by supplier pirelli for next season. the italian company hoped the new design would encourage more exciting racing but the teams unanimously agreed to not go ahead, after testing in abu dhabi last week. mark cavendish can return to his best next year, and newcastle are offering free tickets, to encourage more fans fill up st james‘ park. they're being offered to season ticket holders, for ten home premier league games starting against everton later this month. saturday's match had their lowest home league crowd in nine years, with just over 42,000 in attendance. the head of the us anti doping agency is among those criticising the four year ban given to russia, saying it's no