The Texan company who insured bonuses were paid to Lance Armstrong following his fourth, fifth and sixth Tour de France wins will this week file a lawsuit to recoup $12m (€9m) from the disgraced American cyclist.

The fall-out from Lance Armstrong’s expected doping confession is already being considered as the world awaits the broadcast of the disgraced cyclist’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.

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.

A Texas promotions company that paid disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong more than $7m in bonuses for winning the Tour de France is demanding he return the money.

Lance Armstrong is now facing the prospect of having to repay millions of dollars in prize money after he was formally stripped of his professional titles.

UCI President Pat McQuaid has said journalists in Ireland and Britain won't decide his future.

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

LANCE ARMSTRONG bristled yesterday at a report that two former teammates admitted using performance-enhancing drugs, calling it “a hatchet job...to link me to doping through somebody else’s admission”.