The man behind the dead girlfriend hoax involving a US college football star said he did it for love and insisted player Manti Te’o knew nothing about what was going on.

Lance Armstrong lied his whole career, made millions out of his deceit and deprived countless competitors of the precious little sunlight that cycling basks in every summer.

US sports star Manti Te'o is facing questions over whether he was really duped by a bizarre lie about a fake dead girlfriend.

One of the journalists who revealed the tale was a big hoax seems to think so. Oh and there has been another twist this morning…