Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.

Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong last night apologised to the staff at his Livestrong foundation before heading to an interview in a Texan hotel with Oprah Winfrey.

People have been saying things about sport for a long time now, often saying them on television; for the purposes of entertainment or enlightenment or devilment or to obtain a small fee or maybe to express bewilderment at fresh proposals to rework the national leagues.

Reformed drug cheat David Millar fears Lance Armstrong’s appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s show next week will be “stage-managed”.

Lance Armstrong’s cancer fighting charity has formally dropped him from its name and will officially be known as the Livestrong Foundation.

Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer-fighting charity Livestrong to avoid further damage from doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

Cycling’s world governing body will reveal tomorrow whether they endorse the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s damning report which accuses Lance Armstrong of systematic doping during his seven Tour de France victories.

Lance Armstrong said he has been through a “difficult couple of weeks” and urged supporters of his cancer-fighting charity to stand behind its mission.

Lance Armstrong has stepped down as chairman of his cancer charity, Livestrong, and has been dropped by sponsor Nike as the fallout from the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s report into doping continues.

Former cyclist Lance Armstrong has today stepped down as chairman of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity.

True confession: your columnist had forgotten all about Ireland playing Germany until I stumbled across the post-match analysis on Friday night’s television.

Last night, for the first time in his life, Lance Armstrong gave up.

CYCLING champion Lance Armstrong brought Dublin’s rush hour traffic to a halt yesterday when he took a spin through Phoenix Park.

The country’s cancer tsar today backed Health Minister Mary Harney’s call for a blanket ban on sunbeds.

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong today insisted his cancer charity work will not be damaged by questions over the use of performance enhancing drugs.

THE use of sunbeds may be banned in a bid to tackle growing levels of skin cancer.

More than 15,000 new cases of cancer in Ireland this year will cost the country €440m, new figures revealed today.

Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is to host an international conference on cancer in Dublin after he takes part in the Tour of Ireland race, it was revealed today.

LANCE ARMSTRONG may be happy playing a support role to his Astana team leader Levi Leipheimer when the 2009 Amgen Tour Of California gets under way today, but that will not stop him being everyone else’s centre of attention.