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AIGLE, Switzerland -- Olympic bronze medallist and three-time world time trial champion Michael Rogers of Australia has tested positive for clenbuterol after racing in China. Taison Jersey . The International Cycling Union said Wednesday that Rogers is provisionally suspended while his national federation investigates the case. Rogers tested positive for clenbuterol, which helps build muscle and burn fat, at the Japan Cup on Oct. 20. The previous week Rogers rode to an 11th-place finish at the five-day Tour of Beijing. Widespread use of clenbuterol in livestock farming in China and Mexico has made those countries a well-known risk for athletes as it is easier to ingest the substance there. Rogers told his employer, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, that "he never ingested the substance knowingly nor deliberately and fears that the adverse analytical finding origins from a contaminated food source," the team said in a statement. Clenbuterol is the substance Alberto Contador tested positive for at the 2010 Tour de France. Contador could not prove his claim at the Court of Arbitration for Sport that he ate contaminated beef. He was stripped of his victory and served a two-year ban. Rogers joined Contador at Saxo-Tinkoff last season from Team Sky, where he rode in support of 2012 Tour winner Bradley Wiggins. Rogers left Sky after being named in evidence in the Lance Armstrong case as working with the Americans favoured doctor Michele Ferrari around 2005. In 2012, Rogers was upgraded to bronze in the time trial at the 2004 Athens Olympics when the IOC disqualified race winner Tyler Hamilton of the United States for doping. Rogers won three straight world titles in the discipline from 2003 to 05. The UCI awarded him the first title after British winner David Millar admitted doping. Fred Jersey . The Toronto Blue Jays star won his second consecutive Hank Aaron Award as the most outstanding offensive performer in the AL on Monday after votes by fans and a panel of Hall of Famers were tallied. Fernandinho Brazil Jersey . -- The Oakland Raiders expect to have starting right tackle Tony Pashos back for Sundays game against the Houston Texans. CALGARY -- The Calgary Stampeders took over first place in the CFL standings with a 28-13 win over the Edmonton Eskimos in Mondays Labour Day game. The Stampeders top both the league and the West Division at 8-1. The Eskimos fell into a tie with the Saskatchewan Roughriders at 7-2. Calgary extended its winning streak against their northern neighbour to 10 in a row, including three straight Labour Day games. The Stamps also clinched the season series after a 26-22 win in Edmonton in July. In the event two clubs are tied for points in the standings at seasons end, the series winner earns the higher ranking. The Alberta rivalry continues Saturday in Edmonton in their final meeting before the playoffs. Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell improved to 11-1 in CFL starts. The Texan completed 18 of 29 passes for 252 yards and a touchdown throw to Anthony Parker. Backup Drew Tate finished Calgarys scoring drive on their first possession of the game with a one-yard plunge off the snap. Running back Jon Cornish rushed for 163 yards, including 100 in the first half and a two-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Rene Paredes added an 84-yard kickoff single and field goals from 47 and 33 yards in front of an announced 35,400 at McMahon Stadium Edmontons Otha Foster recovered a blocked punt and ran it in for a major in the first quarter. Grant Shaw kicked field goals from 13 yards in the second quarter and from 44 yards in the fourth. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats edged the visiting Toronto Argonauts 13-12 earlier Monday in the fiirst game played at Tim Hortons Field. Ederson Brazil Jersey. Edmontons starting quarterback was a mystery until their offence got the ball. Mike Reilly injured his throwing hand last week in Toronto where Nichols finished off the win against the Argos. Reilly dressed for Mondays game, but Nichols took the first snaps. Reillys run of consecutive CFL starts ended at 26. Nichols finished with 203 yards on 18 of 30 pass attempts. The Stamps got the ball back on their own 33 to start the fourth quarter when Edmontons Alonzo Lawrence crashed into kicker Rob Maver while trying to block a punt. A scrambling Mitchell dodged three tacklers to get the ball down to first and goal, where Cornish finished it off for a 24-10 lead at 5:50. Shaw and Paredes traded field goals in the final five minutes. Calgarys defence held the visitors to 136 total yards and sacked Nichols three times in the first half. The Eskimos mustered seven first downs in the half to the Stampeders 14. Esks receiver A.J. Guyton dropped two consecutive Nichols throws to him in the end zone in the second quarter. Edmonton settled for Shaws field goal and trailed by five points at halftime. Parkers leaping grab at the goal-line produced a 27-yard touchdown catch for Calgary at 6:20. Edmontons Willie Jefferson got a piece of Mavers punt and Foster recovered for a 57-yard major at 7:52 of the opening quarter. Mitchell marched Calgary to a major on their opening drive capped off by Tate at 4:43. Rene Paredes added a 84-yard kickoff single on the following play. ' ' '
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