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From the wires:
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) have spent more than $1-million in legal costs in the Floyd Landis appeal.
Wada president John Fahey said yesterday that they have contributed $1.3-million - five percent of their total budget of $26-million - to the US Anti-Doping Agency's (Usada) case against the American cyclist, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for a doping offence.
In a conference call with reporters, Fahey said he and Wada director-general David Howman would meet with Cas president Mino Auletta next month to discuss how to cope with the high legal costs involved in defending cases like those of Landis.
Wada said they agreed to offer financial support to the US agency for the Landis hearing after cycling's governing body, the UCI, refused.
Usada have already spent well into six figures to prosecute Landis, who lost his Tour title in September after a US arbitration panel ruled he used performance-enhancing substances during his 2006 victory.
A five-day appeal hearing before Cas was held in New York in March. A decision is not expected before June.