THE barrister who looks after the affairs of convicted drug cheat Dwain Chambers told a London newspaper yesterday that the British Olympic Association's appeal process on doping reinstatement is "inherently flawed".

The challenge, from the sprinter's manager Siza Agha, follows a ruling that the BOA stance on eligibility of athletes like Chambers and cyclist David Millar do not conform to the World Anti-Doping Agency's code.

The BOA now feels it has no option but to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, and Agha's muscle-flexing on Chambers's behalf hints that a further legal challenge to the BOA in UK courts may be imminent.

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