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Lance Armstrong’s former teammate will not face doping charges

A former team-mate of shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong, Norway’s Steffen Kjaergaard, will escape sanctions despite having admitted doping, the country’s anti-doping agency announced on Monday. Kjaergaard, who competed in the 2000 and 2001 Tour de France on Armstrong’s US Postal Service team, admitted in October last year that he took…

Report: Cyclist Armstrong will confess to doping during Oprah interview

Cyclist Lance Armstrong will make a “limited confession” to using performance-enhancing substances in his upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. The admission, which would reportedly also include an apology, would follow a decade of staunch denials by the seven-time Tour De France winner that he…

Lance Armstrong to discuss doping scandal on Oprah

The disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong will talk about the doping scandal that dramatically brought down his cycling career during an interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, it was announced. The famed talk show host said that a 90-minute special show would address “years of accusations of cheating, and charges of…

Lance Armstrong may admit to doping, NYT report says

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, is weighing whether to admit he used performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported. Armstrong has told associates and anti-doping officials he is considering admitting publicly that he used blood transfusions and banned drugs…