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Eufemiano Fuentes Receives Suspended Sentence

Eufemiano Fuentes, the Spanish doctor accused of masterminding one of the biggest doping rings in the sporting world after police found 200 bags of frozen blood and plasma at his office in 2006, has been given a one-year suspended sentence. … Continue reading

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Lance Armstrong Sings Creep!

You have to love the internet (right?). Amidst all the horrendous and continuing fallout from Lance Armstrong’s Oprah confessional, there’s still enough time on some peoples’ hands to mash his video interview into a tortuous rendition of Radiohead’s Creep. Doing … Continue reading

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Fuentes Trial Begins

The trial of Spanish doctor, Eufemiano Fuentes, thought to be at the heart of cycling’s biggest ever doping operation has begun in Madrid, seven years after police first raided his offices as part of ‘Operation Puerto’. Five defendants (the doctor, … Continue reading

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Armstrong’s Books ‘Duped’ Readers

As if the self-inflicted woes need adding to Lance Armstrong is being sued by two men claiming they were ‘duped’ and ‘betrayed’ by the disgraced cyclist’s books Every Second Counts and It’s Not About the Bike – although, really the … Continue reading

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Lance Armstrong: In Other Words

Lance Armstrong Oprah Winfrey confession

The potential fallout from Lance Armstrong’s confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey is almost too much to comprehend; the retaliations, the potential legal actions, the possible out-of-court settlements, further revelations of complicity to come… What’s clear though is that pretty much … Continue reading

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