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Cyclist gets back bronze medal from '04 Games

Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle will get back the bronze medal that had been taken away at the 2004 Athens Games for a failed drug test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland has ruled. The court said the headache medicine Calle took did not contain banned substances.

The IOC had disqualified her for taking heptaminol, a prohibited stimulant, which was found in a urine sample taken after the race. Calle said she took an anti-migraine pill called Neo-Saldina a few hours before the race and blamed that drug, prescribed by a national team doctor, for the heptaminol reading.

American cyclist Erin Mirabella, who finished fourth in the race, was moved up to the bronze after Calle was stripped. Mirabella received the medal about a week after returning home from Athens, and said it was still in her possession.

COLLEGES: The NCAA has rejected Bradley University's bid to be taken off a list of colleges whose American Indian nicknames, mascots and logos will be banned in postseason play starting next year.

The committee commended Bradley for dropping its American Indian mascot and logos about a decade ago, but it said the school could have sent a clear signal of respect for American Indians by also dropping its nearly 70-year-old nickname, the Braves.

-- Mike Thomas, the athletic director at the University of Akron, has been hired to take over as athletic director at the University of Cincinnati on Dec. 1 when Bob Goin retires after eight years. Thomas will eventually hire a new basketball coach to replace Bob Huggins.

BOXING: Thursday's scheduled card at the Woodland Hills Hilton was canceled when both the main event and lead undercard bout fell apart.

The main event was to feature Adam Carrera of Cathedral City in a defense of his North American Boxing Federation super bantamweight belt. But promoter Deborah Sable of Final Round Entertainment said a deal could not be finalized for a suitable opponent.

- Robert Morales

SOCCER: Sabri Lamouchi and Mamadou Niang scored goals to help visiting Olympique Marseille beat defending UEFA Cup champion CSKA Moscow 2-1, the Russian club's first loss in 11 games in the competition.

BASEBALL: The independent Golden League will put a team in Reno, Nev., next season known as the Silver Sox, the same name as previous minor league teams have had there.

GOLF: Hunter Haas shot a 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead at the PGA's Funai Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., while Tiger Woods shot a 68, Vijay Singh a 69 and Retief Goosen a 71.

-- Ernie Els plans to return to competitive play in December, ending a four-month layoff because of a left-knee injury.

TENNIS: Amelie Mauresmo, seeded second and ranked No. 4 in the world, lost to qualifier Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-0 in the second round of the Zurich (Switzerland) Open.

Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport rallied to beat Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Davenport will move to No. 1 in the rankings next week, up from No. 3.

SKIING: World Cup champion Bode Miller, the first U.S. man in 22 years to win the overall title, said he will race in the Turin Olympics this winter. He had considered retiring.