Australian Rugby League Commission Chair John Grant "is set to receive a 12-month stay of execution" to allow him to "work through a long-term club funding model, but support for the embattled administrator in his home state remains divided." The Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys "reaffirmed their commitment" to the National Rugby League clubs "seeking last year's memorandum of understanding be put back on the table." There had been claims the Broncos and Cowboys "were wavering in the move to dump Grant from rugby league's top administrative post, but the two NRL grand finalists from last year privately told fellow club bosses on Saturday they would not budge on the feud over club grants and would stand with their fellow clubs."
It leaves Grant with less than 48 hours "to come to an agreement" with clubs spokesperson and Melbourne Chair Bart Campbell -- as well as the other NRL chairs -- "to avert an extraordinary general meeting set down for Tuesday" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 12/17).
Team Sky Principal Dave Brailsford will appear on Monday in front of a Culture, Media & Sport select committee on sport's "fight against doping."
MPs are expected to ask him about British cyclist Bradley Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs).
Brailsford "is also expected to be asked about an allegation in the Daily Mail about a medical package delivered to Team Sky in France in June 2011."
He has previously "refused to comment on the contents of the alleged delivery" (BBC, 12/18).
