61.   Marjo Matikainen, a four-time Olympic medalist and an IOC monitor in Salt Lake City, said the doping scandal had been a major setback.

62.   Marjo Matikainen, a former four-time Olympic medalist and an IOC official in Salt Lake City, said the doping scandal had been a major setback.

63.   Meanwhile, a third team has been caught up in the doping scandal that has trailed the Tour de France.

64.   Mexico weathered a doping scandal and the suspension of two starters to cement its reputation as a first-line power in Latin American soccer.

65.   Olympics chief Juan Antonio Samaranch decried the doping scandal that has hit the Tour de France and lauded race officials Tuesday for expelling the Festina team.

66.   On Friday in Beijing, China announced it had set up a five-member panel to investigate the latest doping scandal.

67.   One year ago, she was stripped of the Olympic all-around title in Sydney as an unwitting victim of a doping scandal, a stigma which still hurts.

68.   PARIS - Two officials from the Dutch TVM cycling team are placed under investigation in the widening Tour de France doping scandal.

69.   Richard Virenque, who announced last month that he would quit cycling over a doping scandal, says he is still waiting for an offer from a new team.

70.   Seven cyclists from the Casino cycling team are being questioned by French authorities investigating the doping scandal that overshadowed the Tour de France, judicial sources said Tuesday.