http://www.mail.com/people/13184-lance-armstrong.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/13184-lance-armstrong.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html PARIS (AP) — '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 dovetail neatly, because part of the joy and merriment of following sports is debating who is best at them. This being an Olympic year, we were spoiled for choice in 2012. Oscar Pistorius is a temptin... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html 2012-12-12T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745618-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests. Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games for a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee ex... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745618-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html 2012-12-05T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745814-athletes-lose-medals-armstrong-decision-pending.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests, while Lance Armstrong can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee executive bo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745814-athletes-lose-medals-armstrong-decision-pending.html 2012-12-05T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734624-panel-to-eye-links-cycling-body-armstrong.html GENEVA (AP) — An independent panel will examine possible links between cycling's governing body and the Lance Armstrong doping case. The three-member panel will meet in London from April 9-26, with a June 1 deadline to deliver its report. The group consists of retired British judge Philip Otton, Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes and former Paralympics star... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734624-panel-to-eye-links-cycling-body-armstrong.html 2012-11-30T17:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734274-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html LONDON (AP) — His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports hardware — an Olympic medal. But for how much longer? The fate of Armstrong's medal will be addressed when the International Olympic Committee executive board meets next week in Lausanne, Switzerland. Twelve years afte... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734274-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html 2012-11-30T16:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1733710-3-member-panel-to-probe-uci-armstrong-links.html GENEVA (AP) — British judge Phillip Otton will chair the three-member panel investigating the International Cycling Union's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case. The UCI, cycling's governing body, announced the independent commission on Friday, saying British Paralympic great Tanni Grey-Thompson and Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes also will serve on ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1733710-3-member-panel-to-probe-uci-armstrong-links.html 2012-11-30T13:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1723584-ioc-chief-backs-plan-4-year-doping-bans.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge supports proposals to double the length of doping bans to four years as a way of keeping drug cheats out of the Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency is planning to raise the penalty from two to four years for serious drug violations in the next version of the global anti-doping code, which comes up for approv... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1723584-ioc-chief-backs-plan-4-year-doping-bans.html 2012-11-26T11:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1714702-column-lot-to-thankful-sports.html The bad stuff is easy. You read about it almost every day; hear it discussed endlessly by the talking heads on radio and television. But if sports is a microcosm of society — and it is — then there's a lot of good going on, too. And, as we celebrate Thanksgiving, here are some things to be thankful for this year that have nothing to do with wins and losse... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1714702-column-lot-to-thankful-sports.html 2012-11-20T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1701436-armstrongs-cancer-foundation-drops.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong's cancer fighting charity has formally dropped him from its name and will officially be known as the Livestrong Foundation. The move is the latest of several by the charity to separate itself from its founder, who has been stripped of his seven Tour De France titles. The U.S. Anti-doping agency revealed evidence of per... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1701436-armstrongs-cancer-foundation-drops.html 2012-11-14T23:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1699164-tennis-players-shun-spanish-doctor.html PARIS (AP) — The owner of a leading tennis academy in Spain that trained some of the sport's stars says its players have stopped working with a doctor banned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for helping riders on Lance Armstrong's cycling team dope. Pancho Alvarino told The Associated Press the relationship between his TenisVal academy and doctor Luis Garci... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1699164-tennis-players-shun-spanish-doctor.html 2012-11-14T09:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1697246-ap-interview-tennis-mulls-anti-doping-step.html PARIS (AP) — Tennis is considering whether to adopt blood-testing measures used by cycling and track to catch drug cheats. "We are looking very, very carefully at an athlete biological passport program in tennis," International Tennis Federation anti-doping manager Stuart Miller told The Associated Press in a phone interview. Biologica... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1697246-ap-interview-tennis-mulls-anti-doping-step.html 2012-11-13T16:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1695328-wada-chief-warns-armstrong-case-tip-iceberg.html PARIS (AP) — The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency believes the Lance Armstrong case is just part of a wide-ranging doping battle that will never be won. Speaking Monday at a conference on how to increase cooperation between the pharmaceutical industry and anti-doping bodies, WADA president John Fahey cautioned against euphoria in the wake of the U.S. ... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1695328-wada-chief-warns-armstrong-case-tip-iceberg.html 2012-11-12T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1694640-lance-armstrong-cuts-formal-ties-to-livestrong.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer-fighting charity to avoid further damage brought by doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong resigned from the board of directors for Livestrong on Nov. 4. He had resigned Oct. 17 as chairman from the charity he founded but had kept a seat on th... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1694640-lance-armstrong-cuts-formal-ties-to-livestrong.html 2012-11-12T16:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1684202-us-postal-rider-chance-to-tell.html CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former Lance Armstrong teammate David George will have the opportunity to reveal how and when he took the blood-boosting drug EPO and if he used it while racing with the Texan more than a decade ago. George admitted using EPO on Tuesday, shortly after the announcement of a positive test by the South African Institute for Dru... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1684202-us-postal-rider-chance-to-tell.html 2012-11-07T15:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1684082-uci-asks-cas-president-to-help-choose-inquiry-team.html GENEVA (AP) — The International Cycling Union turned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday for help in choosing a team to investigate the governing body's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case. Australian lawyer John Coates, the president of the sports court's board, has suggested names for a three-member inquiry panel that soon will begin... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1684082-uci-asks-cas-president-to-help-choose-inquiry-team.html 2012-11-07T11:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1682048-armstrong-teammate-admits-doping-with-epo.html CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African cyclist David George, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, admitted using the blood-boosting drug EPO on Tuesday after failing a doping test. George failed an out-of-competition test on Aug. 29, the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport said Tuesday. He was provisionally suspended by Cycling South Africa... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1682048-armstrong-teammate-admits-doping-with-epo.html 2012-11-06T15:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1671118-ioc-opens-inquiry-armstrongs-olympic-medal.html LONDON (AP) — The IOC opened an investigation Thursday into Lance Armstrong's role in a doping scandal that has already wiped out his seven Tour de France titles and could cost him his Olympic bronze medal. The IOC will also examine the Olympic involvement of other riders and officials implicated in a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that detailed "the most... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1671118-ioc-opens-inquiry-armstrongs-olympic-medal.html 2012-11-01T14:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1670636-ioc-opens-probe-armstrongs-olympic-medal.html LONDON (AP) — The IOC formally opened an investigation Thursday that could result in Lance Armstrong losing his Olympic bronze medal for doping The IOC is looking into the Olympic involvement of Armstrong, other riders and officials implicated in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report detailing "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping p... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1670636-ioc-opens-probe-armstrongs-olympic-medal.html 2012-11-01T12:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1668622-english-town-to-burn-lance-armstrong-effigy.html LONDON (AP) — His career is in ruins and now an effigy of Lance Armstrong is about to go up in smoke. The disgraced American cyclist has been chosen as the latest celebrity to be burned in effigy during an English town's nationally famous Bonfire Night celebrations. Edenbridge in southeast England has built a 30-foot (9-meter) model of Armstrong, who was ... Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1668622-english-town-to-burn-lance-armstrong-effigy.html 2012-10-31T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1659652-dallas-promoter-demands-refund-armstrong.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Dallas promotions company that paid Lance Armstrong more than $7 million in bonuses for winning the Tour de France is demanding he return the money. A spokesman for SCA Promotions said Friday the company will send Armstrong a demand letter on Monday now that Armstrong' seven Tour de France titles have been revoked. The company paid ... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1659652-dallas-promoter-demands-refund-armstrong.html 2012-10-26T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1658620-uci-tour-winner-list-stays-blank-armstrong-era.html GENEVA (AP) — The seven Tour de France titles stripped from Lance Armstrong will not be awarded to any riders, and the American cyclist and his teammates should return their prize money, the sport's governing body said Friday. Acknowledging "a cloud of suspicion would remain hanging over this dark period," the UCI said the list of Tour winners will remain... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1658620-uci-tour-winner-list-stays-blank-armstrong-era.html 2012-10-26T16:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1655846-julich-leaves-team-sky-doping.html LONDON (AP) — Former American rider Bobby Julich says he used banned drugs during the late 1990s when he finished third in the Tour de France, forcing him Thursday to leave his Team Sky coaching job. The British team asked staff and riders last week to confirm they had no past links to doping as cycling tries to clean up following the Lance Armstrong scan... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1655846-julich-leaves-team-sky-doping.html 2012-10-25T17:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1654922-lemond-calls-cycling-leaders-to-resign.html GENEVA (AP) — Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has urged the leaders of cycling's governing body to resign in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping affair, calling them "the corrupt part of the sport." LeMond posted an open letter on his Facebook page Wednesday night that asked those who care about cycling to join him in telling International... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1654922-lemond-calls-cycling-leaders-to-resign.html 2012-10-25T12:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1653772-column-what-cyclings-secrets.html PARIS (AP) — The truth, some say, sets you free. Could it do the same for cycling, help the sport get back in the saddle and move past the damage done by Lance Armstrong? It's certainly an interesting idea, perhaps even a good one. Flush out cycling's dirty secrets, rinse them all away. Find out who else doped and how they did it, and then close those loo... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1653772-column-what-cyclings-secrets.html 2012-10-24T19:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1652370-rogge-cycling-will-remain-olympics.html LONDON (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge defended the international cycling union's anti-doping efforts Wednesday and said it would be wrong to kick the sport out of the Olympics in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal. Rogge called the evidence against Armstrong "shocking" but said it will ultimately be a "good thing" that helps clean up the sport af... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1652370-rogge-cycling-will-remain-olympics.html 2012-10-24T13:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1651968-cycling-teams-call-audit-doping-sport.html PARIS (AP) — Cycling teams are calling for an independent audit into the sport's fight against doping after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Jean-Rene Bernardeau of Europcar and Jonathan Vaughters of Garmin-Sharp-Barricuda say their teams and others would help pay for an external audit into how cycling has both succeeded an... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1651968-cycling-teams-call-audit-doping-sport.html 2012-10-24T07:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1650180-cycling-facing-long-climb-to-regain-credibility.html GENEVA (AP) — Mired in a crisis caused by the Lance Armstrong doping affair, cycling faces a long uphill trek to regain credibility. Still, the head of the sport's governing body said cycling can succeed despite the doubts of many, including anti-doping leaders who on Tuesday called for Armstrong-era officials to be removed. "By the decisions we have take... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1650180-cycling-facing-long-climb-to-regain-credibility.html 2012-10-23T15:52:00Z