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(Reuters) – Unprecedented levels of skill, intensity and endurance have transformed global sport into spectacular mass entertainment and handsomely rewarded its leading exponents. Now that the euphoria of last year’s acclaimed London Olympics has dissipated, however, a spate of troubling stories in the first quarter of 2013 show an altogether darker and more disturbing side [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service. The lawsuit alleges that riders on the postal service-sponsored team, including Armstrong, knowingly violated their postal [...]
In this handout photo provided by the Oprah Winfrey Network, Oprah Winfrey (R) speaks with Lance Armstrong during an interview regarding the controversy surrounding his cycling career January 14, 2013 in Austin, Texas. Oprah Winfrey?s exclusive no-holds-barred interview with Lance Armstrong, “Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive,” has expanded to air as a two-night [...]
(Reuters) – Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s public admission that he took performance-enhancing drugs will not change U.S. prosecutors’ decision to spare him of criminal charges, an attorney who oversaw the federal investigation said on Tuesday. The statement by André Birotte, the U.S. attorney based in Los Angeles, follows Armstrong’s confession in a televised interview last [...]
(Reuters) – Andre Agassi was shocked and saddened by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s confession to using performance-enhancing drugs and the eight-times grand slam champion said tighter, more frequent dope testing procedures in tennis would be good for the sport. The American, who co-founded a philanthropic organization with Armstrong and other athletes like Muhammad Ali, women’s [...]
10 MAY 1994: LANCE ARMSTRONG, USA, OF MOTOROLA AND OVERALL LEADER VIATCHESLAV EKIMOV STAY WHEEL TO WHEEL DURING STAGE 6 OF THE TOUR DUPONT IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA. Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell/ALLSPORT (May 9, 1994 – Source: Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — US cyclist Lance Armstrong will be interviewed by chat show [...]
Cyclist Lance Armstrong (L) addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride as Doug Ulman (R), Livestrong President and CEO, looks on at Palmer Events Center on October 21, 2012 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors. Armstrong has recently been accused of leading “the most sophisticated, professionalized [...]
Cyclist Lance Armstrong addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride at the Palmer Events Center on October 21, 2012 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors. Armstrong has recently been accused of leading “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen” according [...]
(Reuters) – Spaniard Alberto Contador expressed support on Wednesday for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong saying the American was being “humiliated and lynched” by doping accusations which have led to the stripping of his seven Tour de France titles. “It seems to me that at certain times and in certain places Lance is not being treated [...]
Cyclist Lance Armstrong addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride at the Palmer Events Center on October 21, 2012 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors. Armstrong has recently been accused of leading “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen” according [...]
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