cycling's world governing body, the uci, has cleared britain's chris froome of any wrongdoing in the analytical finding for asthma drug salbutamol. the case has been ongoing since last september, when froome returned a urine sample during the vuelta a espana for twice the permitted level of salbutamol, but the uci say froome did use the medication properly and do not now consider the test result to be an adverse finding. over the past nine months i'll try to get this resolved as quickly as possible, that's what i've been saying from the outset. looking at the timelines of other cases, this has been resolved even faster than other cases. i'm just grateful this has been done ahead of the tour de france and we can go into the race obviously without this? ahead of us. india open up their tour of england on tuesday with the first of three t20 games, the first of which is at old trafford in manchester. those matches are followed by three one day internationals and a five—match test series with both captains keen to test themselves against each other. different challenge, particularly when

chris froome's anti—doping case has been dropped by cycling's governing body, the uci.st found twice the allowed level of a legal asthma drug in his sample. he begins the defence of his tour de france title on saturday. froome says he never doubted he'd be cleared. i have always known from the outset that there is no way i broke any rules can i knew that from the beginning but i think that's why this whole process was meant to have been confidential, in orderfor us to establish the facts first and then for the uci and experts on this topic to be able to give a ruling andi topic to be able to give a ruling and i think with the information being leaked, it made it very challenging because there was information that was incorrect that was being circulated and i wasn't able to put my side of events across, so able to put my side of events across, so it was a very trying nine months but i'm so glad now that is behind us. triple world champion elise christie says she is "gutted" after short—track speed skating was one of four winter sports to lose funding for the beijing 2022

world of cycling as chris froome's anti—doping case has been dropped by the sports governing body, the ucihen a drugs test found he had twice the allowed level of a legal asthma drug in his sample. the team sky rider had always protested his innocence. froome can now begin the defence of his tour de france title on saturday. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. nicola blackwood, former conservative health minister joins me now and polly mackenzie, di rector of cross party thinktank "demos." many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i leads with the extraordinary story of the twelve boys and their football coach who have been found by divers after going missing in caves in north thailand for nine days. the guardian reports that the government is close to lifting its 8 year long freeze on fuel duty to raise billions to help meet pressure from cabinet ministers. the ft leads with europe's 2 largest supermarkets, tesco and carrefour — who are joining forces to buy own bran

edition will be on the start line after his anti—doping case was dropped by cycling's governing body, the ucins to enjoy the race. you're coming to a sporting event. it is there enough if you don't support team sky, but put the jersey on of someone who you do support. stand there and do something positive at the race. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the columnist for the daily mirror, susie boniface, and the brexit editor for the daily telegraph, asa bennett. welcome to both of you. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. one story dominates — theresa may's announcement that her cabinet has reached a "collective" agreement on the basis of the uk's future relationship with the eu after brexit. lets start with the times which leads with theresa may promising senior allies she will sack foreign secretary borisjohnson if he undermines the brexit deal. the financial times highlights the five cabinet ministers including borisjohnson meeting on thursday

earlier this week, froome‘s anti—doping case was dropped by the uci.s hardly a champion‘s welcome. amazing to support me. froome has never been popular with many french fans, and a recent investigation into a reading fan asthma drug used to have sealed that hostility. this week, he was cleared of any wrongdoing, and had this message to those booing him. you are coming toa message to those booing him. you are coming to a sporting event, it is fair enough if you don‘t support me, we don‘t support team sky, but put the jersey of honour someone who you do support, stand there and do that something positive. well, chris froome has even written a message into dave‘s le monde newspaper, reiterating that he has been cleared of any wrongdoing, and praising the french fans as the most passionate in cycling. what happened here last night, suggest he could be in for a rough ride. at previous tours, froome has been abused, is that it, and even had your in thrown at him. he says he is not worried about his 50. despite recent controversies and criticism, they have ne

winner, chris froome, has had his anti—doping case dropped by the cycling world governing body, the uci been under investigation since september. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street has come up with a new plan to try to break the deadlock in theresa may's cabinet over customs arrangements after brexit. with time running out to agree a deal with the eu, the latest proposals will be discussed by ministers at a crucial meeting at chequers on friday. it comes amid fresh infighting within the conservative party on the issue, with brexiteers warning the prime minister against any backsliding. here's our political correspondent, tom barton. how close britain's relationship with the european union should be is one of big questions facing those negotiating brexit. but the possible a nswe i’s negotiating brexit. but the possible a nswers to negotiating brexit. but the possible answers to that question have split the government. up to now, two options have been on the table. one, a close customs partnership after brexit. the other, a looser arrangement that would rely

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thank you for those emptied them come in will stop some pretty news, cycling's doubling body, the ucithan the maximum allowable level of a to have more than the maximum allowa ble level of a su bsta nce called salbutamol but the uci as accepted the result was a consequence of aid permitted use of the drug. obviously that will be a huge relief to chris froome and his tea m huge relief to chris froome and his team as he is hoping to retain his tour de france title. an update on the storm we brought you back in february. about pets being stolen. campaigners claim that having your pet stolen is treated no differently to having your bike or phone stolen for example, and that it needs to be classed as a specific crime. since our report, more than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the other penalties and the issue is going to be debated at westminster today. the group behind the petition says our covered helped get the ball rolling. this exclusive report featured the report of maxine and scooby do her missing dog, with an unusual talent. this is scooby. a playful 11—month—old

so our policy at uci is that we can assign basic security costs to any event based on the event that they are planning. according to a very clear content-neutral criteria. it's easy to see everybody sees that you go through the same analysis with respect to every single event. we're not post-hoc justifying one decision as opposed to another. if it turns out that you know 400 people are going to come to protest, all of those costs have to be socialized by the university. that's our commitment as a university. we're not quite facing the situation where we're targeted every single month with tremendously controversial activities. that could, if it costs us $1 million in activity essentially bankrupt the university. because if you haven't heard public universities aren't flush with cash these days. and every million dollars we're spending allowing milo to come to campus, we not spending it on supporting students and hiring faculty and the like. some campuses, including ucla and penn state, will say that with respect to this other campus obligation to provide security, that they'll budget

chris froome's anti—doping case has been dropped by cycling's governing body, the uci. from maternity. we have not talked about the absence of andy murray. such a shame. many people have been mentioning that. we had hoped that maybe he would come but realistically he had hip surgery only in january and that's but realistically he had hip surgery only injanuary and that's not give him much time to both form the way we would expect. right until the weekend we thought he was going to play, he was in the draw, but he announced yesterday that he will not be here, so a lot of disappointed fa ns be here, so a lot of disappointed fans but still very understanding. we will see him make a comeback here in the future, no doubt. yes, judy murray has said as much. in the meantime, thanks for joining murray has said as much. in the meantime, thanks forjoining us. for the next 2 weeks the eyes of the tennis world will be focused here on sw19 but what makes this tournament the one every player dreams of winning. i've been meeting some of the people who make it happen. it's a big year f

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