July 20: Lance Armstrong speeds down Peyresourde pass during the 16th stage of the Tour de France. NEW YORK – Lance Armstrong has hired a criminal defense attorney to represent him in the federal investigation for possible fraud and doping violations by the seven-time Tour de France winner and his... 

youtube If there’s an unquestionable moral lesson for our era, it’s this: Don’t film yourself committing crimes and post them on YouTube. Los Angeles resident Cyrus Yazdani did just that, and yesterday, he learned that he will have more than three years to think about how colossally stupid that was. According... 

Jack Straw said Labour was trying to stop the government using voting reform to ‘smuggle in changes allowing gerrymandering’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Press Association Images David Cameron today accused the Labour party of “descending into complete and utter opportunism”... 

Mark van Bommel knows he will have to snuff out the threats of Xavi and Andrés Iniesta if Holland are to win. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto Mark van Bommel is intent on snuffing out the considerable threat posed by Spain’s outstanding playmakers Andrés Iniesta and Xavi in...