LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 30 (UPI) -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport Monday dismissed cyclist Floyd Landis' appeal of doping sanctions, which cost him the 2006 Tour de France title.

VIENNA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- As a child I was fascinated by sport heroes. There was baseball’s Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron; track and field’s Wilma Rudolph; soccer’s Pele; swimming’s Mark Spitz and the incomparable all-round athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Other athletes also held the mantle high. But today, from U.S. baseball to international biking -- and even tennis -- greed, dishonor and arrogance are the new credo.

PARIS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Floyd Landis Wednesday again appealed the decision to throw out his 2006 victory at the Tour de France on doping allegations.

PARIS, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The American Arbitration Association Thursday upheld the overturning of Floyd Landis’ victory at the 2006 Tour de France.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Floyd Landis says his life has changed since becoming the only cyclist dethroned as the champion of the Tour de France.

PARIS, July 29 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador of Spain played it safe Sunday and rolled to the 2007 Tour de France championship.

ANGOULME, France, July 28 (UPI) -- Alberto Contador of Spain will wear the yellow jersey in Sunday's Tour de France finale, though American Levi Leipheimer took the 19th stage Saturday.

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