Tag: Oprah Winfrey

Cycling-Armstrong fails to convince fans with confession-poll

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Jan 23 (Reuters) – Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong failed to convince many people he was truly sorry for his actions during his televised confession to cheating his way to a record seven Tour de France titles by using drugs, according to a Reuters poll. Armstrong, 41, admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week that he used performance-enhancing drugs and lied about it for over decade, finally owning up to being at the centre of one of the biggest drug scandals in world sport. But the two-part interview aired over 2. …

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"Disappointed" Livestrong still grateful to Armstrong

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(Reuters) – The cancer foundation set up by Lance Armstrong said they were ‘disappointed’ with the former cyclist’s admission of doping but remained grateful to him for his work battling the disease. Armstrong, who has already been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast worldwide on Thursday that he had used performance enhancing drugs in all of his wins. …

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Cycling-"Disappointed" Livestrong still grateful to Armstrong

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Jan 17 (Reuters) – The cancer foundation set up by Lance Armstrong said they were ‘disappointed’ with the former cyclist’s admission of doping but remained grateful to him for his work battling the disease. Armstrong, who has already been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast worldwide on Thursday that he had used performance enhancing drugs in all of his wins. …

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REFILE-Cycling-Armstrong faces tough climb to redemption: marketing experts

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(Refiles to fix typos in paragraphs 6 and 7) LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong faces a tough battle to salvage his image as the usual strategy by fallen stars of confession, apology and making amends may not be enough to appease an angry public, according to crisis management experts. Banned for life and stripped of his race titles, Armstrong will break his silence over his alleged drug use in an interview aired on Thursday with the queen of confessions, U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey. …

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