11.   Those issues have to do with revenue percentages, escrow accounts, the Larry Bird exception, drug testing and others.

12.   Alberto Tomba, who announced the end of his remarkable skiing career earlier this month, called Wednesday for more out-of-competition drug testing.

13.   Eighty-two athletes drug tested in the first three days of the World Championships were negative, the International Amateur Athletic Federation announced Wednesday.

14.   Kennedy also received word that a drug test taken during the trip showed residues of marijuana and amphetamines.

15.   The union, which has long resisted drug testing, and owners have agreed to discuss steroid testing when their talks continue Thursday.

16.   Nigerian sprinter Daniel Effiong is out after testing positive following a drugs test earlier this year that forced him to miss the world championships.

17.   Several local taxi companies said that their drivers had been drug tested by the anti-drug squad of the Hanoi economic police, but refused to divulge the results.

18.   The drug which world breaststroke recordholder Samantha Riley tested positive for could not mask the use of bodybuilding steroids, a drug testing expert said here Thursday.