McQuaid told German TV station ARD. In a report of the popular German TV show
'ARD-Sportschau' to be broadcast later Sunday, McQuaid said hat he was told in a 2006 meeting with Spanish sports minister
Jaime Lissavetzky and Spanish investigators that the 200 athletes linked with illegal practices were not all cyclists.
According to the UCI president only
between 50 and 60 were cyclists were involved, while other athletes in alleged contact with Fuentes were football (European
soccer) players, athletics, swimming and tennis.
The German TV station also reported
that ARD was told by Europe's football body UEFA that Spanish authorities told UEFA that no footballers were implicated.
There has been speculation about
other sports and athletes apart from cycling in the doping scandal which broke out in May 2006 after Spanish police arrested
Eufemiano Fuentes and several others. Spanish police raided several building on the same day and found performance enhancing
drugs and several refrigerators with bloodbags in it. French daily newspaper 'Le Monde' reported in a story published in 2006
that Spanish Football clubs FC Barcelona and Real madrid were involved as well. Last year Le Monde lost a court case about
the report but the French newspaper have appealed against the decision. Spanish authorities never officially mentioned other
sports. .
