Lance Armstrong says he may be kept out of Tour de France

Armstrong, 37, in the midst of a comeback after a 3 1/2 -year retirement and recuperating from a broken collarbone, is involved in a dispute with the French anti-doping agency known as AFLD. While Armstrong was training in France last month an AFLD doping control tester came to his rented home.

Armstrong said in the video that the tester wrote "no" on the official paperwork to a question about whether there was anything irregular about the test.

But the AFLD has said Armstrong broke a rule by being out of the line of sight of the tester for 20 minutes while he showered before he gave the tester urine, blood and hair samples.

International Cycling Federation President Pat McQuaid said he was unhappy the AFLD leaked the report. "The French authorities . . . forwarded it to us knowing the UCI has no jurisdiction in the case while the report was leaked to the press," McQuaid said. "I would have to question why this has happened."

-- Diane Pucin

TENNIS

Williams to miss Family Circle Cup

Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C., because of an injury to her left leg.

Williams said she originally hurt her leg at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, where she lost to Victoria Azarenka in the final last Saturday.

Williams' sister Venus and No. 3-ranked Elena Dementieva are among those scheduled to play in the tournament.

Top-seeded Nadia Petrova defeated Alona Bondarenko, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), to advance to the semifinals of the MPS Group Championships at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. She will next play fifth-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak, who outlasted Tamira Paszek, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7). . . . Jelena Jankovic rallied to defeat Roberta Vinci, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6), in the quarterfinals of the Andalucia Tennis Experience at Marbella, Spain. Jankovic will play fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues, who defeated Sara Errani, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5. Elsewhere, fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro routed Klara Zakopalova, 6-1, 6-2, and will play Sorana Cirstea, who upset third-seeded Kaia Kanepi, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.