Established himself as the pre Eminent Force in his sport but the star faces a fight to save his reputation. It was here, during his historic victory at spains grand tour, the vuelta, in september, that he exceeded the legal level of an asthma drug. On doctor s advice he increased his dosage because of acute symptoms and the night at a Training Camp in may yorker he told the bbc he had done nothing wrong. Training camp in may yorker he told the bbc he had done nothing wrongli do understand obviously it has come asa do understand obviously it has come as a big shock to a lot of people but i stand by what i have always said, in that i certainly havent broken any rules here. I havent taken more than the permissible amount, andi taken more than the permissible amount, and i am sure at the end of the day the truth will be told. Riders can take the drug, but froome, who has had asthma since childhood and users and inhaler, gave the youre in sample with twice the permitted amount. He said it can be explained. It is something that can be affected by a lot of different factors. Dehydration, the way the body metabolises it, for example. This is not a positive test. All asthmatics out there will know what the drug is. And i have obviously only been too happy to try and help the uci fill in the blanks. Ina and help the uci fill in the blanks. In a statement, the team sky boss said. There is a medical need there. I think what needs to happen is, though, the support around the athlete needs to improve in terms of, if his asthma is that bad, should he be cycling . If your asthma is that bad, and you are still symptomatic, should you call it a day to day and come back tomorrow when the asthma is a bit better . Scrutiny on team sky has intensified with management grilled at a Committee Hearing and an investigation into allegations, all denied and not proven, surrounding a medical delivery to Bradley Wiggins in 2011. Froome meanwhile has taken a strong stance on the use of tues for usually banned substances. A strong stance on the use of tues for usually banned substancesli think for usually banned substances. think it does enormous damage. Most people will listen to what we are saying about hearings and so on and they will just not saying about hearings and so on and they willjust not care. As far as they willjust not care. As far as they are concerned, it is yet another thing to happen to team sky. As far as cycling is concerned, it is enormously damaging. Froome plant to attempt a fifth to the france triumph, instead this hangs over him. He faces an anxious wait, as does team sky at their headquarters at the National Velodrome in manchester. They have built their brand around him and are trying to recover from recent controversies. Froome has come to symbolise a new era for the sport after its deeply troubled doping past and there is now a huge amount at stake for him, his team and for cycling. Well, there was another masterclass from Manchester City on wednesday 4 0 winners away at swansea. That is now a record breaking 15th win in a row in the english premier league. David silva scored twice on the night. Kevin de bruyne also found the net, and Sergio Aguero rounded things off for pep guardiolas side. There is no stopping them at the moment. We ran behind the ball. We will never regain that ball, and everyone is committed, everyone is ready to make his efforts, and that is why. And of course, winning 50 games in a row has never before havent, it gives us a lot of confidence, and we can do it. And, well, it is not often that teams score as many as city this season. But leicester did just that 4 1winners away at southampton. Shinji okazaki grabbed two, riyad mahrez and andy king with the others. Not many goals in the other games. Romelu lukaku headed home in the first half for united, for a 1 0 win at home against bournemouth. Tottenham move up to fourth on the table, after a 2 0 win against brighton. Bayern munich are nine points clear at the top of the bundesliga, after a 1 0 win over cologne. Robert lewandowski scored their goal on the hour mark. Hoffenheim are up to fifth after a 1 0 win over stuttgart. Bayer leverkusen won by the same scoreline against werder bremen. That leaves them fourth. Second placed schalke kept up the pressure on the leaders, with a 3 2 win over augsburg. Real madrid are through to the Club World Cup final after beating aljazira 2 1 in abu dhabi. They had to come from a goal down to secure the win. Cristiano ronaldo eased the nerves to level things after the break. And then gareth bale came off the bench to score the winner, with his first touch of the game. They will meet south american champions gremio, of brazil, in saturdays final. Well, the third ashes test will begin in perth in the next few hours. Australia have a 2 0 lead in the best of five series, so a win would see them regain the urn. The hosts have reason to feel confident. They havent lost to england at the waca since 1978. Our correspondent andy swiss is there, and sent this report. Well, welcome to the waca, where england and australia have been fine tuning their preparations ahead of what is potentially decisive test match in this. England know that defeat here and the ashes hopes are over and they have hardly had the ideal world up, with yet another disciplinary controversy involving the lions batsman, then ducat, who has been suspended after tipping a drink overjimmy hendersons head in a bar last week. Despite all that, joe root was in up the mood when he spoke earlier on. He says he believes england can still find a way back into the series. It is an opportunity to create history. It is a real chance to flip the dynamics of this series on its head. And if we come away 2 1 from this game, and it does blow the series wide open. Well, as for australia, they still have one selection issue to resolve, batsman peter handscombs place is under threat. He could be replaced bya under threat. He could be replaced by a Allrounder Mitchell marsh, rather of shaun marsh. That would give australia another bowling option as well. Rubber. They have an incredible record at this ground. They have not lost a test match at the waca since 1978, but even so, theircaptain, the waca since 1978, but even so, their captain, steve smith, says his tea m their captain, steve smith, says his team are taking nothing for granted. England are a very good side, and no doubt they are going to come back really ha rd doubt they are going to come back really hard this week. For us it is about the message that i have said to the boys is dont get complacent. You know, keep playing really good, hard, aggressive cricket and doing the basics really well. And if we do that on this wicket then hopefully we will get the result we are after at the end of this week. Yes, australia with another opportunity to seal another ashes triumph on home soil. Now, this is the last ever ashes test here at the waca. They will be playing at a new stadium here in perth. England, though, will be hoping that they can spoil the Farewell Party and keep this ashes series alive. The International Cricket council is investigating claims that indian bookmakers offered to fix the third ashes test in perth. The Sun Newspaper in britain says a gang, working with an australian called the silent man, was charging up to 185,000 to influence the match, which begins in a few hours time. No england players were named as being involved, but the gang claimed to have recruited one former australian player. In a statement, the icc said these are serious allegations, and of grave concern. We welcome the suns offer to share the information they have, so we can instigate a full investigation and, where appropriate, involve Law Enforcement agencies, and this process is already underway. Stand in captain rohit sharma hit his third double century in one day internationals, to give india a comprehensive 1a1 run victory over sri lanka. Sharma was 208 not out, as india made 392 4. Sri lanka then lost wickets at regular intervals. They managed 251 8. The series is level at 1 1 ahead of sundays decider. There were wins for paul berg and lindseyjacobellis in the mens and womens snowboard cross world cup event in the french alps on wednesday. In the mens race, germanys berg crossed the line first, ahead of adam lambert of australia, and the spaniard lucas eguibar. World number one alex pullin finished in sixth place. In the womens race, us veteran and standings leader Lindsey Jacobellis was first over the line, ahead of Chloe Trespeuch of france and Michela Moioli of italy. But, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. Well, after a very brief mild spell, those temperatures are coming down again for the next few days, and into the start of the weekend. And for thursday, its low pressure which dominates the scene. Tightly packed isoba rs across the country meaning fairly windy, and theyll be blowing in lots of showers, particularly to Western Areas of the country. And these showers will be of a wintry mix during the overnight period and first thing on thursday. Some snow to the Higher Ground of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, maybe the south west of england, and some wet sleetiness down to lower levels for a time, too. So, first thing on thursday, we are again looking at an ice risk, particularly from the midlands, north wales northwards, so watch out for these. There could even be some lying snow around on some of the higher routes, for example the pennines and across scotland. But we start thursday off on quite an unsettled note. Its going to be windy, especially in the west, gales on exposure, showers here and wintry over high ground and wintry showers in parts of wales, the north west england. Ice to watch out for, too. Largely dry to start in eastern and south eastern parts, early sunshine around but quite chilly. The same east of the pennines and eastern scotland. But further west, loads of showers and again some heavy and even sleetiness down to lower levels as well. And then, through the day, very little change. It stays blustery, i think the winds slowly easing down through the day. Theyll continue to be strong in the north and the south west, with gales here. Plenty of showers with wintryness again over Higher Ground and central and eastern parts of the country should be drier, with some sunshine. But notice the temperatures down on wednesdays values, in single figures for all. Its going to feel cold if you add on the wind. Then, as we head on in towards friday, we open the floodgates again to the arctic as this area of low pressure moves across in towards scandinavia. So it does mean a cold and frosty start in places for friday, and also a risk of some ice. But i think, generally speaking, friday is looking like a quieter day, more in the way of sunshine around, lighter winds for many. Still fairly breezy around the coasts, where well see wintry showers at times. Now, that cold air is with us obviously through friday and into the start of the weekend. But then, for the second half of the weekend, well start to see this plume of mild air making inroads slowly. A cold start on saturday, watch out for ice. Sunshine around through the morning. I think thats slowly fading as more cloud piles in from the west, maybe a few showers, and its going to be another cold day. 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