Alberto Contador was yesterday stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory and handed a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following his positive test for clenbuterol.

Top players should not be obliged to provide information on their whereabouts to drug testers for 365 days a year, FIFA’s medical chief today insisted.

David Beckham did his bit to boost England’s hopes of hosting the 2018 World Cup by attending the final of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup In Trinidad.

FIFA are expected to approve the deal which would allow England to represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics but hopes that Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott or even David Beckham could figure in the line-up are set to be dashed.