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Lance Armstrong settles USD 3 million lawsuit over bonuses

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:53

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has reached a settlement with an insurance company over USD 3 million in performance bonuses paid to him from 1999 to 2001, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

Lance Armstrong says will testify with 100 percent honesty

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 15:25

Disgraced former Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has said he will testify with "100 percent transparency and honesty" at any independent enquiry into doping in cycling.

British women set new pursuit world record

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 09:01

Great Britain`s women set a second world record in two rides as they won the team pursuit final on the opening day of the Track World Cup in Manchester on Friday.

Ryder Hesjedal admits to doping in dark past

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 09:57

Canada`s 2012 Tour of Italy champion Ryder Hesjedal admitted on Wednesday to having taken performance enhancing drugs 10 years ago after choosing `the wrong path`.

Climbers at the ready for 2014 Giro d`Italia

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 09:18

Italy`s Vincenzo Nibali will kick off the defence of his Giro d`Italia title in 2014 with three days of racing in Northern Ireland before a "key" final week of epic racing in the high mountains.

Lance Armstrong finally returns Olympic bronze medal to IOC

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 10:35

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong`s Olympic medal is back with the International Olympic Committee.

Italian cycling champion Bartali honoured as Holocaust hero

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 08:26

Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali was recognised as "Righteous Among the Nations" by the Israeli museum of Yad Vashem.

Lance Armstrong`s lies revealed in new film

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 09:03

A film about Lance Armstrong`s cycling comeback, shot in 2009 but shelved when his doping denials began to unravel, had its own revival Monday, offering fresh perspective on his lies.

International Cycling Union elections: Presidency row takes spotlight off `good year`

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 08:58

Cycling is on the road to recovery from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal but a good season for the sport has been overshadowed by a bitter presidency campaign.

World cycling chief Pat McQuaid loses Swiss backing

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 17:28

UCI president Pat McQuaid received a blow on Wednesday to his bid to win a third term in the role as the Swiss Cycling Federation withdrew their backing for his candidacy.

Chris Froome backs life bans for cycling drug cheats

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 19:39

Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he would be in favour of permanent bans for cyclists found guilty of using drugs.

Former sprint cyclist Erik Zabel admits to persistent doping

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 09:37

Former sprint cyclist Erik Zabel admitted on Sunday to years of doping, including EPO, cortisone and blood doping, days after he was named in a French Senate inquiry as a drugs offender.