Froome maintains innocence as rival doubts handling of case
(WorldNews Sport)

LONDON (AP) - Chris Froome`s renewed protestations of innocence on Thursday were accompanied by doubts about why the four-time Tour de France champion was not immediately suspended for failing a doping test. Froome has been ordered to explain to the International Cycling Union why a urine sample he provided at the Spanish Vuelta in September showed a concentration of the asthma drug salbutamol that was twice the permitted level. While accepting the case is `damaging` for a sport scarred for years by doping scandals, Froome maintained...