Sports | Lance Armstrong Armstrong, UK Times Settle Libel Suit Ends 9-year legal battle over articles alleging doping By Polly Davis Doig Posted Aug 25, 2013 7:05 AM CDT Copied In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File) Britain's Sunday Times and Lance Armstrong have settled an almost decade-long legal battle over the disgraced cyclist's doping, the Times reports via a headline that proclaims Armstrong a "drug cheat." Terms of the deal are confidential, but the paper calls it a "mutually acceptable final resolution." The Times had paid Armstrong $470,000 in a 2006 libel settlement over 2004 articles it ran detailing his alleged doping; it sued to the tune of $1.6 million to recoup that settlement and damages after Armstrong admitted to Oprah in January that he had in fact used in all seven Tour de France wins. Read These Next Minneapolis shooter had a plan—and grievances. A pregnant 17-year-old died after a road rage shooting. New Jersey officials slam American Dream mall for breaking a promise. The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Report an error