Cycling: Golden farewell for Cancellara as he wins time trial

IMAGE: Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland poses with his gold medal. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters. Swiss Fabian Cancellara rode off into a golden retirement with a second Olympic time trial......

IOC formally strips Tyler Hamilton of Athens gold

Just days before the eight-year deadline expires, the IOC formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold for doping Friday and awarded the medal to a Russian rider who now......

IOC to strip Hamilton of Athens gold: source

The IOC is set to formally strip American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his gold from the 2004 Athens Games and reassign the medals after his admission of doping, according to an Olympic official......

Armstrong unable to make up ground

Lance Armstrong's problems followed him into the mountains at the Tour de Georgia on Friday, as the defending champion laboured to a seventh-place finish in the fourth stage won by Dane Brian......

Bettini takes cycling gold for Italy

Italian team leader Paolo Bettini struck gold in the men's Olympic road race on Saturday while Portugal's Sergio Paulinho, ranked 279th in the world, gave his country a landmark silver......