By Mike RowbottomOctober 10 - Lance Armstrong's United States Postal Service (USPS) Pro Cycling team "ran the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen", according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Andreu, Michael Barry, Tom Danielson, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Stephen Swart, Christian Vande Velde

By Duncan MackayJune 18 - Four of America's top road cyclists, including the Beijing 2008 bronze medallist Levi Leipheimer, have all ruled themselves out of competing for the United States at London 2012 seemingly because of their links to Lance Armstrong, who is being investigated for allegedly taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.

announced that they had opened proceedings against Armstrong.Leipheimer, George Hincapie, Christian Vande Velde

April 25 - French golf officials are hoping that a combination of Gallic cultural clout, the strategic location of Paris and a novel method of funding will win them the right to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.

But we do have two players [Thomas Levet and Juan Van de Velde] who have played Ryder Cup, which is not

 JULY 19 - BRITAIN'S Mark Cavendish (pictured) continued his wonderful Tour de France with a fourth stage victory today, a 182km ride from Narbonne to Nimes.

Christian Vande Velde is still in third, a further 37 seconds adrift.