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Lance Armstrong will not cooperate with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, attorney says

Lance Armstrong said Wednesday that he will not cooperate with a US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) investigation into dope cheats in cycling but would be willing to help other anti-doping inquiries. The move greatly diminishes Armstrong’s chances of having his life ban from World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-sanctioned sport reduced even as…

World cycling organization strips Lance Armstrong of 7 Tour de France titles

Disgraced Lance Armstrong’s fate was sealed on Monday, as cycling’s under-fire world governing body decided to back a life ban for doping and strip him of his record seven Tour de France titles. The International Cycling Union (UCI) said it supported the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) decision to erase the…

Experts say Lance Armstrong could still be prosecuted

It may require years of legal argument and enormous financial cost, but Lance Armstrong could yet be forced into court on charges that he lied when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. The 41-year old former cyclist, whose seven Tour de France wins and cancer charity made him a global…

Doping report reveals damning evidence against cyclist Armstrong

Cocktails of olive oil and testosterone, blood stored in secret cupboards and a shadowy courier known as ‘Motoman’ have delivered the fatal blows to the doping-shattered reputation of Lance Armstrong. In the 202 pages of damning evidence compiled by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) which it claims proved the…

Doping charges formally filed against Lance Armstrong

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on Friday it has filed formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong that, if proven, would strip him of his seven Tour de France titles. A three-member review panel evaluated evidence gathered by USADA and a reply from Armstrong before unanimously…

Lance Armstrong attacks USADA over doping charge

WASHINGTON — Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong lashed out at the US Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday, saying they want to brand him a drugs cheat based on “discredited” allegations. “I have been notified that USADA, an organization largely funded by taxpayer dollars but governed only by self-written rules,…