Jones, who holds a World Boxing Association (WBA) title in the cruiserweight category, told the Panamanian daily Critica in a phone interview that he did not
use any banned substances to drop weight before the fight against Lebedev, which
he won by knockout in Round 11.
According to the daily, Jones said "my promoter (Don King) told me they will handle this situation, that I shouldn't worry. I'm calm and I'm not worried,
because we are fine and, as I said, all this about doping is an excuse from the
Russians. I won the fight. "
On Friday, the WBA reported Jones' title was "under review" due to suspicions of doping.
Jones and Lebedev had until Monday to authorize the opening of a B test to confirm the results of an initial test that allegedly indicated the presence of
a weightloss substance in Jones' urine.
The daily added it spoke with WBA Executive Vice President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, who confirmed that on Friday they had received a statement from Don
King's lawyers.
Mendoza said the association would issue a statement on the matter later Monday.
PARIS, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Banned European soccer boss Michel Platini told French sports daily L'Equipe on Thursday that he formally withdrew his candidacy
from the presidency race for scandal-plagued FIFA.
"I will not present myself for the presidency of FIFA," said the UEFA chief in an interview with L'Equipe to be published in full on Friday.
Platini, along with departing FIFA president Sepp Blatter, was banned from all football-related activity for eight years by FIFA's ethics committee on
December 21 over a two million Swiss franc payment he had received from the
Swiss in 2011.
The 60-year-old had been hoping to win an appeal in time to be allowed a candidacy for the FIFA election on February 26, before he changed his mind.
"I am withdrawing my candidature. I no longer have the time nor the means to go and see the voters, to meet people, and to fight against the other
candidates.
"By withdrawing, I will concertrate on my defence," added the former French international, who has insisted he's done nothing wrong.
A clear favorite to succeed Blatter for the sport's most powerful job before the allegations emerged, Platini was initially suspended for 90 days before the
eight-year ban was imposed.
"It's a matter of schedule, but not only that," said Platini, referring to the January 26 deadline for nominations. "How can you win an election when you
are prevented from campaigning?"
Platini had explained that the 2 million Swiss francs were paid to him by FIFA with Blatter's approval for his work done as special consultant during
1999-2002, but FIFA's ethics committee said the payment, made at a time when
Blatter's seeking re-election, lacked trasparency.
"Yet when Blatter announced his retirement, I received 150 declarations of support -- 100 official letters from federations and 50 promises. All this in
two days," Platini told L'Equipe.
"I have fought like I have always fought in my life, but I have not been given the chance to play the game," added the Frenchman, who instead reiterate
his intention to overturn the eight-year ban by appealing to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport.
Platini's withdrawal leaves five declared candidates for the FIFA presidency, and they are Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, Asian Football Confederation
President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, former FIFA official
Jerome Champagne of France, UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino of
Switzerland and South Africa businessman Tokyo Swxwale.
LONDON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Song Zhiping, Chairman of ChinaNational Building Materials (CNBM), has been appointed the newpresident of the London-based World
Cement Association (WCA), thefirst time a representative from a Chinese
organization has takenthe helm of an international cement association.
Song gave his first keynote address as president at the WCAWorld Cement Conference in London Tuesday. More than 100 seniordelegates from 29 countries
attended the first edition of thisglobal event.
WCA Chairman Emir Adiguzel commented: "We are delighted Mr. Songhas accepted the Presidency of the WCA. CNBM is the world's largestprovider of cement and
this appointment reflects the growingimportance of China in the global cement
industry, as well as theWCA's commitment to connecting the cement community in
allcountries across the world."
In his address, Song said he wants to unite members, activelystrives for support from all sectors including governments andnon-governmental
organizations, safeguards interests of theindustry, fulfills social
responsibilities and promotes thesustainable development of the global cement
industry in thefuture.
He explained how CNBM is working to reduce overcapacity andincrease industrial concentration.
"We have been increasing the degree of industrial concentrationof cement in China from 12 percent in 2006 to 57 percent in 2016,which set an example for the
whole industry," Song said.
As chairman of the world's largest provider of cement, with acapacity of 530 million tons per year, Song emphasized CNBM'sefforts in the area of
environmental protection.
"The production of cement strongly depends on resources and issensitive to the environment... We put environment first because weknow that some changes
will be irreversible if the environment isdamaged," he said.
Song has over 30 years of experience in business and managementin China's building material industry. He has been chairman of CNBMsince October 2005.
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