FATE to be decided: Lance Armstrong's case will be discussed by the ICU. Source: AFP
IT has dragged on for weeks but the Lance Armstrong saga could be wrapped up when cycling's governing body rules on his doping ban. Get your Sports Fix.
D-DAY ARRIVES FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG
Cycling: The fate and legacy of global cycling icon Lance Armstrong could take a decisive turn when the International Cycling Union meets to decide on the American's spectacular fall from grace.
The credibility of the sport's governing body, the UCI, may also be on the line.
Armstrong's reputation as the cancer survivor who claimed a record seven consecutive Tour de France victories is now in tatters after he was handed a life ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
The USADA have also stripped Armstrong of his wins after finding him guilty of being at the centre of the biggest doping program in sporting history.
Tonight (ADST) in Geneva, the UCI, whose president Pat McQuaid succeeded Dutchman Hein Verbruggen only in 2006 - a year after Armstrong had secured his seventh and final yellow jersey - is expected to give its official ruling having spent weeks studying the thousands of pages of the USADA report.
If the UCI does not support USADA's recommendations, the case could be decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar, right, vies with Queens Park Rangers defender Jose Bosingwa in the English Premier League match at Loftus Road. Picture: Glyn Kirk Source: AFP
DRAW SLOWS FOURTH-PLACED EVERTON
Football: Everton lost ground on the top three in the English Premier League when held to a 1-1 draw at bottom side Queens Park Rangers.
But David Moyes' men will be thankful for a point, having played the last half-hour with 10 men after the sending off of Steven Pienaar.
The result left them still three points behind Manchester United and Manchester City, with Chelsea four points clear at the top.
There was a sending-off in the day's other match and it cost Newcastle victory at neighbours Sunderland, who fought back for a 1-1 draw with an equaliser five minutes from time.
Everton began the day hoping to close to within one point of the two teams immediately above them, United and City.
But after Pienaar was sent off for a second booking just after the hour mark, they were under the cosh from QPR and did well to take a point from the match.
Venus Williams after winning the final of the Luxembourg Open against Romania's Monica Niculescu in Luxembourg. Picture: Geert Vanden Wijngaert Source: AP
VENUS CLAIMS 44TH CAREER TITLE
Tennis: Venus Williams won her 44th career tennis title when she brushed aside Romanian Monica Niculescu in straight sets in the Luxembourg Open final.
Playing in the 71st final of her career, the 32-year-old Williams won 6-2 6-3 in her first meeting with the 25-year-old from Bucharest.
Williams' career haul of 44 WTA titles is second highest among active players, trailing only her sister Serena, who has won 45 and could make that 46 as she plays the WTA Championships in Istanbul this week.
Tomas Berdych with the trophy after winning the ATP Stockholm Open final against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm. Picture: Soren Andersson Source: AP
BERDYCH BEATS TSONGA IN FINAL
Tennis: Tomas Berdych has won his second ATP title of the year, rallying to beat top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the Stockholm Open final.
The sixth-ranked Czech saved seven of nine breakpoint chances in the hard-fought match to improve to 3-1 against Tsonga and add to his win in February in Montpellier, France. Berdych now has eight career titles.
For the first time in his career, the talented Czech has now won more than one title during a season.
"It feels pretty good ... this season has been really solid," he said.
FRENCH OLYMPIC MASTERMIND DONZE DIES
Swimming: Christian Donze, who masterminded France's best-ever Olympic Games swimming performance in London just two months ago, died on Sunday at the age of 51 after taking part in a mountain bike race.
Donze had been racing with his wife and his son at an event in Murianette in south-eastern France when he suffered a heart attack.
Donze was the French team's national director at the 2012 Olympics where the country's swimmers finished third in the medal table behind pool superpowers United States and China.
France won seven medals, four of which were gold.
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