Lance Armstrong: I give up

The US Anti-Doping Agency says it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unparalleled seven Tour de France titles after he declared that he would stop fighting the drug charges the organisation had laid. Yesterday's announcement by Armstrong that he would no longer contest the charges put at risk his legacy as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. He insisted that the decision was not an admission of doping but prompted by weariness with the prolonged legal dispute.