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Sports Briefing: Cycling, Horse Racing, Golf, College Football and Track and Field

cycling

TEAM ASKED TO WITHDRAW The Astana team was asked to withdraw from the Tour de France in the wake of the doping scandal in Spain, organizers said yesterday. If the team, formerly called Liberty, refuses to withdraw, organizers will apply to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. Astana is under the spotlight after its manager, Manolo Saiz, was implicated in a scandal in which the police uncovered a network of blood doping in a series of raids. Alexander Vinokourov, who rides for Astana, is considered one of the top contenders for the Tour’s overall title. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)

horse racing

WOODWARD STAKES ON THE MOVE After more than 50 years at downstate tracks, the Woodward Stakes will move north this summer to anchor the last weekend of racing at Saratoga Race Course. The six-week meeting at Saratoga usually peaks with the Travers Stakes, run on the last Saturday in August. New York racing officials hope the Woodward will carry the momentum — and the fan support — into Labor Day weekend. The race will be run Sept. 2. (AP)

golf

BOOZ ALLEN CLASSIC AWAITS A WINNER The completion of the Booz Allen Classic at Potomac, Md., and Ben Curtis’s long-awaited first victory since the 2003 British Open was postponed for another day, setting up the PGA Tour’s first Tuesday finish in 26 years. More rain was in the forecast. (AP)

college football

CALIFORNIA SUSPENDS QUARTERBACK California suspended the senior quarterback Steve Levy indefinitely after his arrest on felony assault charges stemming from a bar fight. According to the police, the weapon was a pint glass from Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood. (AP)

track and field

CHAMBERS HAS TITLE ERASED The British sprinter Dwain Chambers had his European 100-meter title erased yesterday along with his other results over the past year and a half because of his doping record. Chambers was barred for two years after testing positive for the steroid THG in November 2003. (AP)

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