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LONDON -- Britain will ask sports top court to examine its lifetime Olympic ban for drug cheats after the World Anti-Doping Agency questioned the legality of the rule. The British Olympic Associations bylaw has come under pressure since the Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out an IOC rule barring athletes who have received drug bans of more than six months from competing in the next Olympics. The BOA ignored a letter from WADA last month questioning the legality of its rule and a second letter was received this week from the Montreal-based organization setting out the legal reasons for its opposition. Following the second letter, the BOA decided to ask CAS for a binding decision on the validity of the rule. "The BOA has received correspondence from the World Anti-Doping Association which confirms that it believes the BOA eligibility bylaw is non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code," BOA chairman Colin Moynihan said. "Of course, the BOA strongly disagrees." Moynihan added that the BOA is seeking a CAS hearing in order to "vigorously defend the interests of clean athletes" and "bring clarity and closure to this issue." WADA president John Fahey said in a statement to The Associated Press that his ....... is not directly challenging Britains bylaw at CAS, but that the letters sent to the BOA suggested that they "may wish to have its bylaw tested by an appropriate tribunal." Fahey said the BOA is yet to inform him of its decision to go to CAS and stressed that "no other steps have been taken by WADA." But Fahey said WADAs executives will assess at a meeting this weekend whether Britain is complying with its code -- a requirement of being part of the Olympic movement. It is just eight months until London stages the Olympics. Since the BOA rule on lifetime Olympic bans was introduced in 1992, it has been applied 32 times and successfully overturned 29 times on appeal for "mitigating circumstances." Among British athletes covered by the ban are sprinter Dwain Chambers, the former European 100-metre champion who served a two-year ban in the BALCO scandal, and cyclist David Millar. If the rule is nullified, they would become eligible to compete in their home Olympics next year in London. "It is a remarkable challenge from WADA in the absence of any challenge form a British athlete," Moynihan said. The BOA announcement came a day after Moynihan accused WADA of failing to catch the worlds biggest drug cheats and dragging the doping fight into a "dark age." He called for an independent review of WADA, which was set up 10 years ago to co-ordinate the international fight against doping in sports. Moynihan said only 59 of the worlds 204 national Olympic committees are in compliance with WADAs anti-doping code, and that law-enforcement agencies -- not WADA -- were responsible for breaking up major doping rings and prosecuting cases such as the BALCO scandal. Fahey said he was disappointed by the strongly worded comments made by Moynihan in a speech to international sports federations in Lausanne, Switzerland. In a statement to The Associated Press, Fahey noted that WADAs mandate comes from its signatories, including national Olympic bodies like the BOA. "Accepting that any signatory must be free to criticize, it is disappointing to read the BOA presidents comments, some of which are misinformed and inaccurate, and many of which have been addressed by WADA stakeholders in the last code review or by WADA in its present activities," Fahey said. Chris Watt Chargers Jersey . MLS will maintain the 34-match schedule used in 2011, when the leagues 18 teams each played two matches against the other teams - one home and one away - only make changes to prevent the season from expanding to 36 fixtures. Joey Bosa Chargers Jersey . 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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins exacted a little bit of revenge on Texas. So did the rest of the Kansas Jayhawks. On the eve of his 19th birthday, the freshman from Vaughan, Ont., put on a dazzling display of outside shooting and rim-rattling dunks. Wiggins finished with 21 points to lead the eighth-ranked Jayhawks to an 85-54 rout of No. 19 Texas, helping them seize control of the Big 12 race. It was a far different outcome than the first time the teams met, three weeks ago in Austin. Texas rolled to an 81-69 victory, and Wiggins managed seven points on 2-for-12 shooting. "We wanted to come out aggressive," Wiggins said. "Last time we got embarrassed at their place. We wanted to do the same thing to them, win every minute of every possession." They just about accomplished it. Joel Embiid added 13 points, seven rebounds and six blocks for the Jayhawks (21-6, 12-2), who lead the league race by three games with four to play. Kansas can wrap up at least a share of its 10th straight title when Oklahoma visits Allen Fieldhouse on Monday night. "That was our first goal to start the year off, to win a 10th straight Big 12 championship," said Frank Mason, who had 14 points off the bench. "Thats still our goal." Jonathan Holmes scored 17 points and Cameron Ridley had 11 for Texas, but they were about the only guys wearing burnt orange who seemed to solve the Jayhawks gritty man-to-man defence. Freshman guard Isaiah Taylor was held to just five points on 1-for-14 shooting, while Javan Felix was 2 of 9 from the field and finished with six points. "I talk about our guys not being as tough as wed like them to be, which were not, but they are prideful," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Texas whipped us down there the first time. I said all along this game wasnt about the league race as much as it was playing Texas." The game actually played out in similar fashion to the first meeting, only this time it was Kansas that played flawlessly and Texas that looked like a mess. After the Longhorns jumped out to an 8-3 lead, they managed jusst one field goal over an 11-minute stretch as the Jayhawks launched a 32-5 run that put the game away.dddddddddddd "They were really good, obviously, and you got to know after we played as well as we played against them the first time they were going to be ready to play," Texas coach Rick Barnes said. Wiggins led the way for Kansas, at one point scoring 12 points during a particularly brutal 14-0 spurt. He did it in dazzling fashion, too: There was the soaring fast-break dunk, the back-to-back 3-pointers, and the alley-oop jam off a pass from Wayne Selden Jr. that left the crowd roaring so loudly that the field house floor was shaking. "When I score early, it brings a lot of confidence to my game, especially when I hit a 3. I get on fire," Wiggins said. "My teammates did a good job of getting me the ball." By the time Connor Lammert finally hit a 3-pointer with about 5 minutes left in the half, the lead had ballooned to 28-13 and the Longhorns had exhausted nearly all their timeouts. "It can get away from you quick," Holmes said. "One or two possessions, you can look and youre down by six, eight and then 10 and then the game is over pretty much after that." Just how bad were the Longhorns in the first half? Try 6 of 29 from the field and 5 of 12 from the foul line, with five turnovers and three assists. They were dominated on the boards, dominated in the paint and, well, dominated just about everywhere else, too. Taylor, who had 23 points in the first meeting with Kansas, was 0 for 10 from the field as the Jayhawks built a 46-18 halftime advantage. And even when Texas managed to score -- as it did out of the break -- Kansas often answered with two buckets in return. 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