London: Californian sunglasses maker Oakley has ended a sponsorship of Lance Armstrong that began 25 years ago when he was a teenage triathlete after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles over a doping scandal. Oakley, owned by Italy's Luxottica (LUX.MI), became the latest sponsor to drop Armstrong after the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions against the 41-year-old,...
09:18 AM, Oct 23, 2012
USADA banned Lance Armstrong for life on Monday on the grounds of doping and asserted that there's no place for cheats like him in cycling. ...
10:49 PM, Oct 22, 2012
The International Cycling Union has stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles after the United States Anti-Doping Agency brought out a guilty verdict against the iconic star. ...
07:07 PM, Oct 22, 2012
Paris: The Lance Armstrong doping scandal reaches a decisive day on Monday when cycling's governing body announces whether it has ratified the US Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions but whatever happens the affair is set to run and run. International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid will hold a news conference at 1100 GMT on Monday at which he is widely expected to confirm that Armstrong, 41, is banned for life and...
10:14 AM, Oct 21, 2012
"This mission is bigger than me - it's bigger than any individual," Lance Armstrong said on the 15th anniversary of his cancer foundation Livestrong, three days after stepping down as the chairman. ...
12:58 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Austin: Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong told supporters of his Livestrong cancer charity on Friday that it had been a difficult couple of weeks but the foundation's mission must go on. The seven-time Tour de France winner stepped down as the foundation's chairman on Wednesday after a doping scandal badly tarnished his cycling career. But Armstrong still took the stage at a gala dinner in Austin, Texas, on Friday to celebrate...
10:01 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Paris: The International Cycling Union (UCI) are expected to give their reaction on Monday to USADA's ruling that seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong doped throughout his career, the governing body said on Friday. "On this occasion, UCI President Mr Pat McQuaid will inform on the UCI position concerning the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) decision on the Armstrong case," the UCI said in a statement announcing a news...
10:35 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Amsterdam: Dutch bank Rabobank ended its multi-million euro backing of professional cycling on Friday, the latest sponsor scared away by a doping scandal that has engulfed seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. The bank is the biggest backer of the high profile Dutch Rabobank team, with total sponsorship worth 15 million euros a year in a cycling-mad nation with as many bikes as people. The decision shows the damage...
10:25 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Shanghai: American cyclist Lance Armstrong's fall from grace sent a clear message to sportsmen and women around the world that the anti-doping agencies are determined to catch drug cheats no matter who they are, World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) head John Fahey said here Friday. Last week US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) revealed a report of 1,000 pages, including testimonies of Armstrong's 11 former teammates, on systematic doping in the former US...
04:47 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Austin: Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity on Wednesday and Nike severed ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal swirling around the cyclist escalated. Armstrong announced his move at the charity in an early-morning statement. Within minutes, Nike said that it would end its relationship with him "due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for...
06:57 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Berlin: Lance Armstrong should come clean with a full doping confession, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will look into ways of taking away the former Tour de France champion's 2000 Games medal, IOC vice president Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. American Armstrong, who won the Tour a record seven times from 1999 to 2005, is set to lose his titles after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) accused him...
07:51 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Paris: Lance Armstrong may take a lie detector test to clear his name from doping allegations, his lawyer said on Sunday, even though he did not expect the result would change the public's opinion of the American cyclist. Armstrong is set to lose his record seven Tour de France titles after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) published a 1,000 page report on Wednesday that said the retired American took part...
04:53 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Paris: Australian Matt White has stepped down as Orica-GreenEDGE sports director on Saturday after admitting to doping while riding with Lance Armstrong's U.S. Postal cycling team. "I am sad to say that I was part of a team where doping formed part of the team's strategy, and I too was involved in that strategy," White, who rode at U.S. Postal from 2001-03, said in a statement. "Given my admissions above,...
06:36 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Paris: Lance Armstrong's success pushed Jan Ullrich to resume doping at the start of the last decade to give the German any chance of competing against his American rival, the 1997 Tour de France winner's mentor said on Friday. Under Rudy Pevenage's guidance, Ullrich won the race 15 years ago but finished second to Armstrong three times between 2000-03. The American won the race seven times in a row from...
05:07 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Paris: The International Cycling Union has criticised the United States Anti-Doping Agency for a delay in Lance Armstrong's doping case, saying it is unusual that evidence is still being gathered after a person has been found guilty. The 40-year-old was stripped of his record seven Tour de France wins last month and handed a lifetime ban by USADA after indicating he would not challenge charges that he had doped throughout...
10:44 PM, Sep 27, 2012
A much-awaited report on Lance Armstrong's lifetime ban should be sent to cycling's world governing body no later than October 15, a spokesman for the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday. "USADA is in the process of finalizing the written reasoned decision in its US Postal Services pro cycling doping case," Annie Skinner said in an email to Reuters. "We will provide the reasoned decision addressing the lifetime bans...
10:58 PM, Sep 26, 2012
August 25, 2012, was a black day in cycling history when the legendary Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and handed a life ban from the game. The cycling world was mortified the moment the inspirational motivator and iconic Armstrong was tagged as a dope taint. The record seven-time Tour de France winner was banned from the sport for life after refusing to defend drug...
11:47 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Lance Armstrong received a lifetime ban and disqualification of competitive results for doping violations stemming from his involvement in the United States Postal Service Pro-Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy. Here is what the USADA said in its statement released on Friday. USADA announced today that Lance Armstrong has chosen not to move forward with the independent arbitration process and as a result has received a lifetime period of ineligibility and disqualification...
11:04 AM, Aug 25, 2012
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief John Fahey has told Reuters that American cyclist Lance Armstrong's decision not to fight doping charges meant there was substance' to those allegations and that he should be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong on Thursday said he would no longer fight charges by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which quickly said it would strip him of his titles and ban him from...
04:16 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Austin, Texas: There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a two-year federal criminal investigation followed by Travis Tygart's unconstitutional witch hunt. The toll this...
12:20 PM, Aug 24, 2012
