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The GB Olympic cycling team was a surprise loser when the funding decisions for Toyko 2020 were announced and UK Sports chairman Rod Carr has warned the sport it could hand back money if it fails to fix its governance issues.British Cyclings Olympic programme has been given almost ￡4.3 million less than it received for its Rio 2016 preparations, a cut of 14 per cent. This is despite another dominant display in an Olympic velodrome and a total haul of 12 medals, including six golds.But those victories in Rio were the highlight of an otherwise difficult year for governing body British Cycling.The build-up to the Olympics was dominated by the exit of technical director Shane Sutton after he was accused of bullying, only for a fresh controversy to blow up in Rio with a row over Lizzie Deignans missed drugs tests.The Sutton case led to two internal reviews at British Cycling, the second of which found him guilty of using offensive language, a muddled decision which has left both him and the main complainant, former rider Jess Varnish, threatening legal action. Meanwhile, a UK Sport-led review into allegations of a bullying culture within cycling is expected to announce its findings in January.But worse followed after the Games when Olympic great Sir Bradley Wiggins was revealed to have received Therapeutic Use Exemptions [TUEs] for an otherwise banned anti-inflammatory drug before his biggest races in 2011, 2012 and 2013, including his historic 2012 Tour de France win for Team Sky.Since then two further stories have emerged which have prompted an ongoing investigation by UK Anti-Doping into claims of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky.The first relates to a package which was delivered to the Team Sky coach by a British Cycling employee at the end of a Tour de France preparation race in June 2011. This was shortly before Wiggins first TUE for triamcinolone but the team and governing body have denied the package contained the drug.The second is based on a claim by former Team Sky rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, who completed a two-year doping ban earlier this year, that the controversial painkiller tramadol was freely offered to the GB team ahead of the 2012 World Championships. The doctor that day was Richard Freeman, who then worked for Team Sky but is now at British Cycling.Wiggins, Team Sky and British Cycling all deny wrongdoing.Speaking at UK Sports London headquarters on Friday, Carr said: There are governance issues [at British Cycling] -- theres been an internal review and those matters have been made public, the performance director [Sutton] has gone and there may be some fallout from that.Then theres the independent review, which is near, and were waiting to see the outcomes of that. If those outcomes are such that it needs for us, as the government investment agency, to take some actions we will do but were not going to jump the gun.But governance, as weve seen, is a really important issue whether it be FIFA or the IAAF, and if there were issues in cycling it fundamentally undermines everything.If people dont believe what theyre seeing on the track -- if things are getting done in a way that we as the public think is untoward -- then its really bad news, so we take that very seriously.Carr, who leaves UK Sport after nearly four years in charge early next year, added that he and chief executive Liz Nicholl are keeping very close to British Cycling while the sport deals with its difficulties.He also explained that the issue of Wiggins disputed therapeutic use exemptions is primarily UKADs concern but said if there was found to be any breaking of the rules then we might well have a different opinion.Carr denied, however, that the Olympic squads Tokyo 2020 cut was a result of these governance concerns. He said it was because the sport has just signed a sponsorship deal with HSBC that made it less reliant on public money, and UK Sport was not convinced of its medal potential in BMX or mountain biking.It should also be said that the ￡26 million it has been given is the same sum it had for London 2012 and the para cycling squad has been handed almost ￡1 million more for Tokyo than it got last time.Carlos Santana Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Eddie Murray Jersey . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. https://www.cheapindiansonline.com/3458u-ricky-vaughn-jersey-indians.html . On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators. Tommy John Indians Jersey . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. 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Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.DURHAM, N.C. -- Instate rivals Duke and Wake Forest couldnt be handling their quarterback situations more differently.The Demon Deacons went back and forth between two QBs -- even occasionally playing both at the same time -- while they wait for one to claim the job.That wasnt an issue for the Blue Devils, who handed the offense over to a redshirt freshman and turned him loose.It definitely helps to have a rhythm as a quarterback, Duke QB Daniel Jones said Tuesday.They meet this week in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener after both started their seasons with victories that were nothing alike.Wake Forest (1-0) sputtered in a 7-3 victory over Tulane, gaining just 59 total yards and three first downs in the second half and finishing with 175 yards -- fewer than every other Bowl Subdivision team that played last week.They know theyre better than that, coach Dave Clawson said. The object of the game is to win, and we won. ... But I dont think our offense left that game saying, `Hey, we did our job and were satisfied, by any means.Meanwhile, Duke (1-0) clicked right away, scoring touchdowns on seven of its first 10 possessions of a 49-6 rout of North Carolina Central of the Football Championship Subdivision.A big reason for that was Jones, who looked nothing like a redshirt freshman playing in a college game for the first time.He finished 10 of 15 for 189 yards and two touchdowns, setting the schools single-game record with a pass efficiency rating of 216.51, and added 28 yards rushing and another score.It helped that coach David Cutcliffe pulled him aside for a pregame pep talk, telling the yooung quarterback that he would remove anything from the game plan that Jones wasnt completely comfortable running.ddddddddddddAnd Cutcliffe emphasized that -- despite a strong performance by backup Parker Boehme -- Jones will remain his No. 1 quarterback.It certainly gives me confidence to go out and play, but I have a job to do and Im expected to perform, Jones said. I still have those expectations for myself, and I want to do as good as I possibly can.Wake Forest once again will start junior John Wolford but sophomore Kendall Hinton also will play against his hometown school, with Clawson declining to give more specifics because Im not going to share with Duke how were going to do it.While he has long said he believes in both of his QBs, Clawson had hoped during the preseason that one would wrest control of the position.It hasnt happened yet. Wolford was 9 of 17 for 79 yards passing while Hinton had a team-best 24 yards rushing and scored the games only touchdown on a 1-yard keeper. At times they alternated at quarterback, with Wolford even shifting to receiver while Hinton took a snap.We went into the year with a plan, and were going to stick with the plan, Clawson said. And at a certain point, if we have to re-evaluate it, we will. But were not going to blow it up after one week.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap. 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