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.

American football star Manti Te’o is facing questions over whether he was really duped by a bizarre lie about a fake dead girlfriend.

Sports star Manti Te’o won sympathy across the US when he led his team to victory in a crucial game days after his girlfriend died of leukaemia.

IT’S difficult to concentrate on much else when surrounded by the after-effects of Sandy battering this city but I did want to finally bring the Notre Dame football team back to an Irish sports page.