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The UCI have dropped their inquiry into the Lance Armstrong doping scandal

UCI attacked for disbanding Armstrong inquiry

The decision by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to disband its own inquiry into the Lance Armstrong doping scandal has been branded "a rank and disgraceful manipulation of power" by campaigners.

Cycling • 29 Jan 13

There are still doubts over Lance Armstrong's story

Armstrong and USADA remain in conflict

Lance Armstrong and the United States Anti-doping Agency remain in conflict over the disgraced cyclist's insistence he did not use performance-enhancing drugs in the final part of his career.

Cycling • 29 Jan 13

Travis Tygart insists that Lance Armstrong doped during his comeback

Armstrong doped during comeback - Tygart

United States Anti-Doping Agency head Travis Tygart has claimed Lance Armstrong is still lying about the full extent of his doping past.

Cycling • 28 Jan 13

Armstrong admitted to doping during his record run of seven Tour de France wins

Armstrong likely to avoid perjury prosecution

Lance Armstrong is likely to avoid criminal prosecution for perjury following his belated confession to using performance-enhancing drugs.

Cycling • 22 Jan 13

Walsh was also of the view that Armstrong was never physiologically suited to the demands of the Tour de France

Walsh: Armstrong lacked the ability

Lance Armstrong never had the cycling ability to win a ‘clean’ Tour de France, according to Sunday Times journalist David Walsh.

Cycling • 18 Jan 13

Not much sympathy appears to be coming Armstrong's way in the wake the interview

Reaction: Lance Armstrong interview

Many observers feel that Armstrong has still more questions to answer following his interview with Oprah Winfrey - with one former competitor branding the American a "disgusting human being"

Cycling • 18 Jan 13

Armstrong outlined to Winfrey that his drug use began in the mid 1990s

Armstrong admits doping in all Tour de France wins

Lance Armstrong has confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France victories, saying: "I view this situation as one big lie."

Cycling • 18 Jan 13

Lance Armstrong competing at the Sydney Olympics in 2000

Armstrong stripped of Sydney Olympic medal

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won at the 2000 Sydney Games, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed.

Cycling • 17 Jan 13

Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey will air on the Discovery Channel at 2am on Friday morning Irish time

Armstrong set for further interrogation

Lance Armstrong faces a series of interviews over his sordid past if he is to one day return to sporting competition.

Cycling • 16 Jan 13

Oprah Winfrey admits she was 'surprised' by Lance Armstrong's answers (Pic: OWN TV)

Oprah 'surprised' by Armstrong in interview

Oprah Winfrey has revealed Lance Armstrong did not come clean in the way she had expected him to in her interview with the disgraced cyclist.

Cycling • 16 Jan 13

Lance Armstrong will appear on Oprah Winfrey's TV talk show next Thursday

New evidence in Armstrong case

Fresh evidence has emerged of how Lance Armstrong managed to avoid positive drugs tests that raises further questions about the International Cycling Union's (UCI) involvement in the scandal.

Cycling • 10 Jan 13

It will be Lance Armstrong's first formal interview since he was banned for life by the UCI

Armstrong to break silence with Oprah

Lance Armstrong will break his silence over allegations of doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey next week.

Cycling • 09 Jan 13

Armstrong may admit to being a drugs cheat

Lance Armstrong is considering whether to publicly confess to his doping past, according to reports in the United States.

Cycling • 05 Jan 13

Armstrong being sued by the Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is suing disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong for around £1million pounds over his libel action against the British newspaper in 2004.

Cycling • 23 Dec 12

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of yet another of his past honours

Armstrong stripped of BBC prize

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of the BBC overseas sports personality award that the American cyclist won in 2003, it emerged on Sunday.

Cycling • 17 Dec 12

Pat McQuaid: 'We must all work together to recover from the damage which the Armstrong affair has undoubtedly done'

UCI orders governance audit over Armstrong scandal

The UCI has instructed auditors KPMG to carry out a review of its governance in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal.

Cycling • 13 Dec 12

Armstrong keeps Olympic medal - for now

The International Olympic Committee has postponed a decision on whether to strip Lance Armstrong of the bronze medal he won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for legal reasons, president Jacques Rogge has announced.

Cycling • 05 Dec 12

Armstrong steps down from Livestrong board

Livestrong chairman Jeff Garvey today announced Lance Armstrong had severed all ties with the cancer charity "to spare the organisation any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding his cycling career".

Cycling • 12 Nov 12

WADA won't appeal USADA Armstrong ruling

The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed they will not appeal against the United States Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions against Lance Armstrong.

Cycling • 02 Nov 12

Jan Ulrich and Lance Armstrong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000

Armstrong's Olympic medal under scrutiny

The IOC is to investigate Lance Armstrong's 2000 Olympics bronze medal as the fallout from the cycling doping scandal continues.

Cycling • 01 Nov 12

Greg LeMond (c) pictured during the 1989 Tour

LeMond calls on McQuaid to resign from UCI

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has called for the resignation of Pat McQuaid, the president of cycling's world governing body the UCI.

Cycling • 25 Oct 12

Cavendish urges Armstrong to confess

Mark Cavendish believes Lance Armstrong should admit to doping for the good of cycling.

Cycling • 24 Oct 12

UCI: 'Incorrect' statements used in doping report

The UCI has accused USADA of using "incorrect and incomplete" statements in its doping report on Lance Armstrong.

Cycling • 24 Oct 12

Pat McQuaid has defended the UCI's attitude to suspicions over Lance Armstrong

McQuaid insists UCI had limited testing ability

UCI President Pat McQuaid has defended his belief that the lack of positive test by Lance Armstrong left the organisation with its hands tied.

Cycling • 23 Oct 12

Lance Armstrong may have to return the prize money he 'won'

Tour chief wants Armstrong to return money

Disgraced Lance Armstrong could be forced to repay his Tour de France winnings after being stripped of his seven titles for doping offences.

Cycling • 23 Oct 12