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Former super middleweight world titleholder Lucian Bute, who tested positive for a banned substance after his draw against titlist Badou Jack on April 30 at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., will have his B sample tested on Thursday, the WBC announced.Butes A sample tested positive for the banned substance ostarine (also called enobosarm), which is supposed to increase stamina and recovery ability.Ostarine has been on the World Anti-Doping Agencys banned list since 2008.The Washington D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission has been handling the process related to Lucian Butes positive anti-doping test result for Ostarine, the WBC said on Wednesday. The WBC and the D.C. commission have communicated frequently about that case. The D.C. commission arranged for the opening of Mr. Butes B sample, which will take place on Thursday.Mr. Bute has designated his representatives, who will attend the opening of the B sample container, consistent with the WBC rules & regulations. More information about this case will be made available in days to come.Following the positive test, Bute denied taking any banned substance.I am surprised and sad about that news, Bute said. I cant understand how the test could have been positive. I have been tested exhaustively since I was world champion and never tested positive. I have never taken anything prohibited. I trust every member of my team and I am convinced when the B sample will be tested it will prove me right and will turn out negative.Should the B sample also test positive, Bute (32-3-1, 25 KOs) faces a probable fine and suspension. The result of the fight -- a majority draw in which two judges scored the bout 114-114 and one had Jack (20-1-2, 12 KOs) winning 117-111 -- would also be changed to a no-decision.Bute, 36, of Montreal, held a 168-pound world title from 2007 to 2012 and made nine successful defenses.Whether the result remains a draw or is changed to a no-decision, it wont change the plans of the 32-year-old Jack, a native of Sweden living in Las Vegas. He is slated to face Englands James DeGale (23-1, 14 KOs) in a fall world title unification fight. DeGale retained his version of the title by unanimous decision against Rogelio Porky Medina on the Jack-Bute undercard. Cheap Air Max 90 Mens . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. Cheap Air Max 90 China . 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Australia and South Africa will each lose one Super Rugby franchise if a review proposal presented to the Australian Rugby Union is adopted.The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Friday that other models delivered in a secret review of the Super Rugby competition, expanded to 18 teams for the 2016 season, included the possibility of South Africa losing two teams; another reportedly advocated further expansion of the competition.ARU chief executive Bill Pulver said the board was reviewing a SANZAAR-initiated report into the expanded Super Rugby competition, noting that everything is on the table.Weve interviewed all the Super Rugby clubs and national unions and the idea is to design the competition for the future, Pulver said on Friday, noting that change was unlikely before the end of the current broadcast deal in 2020.The ARU, meanwhile, came under fire from former Wallabies centre Brett Papworth, who slammed the union for what he said was a from-the-roof-down approach to the sport. Papworth, wrote in a hard-hitting column for Rugby News that the union should withdraw its franchises from Super Rugby and redirect money to grassroots level to revive the code in Australia.How can we be spending more than ever on the growing professional arm of the game, but getting worse, Papworth wrote.I have gone back as far as I can into the ARU annual report archives, and can tell you that since 2007 the ARU has spent $777,000,000 on the game [in nine years]. Almost all of it on the growing empires that are supposed to make us a rugby superpower. In that time, investment in rugbys grassroots has fallen to pretty much zero.Papworth also pointed to the weak financial model of Australias Super Rugby franchises -- who combined for a woeful three wins from 25 matches against New Zealand opposition this season -- as a reason why the ARU needed to get out of the competition.Tell SANZAR that its over, Papworth wrote in reference to the 18-team, four-conference model introduced for 2016.And if it costs us money to get out, then who cares because it is currently being wasted on the wrong things anyway.ddddddddddddThe simple fact is that we, the rugby public, dont care anymore.[Super Rugby] has become meaningless, and if you ever want to win again you had better start creating real meaning at every level.The Herald reported that Accenture had consulted stakeholders in compiling its report, including the 18 current teams, the national unions from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Japan, and the host broadcaster from each country.Less than a year after the new SANZAAR broadcast deal delivered the ARU a record $A285 million cash injection over five years, the celebrations have come to an abrupt end, the paper reported.The ARU has informed the five Super Rugby franchises they can expect a $A500,000 funding shortfall from head office next year, while the ARU searches for a new sponsor for Super Rugby and gets to grips with the true financial picture at the Western Force and the Brumbies.The ARU did not secure a naming rights sponsor for the June Test series against England, or this years Rugby Championship. In a further illustration of the depth of the woes in Australian rugby, Western Force were bailed out by $A800,000 of additional funding from head office while the Brumbies also have significant financial issues. Melbourne Rebels are being propped up by private owners, while Queensland Reds posted a loss of more than $A1 million last year. Only the Waratahs reported a profit last year, just $A100,000.Papworth wrote in his column for Rugby News that a stronger interstate series in Australia would increase interest in the sport and its players at a representative level, and that money would still flow from matches that people actually care about.It shouldnt be too hard to create an annual interstate series that matters, Papworth wrote. ' ' '