Millions who had never watched a golf tournament tuned in every time Woods was on the course, says Paul Newberry.

It was an out-of-the-blue phone call from an American that led to a space observatory being built in Cork City. Nine years on, and the project is being applauded worldwide for its work with children, writes John Tynan

Jordan Spieth smashed the course record in Sydney to claim the Australian Open, while Rory McIlroy finished on two over.

Golfing golden child Jordan Spieth will go into his third US Open believing he is grown up enough to win his first major championship.

Was it only three years ago that Rory McIlroy had been in Jordan Spieth’s golf shoes?

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has claimed it was impossible to win the Tour de France without using drugs during the time he doped his way to seven victories between 1999 and 2005.

The pressure on embattled UCI president Pat McQuaid to resign increased last night after disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong branded comments made by the Irishman last October as “pathetic”.

Lance Armstrong’s claims that his use of performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career made it a level playing field have been labelled “amazing” and “simply not true” by United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart.

More questions than answers — and Lance Armstrong is still the only one who can repair the damage he caused

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

A pressure group formed to try to force change on world cycling's governing body, the UCI, will meet for the first time in London this weekend.

Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is frustrated the present generation of riders have been left to answer questions about the state of cycling in the wake of the Lance Armstrong affair.

Lance Armstrong’s former team-mate Tyler Hamilton has responded to UCI president Pat McQuaid’s assertion that he and Floyd Landis were “scumbags” by saying that the Irishman has no place in cycling.

The name Lance Armstrong is to be expunged from the record books after cycling’s world governing body yesterday accepted a recommendation to strip the American of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him from the sport for life.

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after the sport’s world governing body, the UCI, today accepted the findings of the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation.

International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid will on Monday reveal the world governing body’s response to the United States Anti-doping Agency’s scathing Lance Armstrong report.

Stephen Roche has cautioned against finding people “guilty through association” in the wake of the United States Anti-doping Agency’s scathing reporting into Lance Armstrong.

American cyclist Levi Leipheimer has been sacked by Omega Pharma-QuickStep after admitting to doping while a team-mate of Lance Armstrong.

The International Cycling Union are still to receive evidence from the United States Anti-Doping Agency in the Lance Armstrong case, but will “not be afraid” to enforce sanctions against the American if necessary, president Pat McQuaid said yesterday.

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A construction worker in Texas, America, has survived after a four-inch nail was fired into his brain.

THREE-TIME Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is looking forward to being able to race again after being cleared of doping – but believes he will be “scarred for life” by the whole affair.

THE first Alpine stage of the 2010 Tour de France witnessed the fall of a legend as Lance Armstrong declared: “My Tour’s finished”.

THE future of Rafa Benitez still dominates life at Anfield, as it has so often over the past half-decade, making the rare appearance of co-owner Tom Hicks at the game on Saturday all the more intriguing.

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong today confirmed his new Radio Shack team will make their road racing debut in Australia's Tour Down Under.

England’s Brian Davis and Greg Owen lie two shots behind first-round co-leaders Paul Goydos and Justin Leonard at the Valero Texas Open following a day of low scoring on Thursday at La Cantera near San Antonio.

THE head of world cycling says France’s anti-doping agency (AFLD) acted unprofessionally in a drugs test conducted on Lance Armstrong in March.

PAUL AZINGER would have been forgiven for giving Hunter Mahan a wide berth when it came to selecting his four captain’s picks.

THE final mountain stage of the 2005 Tour de France passed comfortably yesterday for Lance Armstrong who, barring injury or mishap, will accept his seventh consecutive title in Paris on Sunday.

JAN ULLRICH believes six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's decision to quit after this year's race in July has set up a classic confrontation.

Chad Campbell, one of America’s great hopes for golfing superstardom, took a three-stroke lead into the Nissan Open in Los Angeles today.

Part of Anna Nicole Smith's bizarre speech at the American Music Awards (AMA) has now made its way onto a new TV commercial she's shot for diet pill company TrimSpa.

Busty blonde Anna Nicole Smith has blamed her slurred speech at Sunday's American Music Awards on her 'bad eyes' - not alcohol, as has been suggested.

IF Senator John Kerry is elected, his presidency is likely to bring a sharp shift in White House direction — along with pragmatic backpedalling on some of his boldest campaign promises.

LANCE ARMSTRONG took what looks like an unshakeable grip on the yellow jersey in yesterday’s time-trial with a performance worthy of a man about to enter history by becoming the first cyclist to win a sixth Tour de France.

Lance Armstrong landed what could prove a decisive blow on his biggest rivals today with a performance devastating to two of the men who hope to deny him a record sixth Tour de France victory.

WHILE visiting Ireland on business, I read Sean Moncrieff’s ‘The Last Word’ column (Irish Examiner, Jan 7) which happened mostly to be about Texas and in which he said that when it came to bigotry, the ‘average Texan’ was not unlike Osama Bin Laden.

LANCE ARMSTRONG assured place in cycling history on the Champs Elysses yesterday, winning his fifth consecutive Tour de France and the American promised to return in 12 months time to try and win a sixth.

About 10,000 protesters marched from a squalid township to the glittering venue of the World Summit to press demands for everything from land redistribution to a Palestinian state.

LANCE ARMSTRONG won his fourth Tour de France yesterday and his victory was so commanding that he earned a nickname from the bunch - the boss.

LANCE ARMSTRONG won his fourth Tour de France yesterday and his victory was so commanding that he earned a nickname from the bunch - the boss.

ANY DOUBTS over whether Lance Armstrong could win a fourth successive Tour de France were surely left behind for good in the steep hills of the Pyrenees yesterday.