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Armstrong: Watch interview, decide for yourself
Lance Armstrong says viewers can judge for themselves how candid he was in his interview with Oprah Winfrey. "I left it all on the table with her and ...
Sampling of Lance Armstrong's doping denials
Before his abrupt U-turn in an interview this week with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong had, many times and in many forums, consistently denied that ...
Winfrey says Armstrong interview 'intense'
A televised confession by Lance Armstrong isn't enough. Anti-doping officials want the disgraced cyclist to admit his guilt under oath before ...
WADA won't participate in UCI's Armstrong probe
The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Tuesday that it will not participate in an investigation into links that cycling's governing body allegedly had ...
UCI urges Armstrong to testify before its panel
The International Cycling Union urged Lance Armstrong on Tuesday to testify before its independent commission on doping to shed light on allegations ...
Swiss lab chief disputes USADA claim on Armstrong
The head of Switzerland's anti-doping laboratory described as "nonsense" on Friday claims by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart that he helped ...
CAS blocks Katusha bid for interim top-tier status
Russian cycling team Katusha's urgent request for temporary top-tier status this season has been denied by world sport's highest court. The Court of ...
Column: Is Lance Armstrong's U-turn just hot air?
Lance Armstrong is finally ready to talk. And Oprah Winfrey is willing to listen. But does he have anything new and important to say? He and his ...
UK paper suing Lance Armstrong over libel case
A British newspaper is suing Lance Armstrong for more than $1.5 million after it settled a libel case over doping allegations, saying that revelations ...
Report: Belgian doc denies doping role at Rabobank
A Dutch newspaper claims that a team doctor with the former Rabobank cycling team played a central role in doping by its riders. The Belgian doctor, ...
Heras doping clearance upheld, named Vuelta winner
Spain's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Roberto Heras — a former teammate of Lance Armstrong — must be reinstated as the winner of the 2005 Spanish ...
Armstrong stripped of BBC award after drugs probe
Lance Armstrong has been stripped of a prestigious BBC award in the wake of the doping scandal that cost the American cyclist his seven Tour de France ...
3x-Italian cycling champ Visconti banned 3 months
Three-time Italian cycling champion Giovanni Visconti has been banned for three months for seeing banned physician Michele Ferrari. The Italian ...
McQuaid dismisses LeMond's claim to lead UCI
Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond's claim that he should take over cycling's governing body to lead the sport out of crisis following the ...
Rabobank cycling team renamed Blanco Pro
The Rabobank cycling team is being renamed Blanco Pro Cycling Team next year as it continues to hunt for a new sponsor, Rabobank announced on Thursday
Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
European broadcasters invest in top cycling races
The European Broadcasting Union showed its faith in cycling on Wednesday, announcing a third long-term race broadcasting deal since Lance Armstrong ...
Scarponi banned 3 months for seeing Dr. Ferrari
Former Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi has been banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee for seeing banned physician Michele ...
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
Doping, ethics cases top agenda for IOC board
Four months after the highs of the London Olympics, the IOC is turning to less uplifting matters: drug-tainted medals from past games, ethics ...
UCI names 3-member panel to probe Armstrong links
An investigation panel examining the International Cycling Union's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case will include British Paralympic great ...