The Russian, 23, is already serving a one-year ban for her first doping offence. ...
12:30 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Lance Armstrong has been personally urged to make a full confession of all his involvement in doping by the founder of the lobby group Change Cycling Now. ...
09:31 AM, Mar 14, 2013
USADA chief claims that despite finally coming clean about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, Armstrong lied about several key points during the talk show. ...
10:58 AM, Jan 28, 2013
In excerpts of his interview with the
CBS network scheduled for Sunday broadcast, USADA CEO Travis Tygart said he had written a letter to Armstrong with the offer. ...
12:31 PM, Jan 26, 2013
WADA also called on Armstrong this week to reveal under oath what he knows about doping in cycling. ...
12:52 PM, Jan 18, 2013
IOC might be left with no choice other than to take drastic action if Armstrong implicated the sport's governing body of covering up a widespread doping scheme. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The 41-year-old Armstrong had his seven Tour de France victories scratched from the records and was banned from cycling for life in October. ...
08:19 AM, Dec 11, 2012
The 41-year-old had his seven Tour de France victories nullified and was banned from cycling for life in October. ...
02:49 AM, Dec 06, 2012
London: Lance Armstrong has stepped down as a board member of Livestrong, the cancer-support charity he founded in 1997, the organization said on Monday. "Lance Armstrong has chosen to voluntarily resign from the Board of Directors of the Livestrong Foundation to spare the organization any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding his cycling career," Livestrong chairman Jeff Garvey said in a statement. We are deeply grateful to Lance...
10:48 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New York: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced it will not appeal against the decision to ban American cyclist Lance Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles. WADA had the option of challenging the ruling that was made by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and backed by the International Cycling Union (UCI). "WADA has no concerns as to the complete process and...
09:36 AM, Nov 03, 2012
No one will replace Lance Armstrong as winner of the Tour de France from 1999-2005 after the American was stripped of the titles for doping, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday. "With respect to Lance Armstrong and the implications of the USADA sanctions which it endorsed on Monday 22 October, the Management Committee decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any...
09:00 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Paris: While the sports world comes to terms with the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, Tour de France organisers unveiled a mountainous, prestigious route for the 100th edition of the world's greatest cycling race on Wednesday. The 2013 Tour, which will start from Corsica, will take l'Alpe d'Huez's 21 hairpins twice in the same stage, go up the gruelling Mont Ventoux and end at dusk on the Champs Elysees. But with...
04:22 PM, Oct 24, 2012
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
Geneva: Cycling's governing body agreed on Monday to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life, following a report from the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. UCI President Pat McQuaid announced that the federation accepted the USADA's report on Armstrong and would not appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The...
05:02 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
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
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
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: 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
